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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON—----------------------------
Our Department offers and
teach language, we are
also involved in Cultural
Events and we take our
Young «Language Learners
from our “Autni ichishkiin
Sapsikwat class.
The Language Instructors
o f our Department, fo r all
three Languages, have
been offering their knowl
edge to the community
and members o f all three
tribes and invite you to
come learn from them to
become speakers o f our
three tribes.
They know in there heart
how important language is
to our people.
The language instructors
are unique because they
know the' language(s)
Kiksht Language instructor Pam Cardenas and Numu
Language Instructors Shirley Tufti and Myra Johnson-
Orange offer A fte r School Language Class
Here our start took our
students root digging.
They have “ Kapns &
Wapasus” that is just
there size th t was special
made
Cultural C raft Class
We also took our students
to a number of events and
they performed what they
learned in class.
Also, our Elders, Wilfred
and Geraldine Jim, offered
a number o f classes they
taught “ glove making,
necklace, ribbon shirts,
wing dess, shew dress.”
And the classes Since Mid
January are continuing.
edgeable about Ichishkiin
Language and is an ap
prentice Speaker/Teacher,
she has her own classroom
of students.
They are teaching the
Parents/Guardians of our
Autni ichishkiin Sapsikwat
students in a few series o f
classes.
Not only does our fan-
guageteachers teach
language but:
We are used as a resource
for departments and indi
viduals who need, lan
guage spelling, meaning o f
a word or phrase, history
o f a name, place, activity,
Cultural questions about
name giving, dances, wed
dings, sewing, and more.
These Language Instructors, received State Certificates
which was something Myra worked so hard in getting
for our teachers.
Ichishkiin
Language Classes
Suzie Slockish
has class every Monday
and Wednesday evening
from 5 :3 0 ^ 9 :0 0 pm
in the Basement of the
Culture & Heritage Lan
guage Program,
Also, one Sunday per
month at Sunday services
usually held at HeHe
Longhouse. For more
information on the Sunday
service, contact Suzie.
Ariita Rhoan
has after school class
Monday - Thursday 3:30 -
5:30 pm in the first floor
training room of the Edu
cation Building
Friday 3:30 - 5:30 the
students will have craft
day.
/Language Program S ta ff/
Val Switzlër, Director
Josie Blaçkwolf, Secretary
Ariita Rhoan, Lead Teacher
Suzie Slockish, Ichishkiin
Dallas Winishut, Ichishkiin
Merle Kirk, ichishkiin
Anna Clements, Ichishkiin
Pam Cardenas, Kiksht
Shirley Tufti, Numu
CarlaDean Winishut, Numu
Wilfred Jim, Consultant
Geraldine Jim, Conultant
Myra Johnson, Consultant
If you have any questions
about language classes
please make contact with
any of the staff at:
PHONE:
(541) 553-3290
FAX:
(541-553-2201
EDUCATION BUILDING
1110 WASCO STREET
Kiksht
Language Class
Pam Cardenas
has after school class Mon
day - Thursday from 3:30 -
5:30 pm
and
Fridaysfrom tJ5;30 - 5:30 will
be Craft Day for the students
in the First Floor Training
Room of the Education Bldg.
Numu
Language Class
Shirley Tufti
&
Myra Johnson-Orange
has after school class Mon
day - Thursday from 3:30 -
5:30 pm
and
Fridays from 3:30 - 5:30 will
be craft day for the students
in the First Floor Training
Room at the Education Bldg.
Archive Training This Week
The Culture & Heritage Depart
ment in collaboration with the
University o f Oregon and the
Oreon Folklife network hosted
a4 1 /2 day workshop th a t
taught Dallas Winishut and Greg
Arquette to appropriately
digitize reel-to-reel tapes.
Dallas and Greg, an active
volunteer with Culture & Heri
tage Department, learned
several techniques to digitize
reel-to-reel tapes so they can
be made available for educa
tional materials, Nathan
Georgitis and Emily Afandor
documented the learning pro
cess to usé as a teaching tool
for other tribes or students.
One of the highlights for the
group was discovering tapes
th a t had stories, legends, songs,
tribal council meeting minutés,
and old language
front l=r Dallas, Emily, Nathan Back l-r Val, Greg, Song’a
classes. Song’a, a student from
Finland took pictures of the tw o
students for paper manuals.
The documentation process did
not include taking or producing
duplicates for the group but
instead concentrated upon the
process to assess the delicacy
o f the tapes, gather data, and
set up a workstaioh a t Culture &
Heritage to continue this impor
tant work.
Nathan, Emily and James Fox
visited the tribes in 2011 to
review its overall archival stan
dards and procedures and to
invite the Tribes to take part in:
a Tribal Archivés Institute. Thé
trio became interested in the
Culture & Herîtagé Archives and
developed a partiality for the
s ta ff and its efforts in preserv
ing the materials in their ar
chives.
From there grew a collaboration
with, the University of Oregon
Libraries, Oregon Folklife Net
work and the Tribes to sta rt a
process that will eventually
digitize several hundred reel-to-
reels in the department ar
chives.
In Winishuts words, he exclaims
th a t we are “awakening the
teachings” o f those tha t are
now passed on. The elders le ft
us “several teachings,” and we
must take care of them and
Share them with the community.
, Due to the process being a one-
to-one hour process it will take
several hundred hours to com
plete the digitization project.
Winishut and Arquette have a
goal of 40 hours of digitization
by mid-year. Dallas would like
to invite interested people to
, visit him in the afternoon
Ichishkiin
Numu
Kiksht
Mna iwa k’usi
Hano soo poohoo?
Qaxba ikiax ikiutan?
2013
Camp Naimuma
We are seeking volunteers,
you must be 18 and over
to be camp counselors, if
your interested, please
contact Merle Kirk for
more information.
If your interested in taking
part in this years “Camp
Naimuma” we have a Plan
ning
Meeting scheduled fo r
Friday, February 15, 2013
beginning at 1:30 p.m. to
be held in the Basement o f
the Culture & Heritage
Language Department.
This years camp
has been set for
July 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 2013 at
Peters Pasture,
and is open to
students ages
8 years & up
Camp Naimuma for 2012 was
so wonderful there was
crafts teaching they learned
how to make Tule mats,
wapas’, loom beading, neck
lace, all three languages were
taught, and most important
Cultural Values of the tribes.
We had Traditional evening
for the students and there
families, there was “ 1 Seven
of Washat” the students
danced during the washat
services, then the students
o f camp did the traditional
serving of the foods.
One fun evening was after
the Smores Roast, the boys
and girls had a challenge
time, Wilison Wewa taught
them a few words and in
amazement the campers
picked it right up and the
challenge was on boys
against girls, it was an amaz
ing sight to see.
We plan on making 2013
Camp Naimuma a wonderful
. learning expeience for the
children, and a memorable
one.
a t Culture & Heritage if they
would like to witness w hat he
has learned.
Nathan Georgitis wrote the
grant to the Oregon Folklife
Network which made this train
ing possible. Emily Afandor, is
the program manager fo r the
program who granted the
money to the University of
Oregon for the Tribes benefit.
James Fox, head o f special
Collections made this possible
fo r support in Nathans tim e to
this project. If you would like to
see these recordings eventually
made availale on a strictly tribal
member access webpage or
computer station, contact me
at val.switzler@wsribes.org to
express your concerns or ideas.
English
Where is the horse?
Chi iwa chna
o ooa
Daba ikiax
Over here
Yuuk kwini c’aapa
Tsa’ge’e
Yaxiba ikiax
Over there(nearby)
Yuuk kwni
Ma’aa
Yaaxiba
Way over there
Nuwitkni
Tumadai wakwa
Qink’lamdiyamt
Right side
Waq’acalkni
Oinakwa
Qiq’ich’q t
Left Side