S moke S ignals
JULY 1, 2017
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From left, Kaikanim
Mercier, Hawk
Squetimkin (Colville),
Jacob Holmes and Red
Sky Clawson mix crushed
rock and water to make
paint during the Chinuk
Wawa Family Language
Camp on Friday, June
16. Tribal Elder Greg
Archuleta taught youth
about the rocks and
minerals that are used
to make paint, had the
youth crush them, make
paint and then use the
results to paint.
Chinuk Wawa Family Language Camp
The annual Chinuk Wawa Family Language
Camp was held at achaf-hammi, the Tribe’s
plankhouse, on Friday and Saturday, June 16-
17. The two-day language and culture immersion
experience included Chinuk Wawa vocabulary,
weaving, a scavenger hunt, paint making, sing-
ing and dancing. The camp is led by the Tribe’s
Chinuk Language Program staff.
Tribal Chinuk Immersion
Teacher Justine Colton
helps Desirae Hernandez
with a canvas painting
and sun print craft project
during the Chinuk Wawa
Family Language Camp on
Friday, June 16. The youth
used items they found on
their nature scavenger hunt
for the project.
Tribal Cultural Education
Coordinator Jordan
Mercier and his daughter
Ila Mercier look at an
insect they found while
on a nature scavenger
hunt during the Chinuk
Wawa Family Language
Camp on Friday, June 16.
They were looking for
bugs, or infpHu in Chinuk
Wawa.
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