Can you identify these fish? (_Kamloops Wawa_)

[Mike Cleven]

At 12:16 AM 10/19/99 -0700, David Robertson wrote:
>Qhata mayka?
>
>Father J-M R LeJeune in his book "Chinook Rudiments" has (page 24):
>
>S[ahali] T[aye] mamook kanawe h'loima fish kopa chok; samon, statjen,
>kikne, mamet...
>
>and the English translation he provides is:
>
>God made all kinds of fish in the water:  salmon, sturgeons, kiknes[,]
>mamets...
>
>So, could "kikne" be "kokanee"?

Most likely; vowel/rhythm changes are common enough in the Jargon

What is a "mamet"?

Good question.  Could this be of Shuswap or Thompson origin?  Doesn't sound
like a familiar term from the Interior, at least not among non-natives
(although "Kokanee" now tends to refer as much to a brand of really good
beer as much as to land-locked salmon).