Salish language student Amelia Mendoza holds her 4-month-old son Jalen, during the inaugural ceremony for the pilot language program on Monday at the Wellpinit Longhouse. Mendoza hopes the first words ...

SAVING SALISH documents the ongoing fight N'kwusm faces to revitalize a dying language. Tucked within a valley on the Flathead Indian Reservation sits Arlee, Montana, a small town that is home to ...

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 ...

ARLEE – It was time for lunch last week on the third day of classes at Nkwusm Salish Immersion School, and Pat Pierre was getting young again. The Salish elder and Nkwusm language specialist had just ...

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 ...

Salish School of Spokane has hired Joy Peltier to be their new development director as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize the Salish language, get their story out and connect with people who want ...

MISSOULA, Mont. -- More than 200 Indigenous languages in the United States have gone extinct in the last 400 years, according to the Language Conservancy. Aspen Decker, a University of Montana ...

Salish is the language of the Inland Northwest. For thousands of years, since time immemorial, the language has been spoken by the various people of the Columbia Plateau — the Spokane, Kalispel, ...

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 ...

CUSICK, Wa. — The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has a culture forged in the mountains of Washington. It's a culture that generations have spent passing down, and now, because of COVID-19, sharing the ...

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 ...