Gudde, "1000 California Place Names" (kanaka gloss, ch- phones)

[David D. Robertson]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 05:45:59 +0000, Ros' Haruo <lilandbr at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>>From: "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>>JIM CROW CANYON:  in Sierra County, refers to a Kanaka, 'called Jim Crow
as
>>Kanakas frequently were' [kanaka in some varieties of CJ refers to black
>>people, by the way]
>
>don't you think "non-indigenous people of color" might be a good gloss?


I do think so, but that's not the gloss given in the dictionary I'm looking
at.  --  Dave R.