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Sulustu (Barry Moses) engages the Spokane Tribe council and elders gathered for an inaugural ceremony for the Salish N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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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 the baby speaks will be in Salish.
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Salish language student Amelia Mendoza uses her foot to rock her 4-month-old son Jalen to sleep before the start of the first N 3 pilot language class on Oct. 23 at the Wellpinit Longhouse. Mendoza hopes the baby’s first words will be in Salish.
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Salish language students and Spokane Tribe council members gather around and honor seated tribal elders Orten Ford, left and Pat Moses before the start of the first the N 3 pilot language class, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) snaps a picture of tribal elder Pat Moses during the inaugural ceremony for the Salish N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) answers a question by Salish language student Annette Peone during the first class of the N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) conducts the first class for the Salish N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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A Salish language student bring school supplies and snacks to class for the N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Dogs roam the area outside the Wellpinit Longhouse where the Salish N 3 pilot language program is being taught.
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Salish language students Josh Flett, left, and Louis Bates converse before the inaugural ceremony for the N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Salish language student Devon Peone, left, chats with his nieces Piper and Quinn Peone before the inaugural ceremony for the pilot language program.
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Spokane Tribe elders Pat Moses and Orten Ford gathered for an inaugural ceremony for the Salish N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) engages the Spokane Tribe council and elders gathered last month for an inaugural ceremony for the Salish pilot language program on Oct. 23 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) tells the Salish language students seated behind him an 11,000-year-old story about their ancestors.
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Spokane Tribe elders Orten Ford and Pat Moses are honored during an inaugural ceremony for the Salish N 3 pilot language program at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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Sulustu (Barry Moses) stands at the front of the longhouse-turned-classroom miming shooting a bow and arrow. Responding to a student question, he explains the difference in verb conjugation that translates to “I shoot a bow and arrow” compared to “I cause the bow and arrow to be shot.”
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Salish language students Gabrielle McCullough and Louis Bates discuss a word during class.
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Salish language student Josh Flett burns sage to cleanse the room during the inaugural ceremony for the N 3 pilot language program, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 at the Wellpinit Longhouse.
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A study sheet of Salish verb conjugations is used in the N 3 program.
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A white cake celebrates the N 3 Salish language program participants, Monday Oct. 23, 2023, at the Wellpinit Longhouse
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Robert Wynecoop taught Salish classes at North Central and Rogers High School from 2014-2020 and classes at Wellpinit schools since 2009. He says he felt rushed into the teacher role before he could fully grasp the language himself. A perfectionist, the Spokane Language House’s Salish immersion program allows him to revert to status as a student of the language. One of his North Central pupils now joins him in the class.
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