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Tosha Gobin For More Information Contact:
ʔi ti dsyəyaʔyaʔ. Natosha Gobin tsi dsdaʔ.
sduhubš čəd tulʼʔal čəd dxʷlilap. saliʔacǐʔəladxʷ čəd ʔi ti
c̕uʔkʷs. absbədaʔ čəd ʔə ti saliʔ stuutubš. KC ti iɫluƛ̕ gʷəl Kane ti
sdaʔs ʔə ti iɫťisu. Gobin ti badaligʷəd ʔiišəd
gʷəl Hill/Price ti skʼʷuyʔaligʷəd ʔiišəd. dxʷsʔugʷusalikʷ čəd ʔə ti
dxʷləšucid ʔal ti dxʷlilap x̌alalʔtxʷ ʔuʔugʷusaɫ čəd ʔal ti buus
ʔugʷusaliʔ day̓ čəd ʔəsx̌aƛ̓txʷ ti dsyayus.
Hello friends. My name is Natosha Gobin. I am
Snohomish which is part of the Tulalip Tribes. I am 27 and a proud mother
of two little boys. KC is my older son and Kane is my younger son. My
father’s family is the Gobins. My mother’s family is the Hill/Price. I am
a teacher of the beautiful Lushootseed language at the Tulalip Elementary
for grades 3-5. I love the work that I do with the Lushootseed language.
I started my work with the language while I was still in high school by
volunteering as a group leader at the Annual Lushootseed Camp, which is held
during the summer. Two of my sisters have been Lushootseed teachers for
many years. They encouraged me to apply for a position that opened up
shortly after I graduated from high school. I am now working on my eighth
year as a Language Teacher.
Motivation for my hard work comes from many different people, but four
special people in particular. Two have passed on and two are still
encouraging me when we see each other. My Grandma Elsie took part in
passing the language on to her family and community members. Jerry Jones
always let us teachers know how important we were to him and our community.
He let us know that no matter how hard it may be to continue our work and
get the language into every home and at every event, we were meant to do the
work. Every morning he would give us praise, and every morning it meant the
world to us to hear his words.
Te-at-mus is always by our side, preaching to the community of our hard
work. He has attended every language camp and has his special time with the
children during circle to work on traditional teachings. I have learned so
much from Te-at-mus and I am thankful for his support. My grandpa Bernie
has encouraging words every time that I see him. He lets me know how proud
he is of me and what I do~and that means everything to me.
I am proud and grateful for all the hard work that has gone into this
program, starting with the days of Thom Hess going door to door with his
recorder, to the present days of nine great teachers reaching out to as many
as we can! One of the main goals of this program is to find a way to get
Lushootseed into every home and every life of our community. We hope that
this website will help us get our work into your family and home. Thank you
for your interest in our program. We hope to see you soon for some lessons!
Language Teacher 1A
ngobin@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
(360) 716-4499
Tulalip Lushootseed
7627 A 41st Ave. NW Tulalip, WA 98271
Tel: (360) 716-4506
FAX: (360) 651-4216
Internet:
mbalagot@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov