SPOKANE — For the first time in a couple generations, young people are speaking ancient words of hope for Native Americans on the brink of losing the first language of the Inland Northwest. Thanks to ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — You can take free Salish classes in Spokane starting next week! Salish School of Spokane offers free Salish language classes for parents and COVID-vaccinated community members. All ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Salish language is native to many of our local tribes in the Inland Northwest, but sadly, not many tribal elders are left who are fluent speakers. Marsha Wynecoop, is the Language ...

At Salish School of Spokane, students from 1 to 13 are immersed in n̓səl̓xčin̓, known as the Colville-Okanagan Salish ...

Salish is a language group encompassing multiple Native American languages and dialects. The Salish School of Spokane teaches two Salish languages. Four classrooms speak Colville-Okanagn Salish, while ...

CUSICK, Washington – Teacher Nalene Andrews sat in a circle with six children during a Sept. 27 class as she used hand signs and repeated sentences in her native language. The first- and ...

WELLPINIT, Stevens County — Felicia Pichette was overjoyed the first time her grandson told her “no.” It wasn’t what he said, but how he said it: in Spokane Salish, the endangered Indigenous language ...

Nov. 30—Pre-European contact, the Salish language proliferated Sƛ̓xátkʷ, the Colville-Okanagan Salish place name for the region now called Spokane. Generations later, the language is fading. LaRae ...

Emma Noyes grew up in Omak, Washington, as a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. But it took a trip halfway around the world as a college student to inspire her to learn a ...