THE CONFEDERATED LANGUAGE LESSON
Root Digging Field Trip
A Wonderful Experience
The air was brisk and had a nip to it that
if you stood long
enough the breeze
would give you shivers
up and down your
spine. This didn't stop
the First Grade and
Kindergarten children
from enjoying a won
derful day with their
this to say, " Thank you Mrs.
Graham and Miss Undquist
for helping with the coordi
nation of getting the kids
ready for the root digging
field trip. It was very much
enjoyed by all the kids and
their parents. It was
taught to my kids that roots
are impor-
PFTJTZB tant to us
as matans.
Indian Language Teachers, WSE Teachers, Par
ents, and Elders. They dug roots until their
tummies told them it was lunch time. They
dug:
Luksh
Piaxi
Xaush
Ibiaxi
Waqwal
Wachxwan
Tsooga
Kangudya
Haape
Most of the children, already experienced
with digging either
with their parents'
teaching or Early
Childhood Education
field trips, went right
out the to the field and
started digging. Oth
ers who had experi
enced the Total Physi
cal Response (TPR)
lessons in their classroom recognized the1
Flower, Stem and Roots in the field. It didn't
take them long to start filling their little
rootbags:
take the roots back to
class for peeling. I was
very proud of my kids
because they were
always happy when
they handled the food.
I would like to
acknowledge Michelle
(Mileena's mom) for
being there for the bag
making class and also
fqr the root digging
Our elders
worked hard gathering these
food to survive throughout
the winter.
All the kids did their best
to dig the Waqwal and Ibiaxi.
We took our roots back to
class and peeled all of them.
It was really nice to see them
work hard digging and then
Wapas Aqap'unitix
Mago'o
The language teachers led kids in the
most informal classroom their is, experience.
They
d'au axa aqap'unitix
Demlux idmikshnaimat
Amlux amikakaps
DauVa ibiaxi
Daua wachxwan
Daua waqwal
Agelga amigaben
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trip. It makes the child
J "even more happier
when their parent be
comes involved and I '
thank her for being
there"
The root bag mak
ing class was a warm
up to the field trip
itself. The turnout
wasn't so great for WSE
parents but. Anna, one
of the Ichishkiin Lan
guage Teachers wanted
to share, "There was
root bag making class "
for parents of Kinder
garten and 1st grades,
preparing for their trip
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They knew exactly what
to do. (How many do
you know from our
previous lessons?) A
good test for remem
bering phrases you've
heard before, maybe when you were 5, 6, or 7?
One of our students'
grandmother remem
bered similar phrases,
she smiled the look of
fond memories Bernadette (OSU
sparkled in her eyes, as Extension),
she said, "I haven't MayAnne Aguilar,
been out digging since Ashley Aguilar,
my mother passed Evelyln Aguilar,
away..." Now she was there with her grandchild TaShayla
and daughter whom she was more than eager to Andrews, Radine
to dig roots. The langauge
department and a couple of
parents made a total of 60
bags, had a fun evening
getting together, sewing and
socializing." Many thanks to
Myra Shawaway, Pat Miller,
Shirley Tufti, Michelle
(Milleena's mom), Gladys
Thompson, Madeline
Queahpama-Spino,
Clements, Jeanne Thomas,
Baby Jake Gets an Indian Name
Through USDA funding, OSU Extension initiated a
food safety education project using storytelling and
family education. The story entitled Baby Jake
Gets an Indian Name was developed by Elaine
Clements, Geneva Charley and Arlita Rhoan and has
been expanded into a food safety lesson. The food
safety education will be offered in three lessons to
the 3rd grade students in Warm Springs.The lan
guage instructors, Arlita Rhoan, and Dallas Winishut,
Jr., and Jocelyn Moses, the Food Safety Education
Project Assistant, will team teach the food safety
lesson.
The story opens as Baby Jakes grandparents
plan his name giving feast and describes the food
preparation and proper food handling techniques
that are required to make the food safe for all to
eat.
In the first session, the language teacher will
tell the story and teach words related to food
safety. An experiment will be conducted to show
the growth of bacteria. The second session will
include a comparison of the traditional ways to the
modern ways of handling Indian foods. Students
will participate in a handwashing exercise in the last
session. After a review of the story and the vo
cabulary list, they will begin writing a short para
graph to summarize what they learned.
As a result of this lesson, we hope that the
students will be able to:
1 . Identify and name traditional Indian foods
2. Identify ways to:
Keep Indian foods clean and the importance
of a clean body, mind and spirit
.. Keep food preparation areas clean
Cook foods well.
Keep foods at the right temperatures
After the classroom instruction has been
completed for the 3rd graders, their families will be
invited to be a part of the home-based education.
The family lesson includes playing a board game
developed for the project which follows the high
lights of the story used in the classroom and identi
fies the steps in the preparation of the feast.
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the Language Trailer
behind the Old Boys Dorm
Paiute Language
Wed. 3:30-4:30 PM
Sahaptin Language
Tues. & Thurs.
3:30-4:30 PM
Wasco Language
(Tues 6:00-7:30 & Thurs. 5:00-6:30 PM
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Sahaptin Language
Simnasho Longhouse
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support and share the
teaching she received
from her mother. This
is tradition, this is the
love, passed down
from generation to
generation that no
teacher could ever
teach.
Pat Miller, the
Numu teacher, recalled "...We really enjoyed
being out there with the children. They were
very anxious to dig roots. We showed them
what to dig and how to dig, there were some
that already knew. Everyone had a good time
and afterwards the class got to peel the roots,
and everyone was
j busy as bees."
Deanie Johnson,
Valerie Switzler
Aguilar and
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What Do You Think
About the radio broadcast and the
three languages on the radio?
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Hamilton Greeley for taking
pictures.
MayAnne Aguilar, one of
the Teen-age participants
had this to say, " enjoyed
taking time to participate in
the bag making class. It
made me feel good to know I
was doing something to help
the chil
dren be
active in
their
culture. I
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Radine "Deanie"
Johnson, our newest
teacher to the Lan
guage Program was
thankful for the
support for this en
deavor and she had
was pleased to see not only
elders, but young people
helping make the bags. It
would have been a lot nicer
to see parents participating
in this activity with their
children. I had a great time
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So there you have it
an update on the root digging field trip. Were
you as excited as your children were when they
told you about there trip? We will be
having a little
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