"Be Prepared"

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Re: wauna -- "wana" means 'river in Sahaptin as in "nchiwana" lit. 'big
river' in reference to the Columbia River.

phil cash cash (cayuse/nez perce)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Chinook List [mailto:CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On
> Behalf Of Jeffrey Kopp
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:33 AM
> To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> Subject: "Be Prepared"
>
> Klahowya, six!
>
> I have another inquiry from the Web site, this from a Scout leader,
who
> asks how best to say "West," and wonders where the heck "skyloo" came
> from.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> I was hoping that you could help me to validate the definition of a
few
> words.  I am a Boy Scout, and I am a youth leader in an organization
> known as the Order of the Arrow.  We have a lot of Native American
> tradition built into our program, including our organization names.
The
> OA is broken down into lodges, and I am the Lodge Chief for Wauna
> La-Mon'tay Lodge.  Our lodge originally started as Hyas Chuck Kah Sun
> Klatawa.  We have always believed this to mean "Mighty River Flowing
to
> the West."  We then shortened the name to Skyloo, which we believe to
> mean "Land of the Mountain Sun."  However, a man who was a youth
leader
> back at the time of this change just emailed me today saying that this
> definition is made up.  Later, we became Wauna La-Mon'tay, meaning
"The
> Great Columbia River and Mountains."
>
> I used your dictionary quite a bit to try and validate these
> definitions.  As far as I can tell, Hyas Chuck Kah Sun Klatawa is
pretty
> close (Hyas=Great, Chuck=River, Kah=Where, Klatawa=go).  I couldn't
find
> a Chinook word for "West." but maybe Sun means west somehow??
>
> Wauna La-Mon'tay also is a bit confusing.  La-Mon-ti = Mountain.  But
> "river" is Chuck.  I couldn't find any "Wauna."
>
> My biggest confusion lies in Skyloo.  The only thing I can find on the
> internet about anything called "Skyloo" is a type of outhouse.  Maybe
> someone thought it would be amusing to name our lodge after an
outhouse.
> I dont know.
>
> If you can help me out, I would really appreciate it.  If not, maybe
you
> know someone who could?
>
> Thank you,
> Lodge Chief, Wauna La-Mon'Tay Lodge #442