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 ...

WELLPINIT – Marsha Wynecoop was 7 years old when she heard the most beautiful sound. Nestled between her grandparents, she listened uncomprehendingly to the two exchange words in Spokane Salish, 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 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Salish School of Spokane will receive federal funding to support their program and keep their native language alive. The school, located near Garland District, teaches dozens of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Students at the Nkwusm Salish Immersion School in Arlee concentrate last week during language lessons. The school, founded by four non-Salish speakers to keep the language alive, is 10 years old this ...

ARLEE - In a language immersion school, every object has a label to remind students how to describe the world around them. So in a sense, the expansion project going on at Nkwusm Salish Language ...

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 ...