WELLPINIT – Marsha Wynecoop was 7 years old when she heard the most beautiful sound. Nestled between her grandparents, she listened uncomprehendingly to the two exchange words in Spokane Salish ...

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.

Nkwusm school director Rosie Matt pages through the second edition of the Salish Language Translation Dictionary in the language school’s storage room, a former bowling alley. Some 4,000 copies ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — At the Salish School of Spokane, children learn, speak, and sing the Salish tongue. It's regarded as an endangered language with only two born native speakers left. The Spokane ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A stretch of land along the Spokane River is set to be transformed into a Salish Village, marking a significant step for the region’s Indigenous community.