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 ...

CUSICK, Washington – Teacher Nalene Andrews sat in a circle with six children during a Sept. 27 class as she used hand signs and repeated sentences in her native language. The first- and ...

This week’s cover of the Inlander is completely in Salish. We are celebrating the language and culture of the Interior Salish people in the Nov. 17 edition of the paper, and for the first time in the ...

Indigenous languages once considered nearly extinct could be heard echoing through the halls of Northern Quest Resort and Casino this week. Small children called out to parents, and friends hailed one ...

If you were a teenage girl in 1997 you'd probably recognize the song "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys. But if you heard it in the Salish language, would you still be able to sing along? Keegan Aaron ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPOKANE (AP) — Members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians are mourning the death of an elder who played a key role in preserving the tribe’s Salish dialect and teaching the language to younger ...

If you were a teenage girl in 1997 you’d probably recognize the song “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys. But if you heard it in the Salish language, would you still be able to sing along? Keegan Heron ...