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Hokan

American  
[hoh-kuhn] / ˈhoʊ kən /

noun

  1. a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.


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His situation is not quite the hilarious holiday scene Hokan and his castmates originally envisioned for this year’s show - but Hokan is laughing with them all the same.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2017

But the trip to the emergency room elicited a discovery Hokan never expected: cancer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2017

His situation is not quite the hilarious holiday scene Hokan and his castmates originally envisioned for this year’s show — but Hokan is laughing with them all the same.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2017

“The oddest thing happened; I started hemorrhaging,” Hokan said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2017

“When they did all the tests to try and find what was causing the bleeding, they found the colon cancer,” Hokan said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2017