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  • Shuswap, as I remember, an amerindian language of British Columbia, i.e. the northernmost of the Interior Salish languages, is said to have phonetics that strongly resemble the presumed phonetics of ProtoIndoEuropean.

    languagehat.com: PIE VERBS AND STRESS. 2005

  • She is Shuswap First Nation and I would like the title of the book to be in Shuswap Salish if possible.

    languagehat.com: ANYONE FOR SALISHAN? 2004

  • In the US you probably would have a problem finding a community where the children are acquiring the language, but my guess is that in Canda among the Thompson Salish or Shuswap you maight still find healthy language communities.

    languagehat.com: ANYONE FOR SALISHAN? 2004

  • Kamloops is a Shuswap Native American word meaning “meeting of the waters” and Kamloops Lake is the meeting place of the North and South Thompson Rivers.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Kamloops is a Shuswap Native American word meaning “meeting of the waters” and Kamloops Lake is the meeting place of the North and South Thompson Rivers.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Kamloops is a Shuswap Native American word meaning “meeting of the waters” and Kamloops Lake is the meeting place of the North and South Thompson Rivers.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Kamloops is a Shuswap Native American word meaning “meeting of the waters” and Kamloops Lake is the meeting place of the North and South Thompson Rivers.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • I'm from the Secwepemc [Shuswap] territory, and my forced Christian name is Mary Pea, my Indian name is Bald - headed Eagle

    Speech At The Benefit For Ts'peten Defenders 1996

  • We used to go skinny dipping in the Shuswap and I remember a lovely girl by the name of Marion.

    The Challenge of the 21st Century 1988

  • A group of Calgary Scouts not so long ago did a canoe trip through the Shuswap Lakes, following the route of David Thompson.

    Scouts Today—Men Tomorrow 1950

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