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The Chinook writing, or Wawa shorthand, was developed by Father Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune in the early 1890s for writing in Chinook Jargon, Lillooet, Thompson, Okanagan, and English, with the intended purpose of bringing literacy and church teaching to the first nations in the Catholic Diocese of Kamloops.
Tillicum Crossing Transit Bridge, Bridge of the People: honoring the indigenous Chinook people; the word "Tillicum" means people, tribe, and relatives in Chinook Jargon