CTGR Past Present Use of Chinook Jargon

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CTGR Past Present Use of Chinook Jargon

• Shelby Wren
• Anthropology 494

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History

• Saturated with violence, hardship, and
  heartbreak.
• Persistence of Natives.
• Creolization of Chinook Jargon.

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Treaties

• Numerous throughout 1854-1855.
• Joel Palmer
• Interested in welfare of Natives and successful
  settlement of territory by whites.
• 1854 Tualatin Calapooyas.
• June 30, 1857 Executive order.

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Five Bands

• Kalapuya (Calapooya)
• Molalla
• Umpqua
• Rogue River
• Shasta (Chasta)

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Similarities vs. Oppositions

• All from Oregon
• Hunter-gatherers
• Political organizations
• Similar spiritual ideology
• Difference individual language

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Chinook Jargon

• Overcome barrier through use of Chinook Jargon.
• Developed throughout Pacific Northwest.
• Blending of Native American languages and
  European Languages.

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Creolization

• Blending of many different languages into one
  common language.
• Went from Pidgin language to Creole language.
• Blending of People and Customs.
• Within one generation creolization had taken
  place.

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Weakening in Customs

• Children attending schools.
• Catholic Church perspective replacing
  traditional.
• Farming and Cultivating.

• Government split land into three allotments.
• More settlers began moving to the area.
• Using less Chinook Jargon to communicate.
• 1887 General allotment act.

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Weakening Cont

• 1954 Federal Government disbursed all land.
• Wanted to fully integrate.
• Reservation sold off.
• Natives relocated.

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Preservation

• 1983 Congress restored Grand Ronde Reservation.
• Chinook Immersion Classroom.
• Classes for parents and children.