"Mine our rich heritage for park names"

[Dell Hymes]

There are some Hawleys among my relatives,
but I wouldl favor Tillikum,.


                        Dell Hymes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: "Mine our rich heritage for park names"


>A suggested park name in the Seattle area, from an op-ed piece in the
> August 26, 2006 "Bainbridge Island Review"
> (http://www.bainbridgereview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?
> paper=96&cat=48&id=716115&more=):
>
> "For the Hall parcel, we might need look no further than the Hawley
> neighborhood in which it sits; there, a Mosquito Fleet landing was
> established in 1927, and the property counts a creek and marshland amongst
> its geographic features. Hawley Creek Park, perhaps? Or, historian Jerry
> Elfendahl suggests, the name Tillikum Park could honor one of the island's
> popular ferries of the 1950s and '60s. (Tillikum, he notes, means "friend"
> in Chinook jargon[...)]"
>
> ---Dave R
>
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