Jargon term for the Pacific Northwest

[Duane Pasco]

Scott.....
	I have never heard of this. However I might add that the older  
Kwakwkawak [kwakiutl] people use to refer to the tide as upstream, or  
down stream.
Duane Pasco


On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Scott Tyler wrote:

> I believe the local Natives in Seattle area considered the North as  
> being the South or lower or bottom part of the earth because this  
> is where the cold came from and nights were longer. This concept  
> was also with the Kwagiutl and other northern tribes.  Is there any  
> truth to this?
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Crippen"  
> <jcrippen at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Jargon term for the Pacific Northwest
>
>
>> On 5/21/07, J. Barnes <saghalie.illahee at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> I'm curiuous if the Jargon has a word meant to identify the Pacific
>>> Northwest.  More specifically I'm wondering if the language  
>>> developed a term
>>> for the PacNW vis-a-vis the rainy climate.  Perhaps this is a querky
>>> question but I notice that we develop slang terms for places  
>>> based on
>>> attributes or popular perception.
>>
>> Tlingit has a word for the NW that isn't in Alaska. It's simply
>> "ixkée" or "Down Douth" in local English, in terms such as "ixkéedei"
>> or "towards Down South". It seems to mean anything from Prince Rupert
>> down to Seattle in stories about the Territory days. I don't think
>> that it was much used by non-Tlingits, however.
>>
>> James
>>
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