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Warm Springs, Oregon SpilyayTymoo Sahaptin language lessons- Sahaptin Language Lesson Christmas Songs u Little Drummer Boy Puzzle 6 December 16,1999 Q' Gome, All Ye Faithful Walptdik natfitait Walptaik pinakw'alasha Haulaak natfitait pinakw'alasha Ayayatmsha namf anilaxiki Auna awatawfsha Auna awatawfsha Auna awatawfsha, nami piap. O' Come. All Ye Faithful 0 come, all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant 0 come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold him, born the king of angels, Oh come let us adore Him Oh come let us adore Him Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. m Toy tQ the World Kw'ala miyanash wiyanawi Ticham pinachaxulpn Achaxlpawak imfin tmna Haulaak ticham walptaikt Haulaak ticham walptaikt Haulaak haulaak ticham walptaikt Tov to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven and nature sing. fHi fv ft ri (mm The drummer boy lost his drum. Can you help him find it? Language Gathering A Success! By Valerie Aguilar How do you squeeze 503 Children and Adults into one building? Very Carefully. Which is exactly what we did during the Language Winter Gathering on December 7, 1 999. For those of you who came and found the Longhouse too full to stay, we apologize for the lack of space. On the bright side, we think that the lack of space, is ah indicator of how fortunate we that so many community members support their children learning one the three languages at the Warm Springs Elementary. We would like to thank Dawn Smith making arrange ments for the children to join us and show their parents and grandparents what they are learning. We also would like to acknowledge the Oregon State Alcohol and Drug Program for funding the gathering, and Jim Quaid for including our "cause" into the grant. Neda Wesley (and crew) for the awesome meal they provided, and last but not least the Senior Citizen Program Staff for their encouragement, support, recruitment and enthusi asm. The Breakdown of people involved: 503 Total Participants, which 253 School Children, and 250 Adults, of the adults, 58 Senior Citizens 137 PARENTS 55 Staff & Interested Community Members That we could count, Some left before we took our official count. :-) Why would we want so many people to come together? To have students, parents, community members, teach ers and staff meet each other and focus on Tribal Lan guage Interests. And to develop healthy community interaction between all parties involved. Students were transported by bus, and waited patiently while cultural services concluded then began eating, The children experience community unity and family The Tribal Language Program planned theme was to Invite various age groups to congregate at an event where the focus is on tribal language education. The menu was chosen to appeal to adult and primary level appetites. The sit down table service was intended to bring students, their family and school staff together for social gestures and get to know each other better. Tribal Language Program teachers demon strated their skills and leadership in conduct ing the songs and language program by stu dents. Adults saw and heard the students ability to retain and vocalize tribal language without visualaudio aides. The students and teachers like to share what is learned. The students family instinctively take pride in their educational achievements. Positive activity can inspire positive communication, confidence and poise in social settings that can be uncomfortable. To do better next time, we want to: Have an agendaprogram,. Have staff take a committee role for particulars. Arrange for more tables at the Agency Longhouse to increase seating capacity. See about a better microphone system to hear the students. In conclusion, people were happy to hear the students talk the tribal language. Adults liked the song book (present) given to them. General comments encouraged more events like this to talk tribal language. Another comment to be proud of is outside guests were amazed on how well disciplined our children are, it you the par ents, the teachers and children. You did a good job, thank you parents, teachers, language staff and most of all our elders. Please see below the letter from students of Mrs Graham's class. Mrs. Graham's Class Warm Springs Elementary School December 8, 1999 Jeannie Thomas Warm Springs Language Program Dear Jeannie, Thank-you for the dinner that you had for us. It was very good. We were happy to see everyone at the longhouse. Now we know that it is important to learn Indian language. Thank-you for the treats. We got to eat them during; snack time. We liked singing our songs for everyone. Thank-you, I Irul sJ. I Mrs. Graham and the Students of Room 5 Gladys Thompson Rudy Clements Madeline Mclnturff Dear Gladys, Rudy and Madeline Thank-you for coming to visit us. We liked the way that you helped us do our counting. We hope that you come back to visit us again. Thank-you, Mrs. Graham and the Students of Room 5 Charmaine Billey MistyJenson Ada Polk-Lopez Ida May Jim Kecia Florendo Kishon Fuiava Theresa Winishut Billy Joe Berry, Jr. Terrance Miller Stephen Pratt Hamley Sam-Smith Jermaine Sampson Nathan Youngman Mileena Edwards Chanda Robinson Alexa Leonard Kapri Leonard & Mrs Wanda Calica Trent Heath Roy Moroyoqui Rex Robinson-Angeles