| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome & Opening Prayer Jill tsisqʷux̌ʷał LaPointe (Upper Skagit, Nooksack) and Patrick J. Twohy, SJ (ʔaciłtalbixʷ) |
| 9:15-9:45 | “Teaching Under Quarantine: the New Norm.” Michele Balagot (Tulalip) |
| 9:45-10:15 | “suq̓ʷabšucid.” Lena Maloney (Suquamish) & Randi Purser-Smith (Suquamish) |
| 10:15-10:45 | “Teacher of the Living Lushootseed Language.” James Ironheart (Sauk Suiattle) |
| 10:45-11:15 | “Heritage Language and Dual Language Learning and Teaching: Idea Sharing with the Lushootseed Community.” Michele Anciaux-Aoki, Ph.D., P.M.P. International Education & World Languages Advocate |
| 11:15-11:45 | “Metrics for Measuring Language Vitality Through Network Analysis.” Zalmai ʔəswəli Zahir (Sioux) |
| 11:45-1:00 | LUNCH break/Networking |
| 1:00-1:30 | “Lushootseed within Art.” Paige Pettibon (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) |
| 1:30-2:00 | “p̓aʔcut, tibicut, ʔuyayus čəł ʔə tiił txʷəlšucid. Try, work hard, working together for Lushootseed.” Charlotte Basch (Puyallup, Clatsop-Nehalem) & Irene McCloud (Puyallup, Nisqually) |
| 2:00-2:30 | “ti sqaləxʷ ʔə tiił wələx̌ʷildubutčəł. The circle of our strengthening”. David Sway-la Cougar Duenas (Puyallup, Blackfeet, Comanche) |
| 2:30-3:00 | Closing Remarks. Jill tsisqʷux̌ʷał LaPointe (Upper Skagit, Nooksack) |
Coast Salish Artists
Lushootseed Stories in My Work and Life
Lushootseed Research is pleased to announce the publication of Ron Hilbert č̀adəsqidəb: The Life and Work of a Coast Salish Artist, written by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of the University of Washington, Department of Anthropology.
Coordination of the
project was overseen by Lushootseed Research, directed by Jill LaPointe, the niece of the late
Ron Hilbert. The book is rich in biographical information gained from numerous interviews and
from the author’s friendship with the artist. Color photographs document the broad range of
Hilbert’s work, from watercolor drawings to major installations of cedar and copper.
Project activities included the editing of Ottenberg’s draft manuscript, research and selection of artworks by Hilbert, professional photography of the artwork, layout of the manuscript, printing, and distribution. The volume includes 39 illustrations including 35 photographs of Ron Hilbert’s artwork. The book is a unique contribution to the documentation and appreciation of Coast Salish art. This project was made possible with a grant from the 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Fund.
"Breathing Life into the Stories"
Click here for a printable poster
We are proud to announce that the Lushootseed Dictionary (Bates, Hess, & Hilbert 1994) is now available, and searchable online.
This is now possible thanks to the fantastic work of Prof. Deryle Lonsdale, the developer of the online dictionary system.
You can access the dictionary by using the link in our menu bar or going to: www.lushootseeddictionary.org.
This beautiful video was created by the Puyallup Language Program created for our Children's Services program. The video utilizes Lushootseed to teach and focus on positive parenting and healthy families.
