User:Cullen328/sandbox/Skookum


 * Keep Far more than a dictionary definition, this is a term that is an integral part of the culture of the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. How can we call the article "original research" when a book published exactly 100 years ago, The Chinook Book: A Descriptive Analysis of the Chinook Jargon in Plain Words, Giving Instructions for Pronunciation, Construction, Expression and Proper Speaking of Chinook with All the Various Shaded Meanings of the Words discusses the term at length, and mentions it no less than 15 times within that book? Also of significance is that no less than seven books on a wide variety of Pacific Northwest topics include the word "skookum" in their titles. It is a term associated with bowmaking, as discussed in Traditional Bowyers Encyclopedia: The Bowhunting and Bowmaking World of the Nation's Top Crafters of Longbows and Recurves. It is part of the legends of the Pacific Northwest, as discussed in Weird Washington: Your Travel Guide to Washington's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. It is a common Native American placename, occurring in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Alaska, and even as far away as Michigan, according to Native American Placenames of the United States. The place name extends as far south as Death Valley according to The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, which mentions it at least six times. Back in 1916, a trade publication called Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests discussed the term in great detail in connection with the marketing of apples from the region.. Three years later in 1919, Printer's Ink also discussed the term in the context of the marketing of apples. Jack London used the term in arguably his most famous work The Call of the Wild: And, White Fang. The term is discussed in depth in How We Talk: American Regional English Today. This term is notable, and the reliable sources I've identified can be used to expand and reference the article. That is a much better solution than deletion.

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