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 ...

Thuds on a boulder-sized drum and the strong baritone of a Salish singer echoed throughout Northern Quest Casino, where hundreds gathered Thursday night by candlelight. In the middle stood several ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- For 13 years, the Salish School of Spokane has been fighting to preserve the several thousand-year-old language. On the inside, it looks like your typical classroom; there's cubbies, ...

This week’s cover of the Inlander is completely in Salish. We are celebrating the language and culture of the Interior Salish people in the Nov. 17 edition of the paper, and for the first time in the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — At the Salish School of Spokane, children learn, speak, and sing the Salish tongue. It's regarded as an endangered language with only two born native speakers left. The Spokane Salish ...

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 Wiley, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Ryan Abrahamson isn’t just from Spokane, Washington. He’s a member of the Spokane Tribe, who have lived in the region for more than 15,000 years. Abrahamson has always been interested in ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Big Sky High School in Missoula now has new signage with a special purpose. Senior Class President Snpaqsin Morigeau had the idea to put Salish language signage throughout the ...

It was November of 1800 when North West Company fur agent David Thompson first heard about some potential trading partners west of the Continental Divide. While visiting a Pikani Blackfeet winter camp ...