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 ...

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.

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.