Copyright 2009 Tulalip Tribes of Washington
Webmaster: David Sienko
dsienko@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
This page was last updated on
Monday June 29, 2009
Copyright 2009 Tulalip Tribes of Washington
Webmaster: David Sienko
dsienko@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
This page was last updated on
Monday June 29, 2009
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Language Camp is Coming up in August!
We will be having our 14th Annual Lushootseed Language Camp in mid-August. Camp #1: is from August 10th-14th and Camp #2 is from August 17th-21st. Kids ages 5-12 are welcome to attend as participants and volunteers are needed as well.
We encourage you to sign up your children and participate in any way that your job/life can allow you. Our youth are amazing with speaking the language. When they go home, they need the continued support from their families to ensure they know the importance of their involvement with keeping our ancestral language alive!
Please pass this form and information on Language Camp to anyone who you think would be interested. Forms can be e-mailed back to Natosha Gobin, dropped off at the main office or at our office.
Please see the attached forms for more information.
2009 Language Camp Enrollment Form
If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us here at the Lushootseed Department.
Lushootseed is a member of the Salish language family, whose approximately
twenty surviving languages are spoken from northern Oregon to central
British Columbia, and
from
the Pacific coast eastward into Montana and along the British
Columbia-Alberta border.
The Lushootseed-speaking region extends along the shores of Puget
Sound from modern-day Olympia to the Skagit watershed and from Hood canal to
the Cascades. The
term “Northern “ refers to the language as spoken
by the Skagit, Swinomish,
Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish and neighboring peoples; “Southern
Lushootseed,” is that spoken by the peoples of Snoqualmie, Muckleshoot,
Puyallup, Nisqually, Squaxin Island, Suquamish and their neighbors.
The Snohomish Lushootseed spoken at Tulalip exhibits
features of both
Northern and Southern language, though it is usually categorized as
“Northern.”
The Tulalip Tribes Lushootseed Department is dedicated to
increasing awareness of Lushootseed within the community and beyond, as well
as to restoring the language to everyday use within the community.
VISION
Every tribal home, every tribal workplace, every tribal gathering and every schoolroom for tribal children will be a Lushootseed-rich environment.
MISSION
To preserve the x̌əč́usadad (traditional training, teaching) of the people of Tulalip by protecting its records and by becoming “living records” ourselves who by speaking, teaching and involvement in living culture pass on to the tribal community what we have learned.
Lushootseed Phrase of the Week
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