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Students, teachers inspired by Language Bowl
B y Dave McMechan
Spilyay Tymoo
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The Culture and Heritage
Department is always looking
- for new ways to inspire young
people to learn the traditional
languages of the tribes.
The recent Language Bowl is
a good example o f the innova
tive ideas that teachers use to
maintain and revive the lan
guages.
T hree team s from Warm
Springs traveled to Mission for
the Language Bowl, hosted by
the Confederated Tribes o f the
Umatilla Reservation.
In all, there were more than
20 teams, with members rang
ing in age from grade school to
college. Warm Springs had some
o f the youngest participants,
said Myra Orange, director of
the Warm Springs Culture and
Heritage Department.
Language team s were on
hand from Warm Springs, Nez
Perce, Yakama, Umatilla and
Wanapum. The Ichishkeen lan
guage was the focus of the first-
ever Language Bowl, held in the
longhouse at Mission.
The teams competed against
each other in a tournam ent
bracket-style format. The judges
were fluent Native speakers. “It
was a competition to see how
much knowledge each team had
o f the language,” Myra said.
Everyone involved i n , the
Language Bowl agreed it was a
great event. As Myra said, “It
was probably one of the most
inspirational things I’ve seen.”
Merle Kirk also attended: “I
was inspired and proud,” she
said.
Warm Springs elder Adeline
Miller served as one o f the
judges. T h e W arm Springs
» teams were coached by Arlita
Rhoan and Suzie Slockish. The
team m em bers from W arm
Springs were:
Kiyana Yellowman, Soraya
Mendez and Tashena Eastman,
coached by Arlita Rhoan;
Martin Frank, Billyjoe Berry-
SpeakThunder Jr., Cyril Frank,
Jacob Berry-SpeakThunder and
Morgan Frank, coached by Suzie
Slockish; and,
Faith Berry-SpeakThunder,
Morgan Frank and April Rose
Berry-SpeakThunder, coached
by Suzie.
Adults from Warm Springs
w ho attended the Language
Bowl were Eileen Spino, Wasco
teacher Pam Cardenas, Pauite
teacher CarlaDean Winishut,
Wanda Berry Speakthunder and
Joy Ramirez.
The plan is for the Language
Bowl to continue as an annual
tradition, said Myra. Some time
in the future, she said, Warm
Springs may host the event.
Photo courtesy o f Culture and Heritage.
photo courtesy of Roberia Ktrk
Kiyana Yellowman, teacher Arlita Rhoan, Soraya Mendez and Tashena Eastman (from left)
won the Sportsmanship Award at the Language Bowl.
Morgan Frank, Billy Joe Berry-Speakthunder Jr.
Cyril Frank, of Suzie Slockish Language Team One, joined
the drum line at the start of the Language Bowl,
Photo courtesy of Culture and Heritage.
Wanda Berry-SpeakThunder, Faith Berry-SpeakThunder,
Morgan Frank and April Rose Berry-SpeakThunder.
Photo courtesy of Culture and Heritage.
Elder language teachers at Umatilla.
Photo courtesy o f Culture and Heritage.
Adeline Miller and Eileen Spino at the Language Bowl.
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