Articles with the Tag: Salish
ARLEE – For years, students had to wait until they were in high school before they could be members in the Arlee Indian Club. Wendy Swab – a parent of young children — thought it would be a good idea to branch off from the program and create a club to include K-8 students. The club is in th...
FLATHEAD RIVER — More than 1,000 students learned lessons about nurturing relationships with native wildlife, people and oneself at the River Honoring held last week beside the Lower Flathead River near Moiese. The annual event partners community organizations with fourth and fifth graders fro...
News from Npustin and KwKwusm Theater Project MISSOULA — “Belief” is brushing off its moccasins after a live-streamed performance in Salamanca, Spain, on Oct. 8, 2013, to bring its stories and live musical score to Missoula audiences. The play will be staged on Saturday, Jan. 11...
ARLEE — If it’s a Sunday afternoon, chances are Vance Home Gun and Yayoot Skwkwimit, the Strong Young People, will be studying Salish language and Salish culture. Vance, 19, is the youngest fluent Salish speaker on the Flathead Reservation. He was honored for learning the language, his fluency...
Nkwusm has had a very busy academic fall quarter. Enrollment has reached 36 students in our pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade classes. This is the largest number of students we have seen in recent years. Testing has been provided to Nkwusm students to determine benchmarks for Salish, reading and math. St...
BIGFORK — “Belief” is a one-woman play featuring Salish actress Julie Cajune. The multi-dimensional performance is a unique mixture of interconnected Salish women’s stories, poetry and live music. Each story intimately invites the audience to believe in one’s true self, to belie...
ARLEE — The 2012-13 academic school year has begun at Nkwusm Salish Language Revitalization School in Arlee. Nkwusm, a nonprofit organization, not only teaches children, preschool through eighth grade, the Salish language and the Salish and Pen d’Oreille tribal cultures, but provides all the acad...
