Why did _Kamloops Wawa_ go unresearched for so long?

[David Robertson]

LhaXayEm.  Qhata mEsayka, khanawi-lhaksta?

A seemingly simple question:

Why did _Kamloops Wawa_ go largely unresearched for such a long time?

The first person I know of to look into it very much is Zvjezdana Vrzic,
circa 1998.

The question is interesting because apparently _Kamloops Wawa_ is by far
the largest corpus of CJ.

My thoughts, briefly:

*Because _KW_ was written down by a White man, it's "not authentic" CJ.

*_KW_ is perceived as having had religious, not scientific purposes.  Thus
it's unfit material for rigorous study.

Any thoughts?

Dave


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