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Kamloops Wawa

Kamloops Wawa was a newspaper that was published a long time ago in Kamloops, which is a city in Canada. It was a very special newspaper because it was written in Chinook Jargon, which is a language made up of words from English, French, Chinook, and other languages.

The purpose of Kamloops Wawa was to help people who spoke different languages communicate with each other. In the olden days, people would travel to Kamloops to trade goods and buy supplies, but they didn't all speak the same language. So, the newspaper would help them make sense of each other's words.

The Kamloops Wawa was very popular and many people read it. It was even used by the Canadian government to communicate with Indigenous peoples who spoke different languages than English or French.

Today, the Kamloops Wawa is a valuable piece of history and teaches us about the importance of communication and understanding between different cultures and languages.