Are these words for BC game animals?

[Keith Thor Carlson]

Hi Dave,

I suspect it is a reference to wind dried salmon.

Keith

On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:00 PM, David Robertson wrote:

> I don't remember for sure whether I've ever heard the phrase "paper
> salmon"
> in English or pipa-samEn in Chinook.  So I tried Googling it, and got
> no
> hits at all (after filtering out all the office suppliers and online
> recipes).  Can anyone tell more about paper salmon?
>
> Masi,
>
> --Dave R
>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:54:55 -0800, Tony Johnson
> <Tony.Johnson at GRANDRONDE.ORG> wrote:
>
>> pipa-samEn (paper salmon) is a traditional food that you might like to
>> have to travel with, but you definantly would not hunt it.  Some other
>> folks may have comments on "paper salmon," but it is a means of
>> preserving / preparing salmon.  Just a quick comment.
>
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