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Local linguist develops cultural awareness games Local linguist develops cultural awareness games

ST. IGNATIUS – Players get more out of it than the satisfaction of winning. “You can learn about history and it helps you retain the language,” said Rebecca Goff of the different games she has developed as executive director of Native Teaching Aids. Native Teaching Aids opened a shop ...

Head Start celebrates 40 years Head Start celebrates 40 years

 Forty years ago Daren Incashola was a little guy playing with blocks during his time at a Head Start in St. Ignatius. He was 4 years old. He would grow up and send his two children to the child development program for children ages birth to 5. On Friday, Incashola helped celebrate Head Start’s...

Students teach world travelers about local culture Students teach world travelers about local culture

ST. IGNATIUS – Connor Durglo, 8, invited a group of people from all over the world to the Mission School District on Friday afternoon to learn about local culture.  The world travelers called themselves Friendship Force. The club works much like a foreign exchange program where students come to...

Salish elder, culture keeper passes Salish elder, culture keeper passes

ST. IGNATIUS — Alexander Junior “Alec” Quequesah’s funeral was slated to begin at 11 a.m. on April 7 at the Longhouse in St. Ignatius. Family and friends began filing by his casket to pay their respects and say their goodbyes at 10 a.m. So many people came to honor Alec that the funer...

Incashola to share stories of Salish

Humanities Montana awarded a $600 grant to the Sleeping Child Hot Springs for All in support of Salish Winter Stories. Sleeping Child Hot Springs for All welcomes Tony Incashola, director of the Salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee, who will tell Salish winter stories in the traditional home of the ...

Salish elder honored with doctorate Salish elder honored with doctorate

News from the University of Montana MISSOULA – Salish tribal elder Louis “Louie” Adams has spent a lifetime teaching others the stories, culture and language of his people. The University of Montana honored this tireless educator with an honorary doctorate of humane letters. His nominati...

Halloween horrors

Melissa and Adrian Mahseelah might be getting a better night’s sleep now that Halloween is over. When they expanded their annual haunted house into their home, vampires took over their bedroom. Dinner was still at the family’s table but the plates were filled with guts and eyeballs. Zombie babies...

SKC unveils highway construction training building SKC unveils highway construction training building

PABLO — Eighteen wheelers, earthmovers and other machines, part of the $1.5 million school inventory, surrounded the new Salish Kootenai College building housing the highway construction training programs about half a mile south of Pablo on Old Highway 93. Offering a blessing on the new building and...

Tribes seek input on substance abuse Tribes seek input on substance abuse

ARLEE – Meeting coordinator Gary Neumann explained to a crowd of people in the Arlee Community Center that the tribes want community input into the substance abuse problem on the reservation. They plan to use the information to help create an action plan to curb the problem.  The Confederated S...

Salish Shrine Club announces raffle winners

LAKE COUNTY — Winners in the Shrine Club beef/pork raffle were drawn Oct. 22. Winners of one half-beef each were Fay Addington and Jack Cross. Winning one-half hog each were Mary Jane Charlo and Brandy Chisholm. The Shrine Club thanks Frank’s Meats in Pablo for cutting and wrapping the beef and p...


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