Oceana Twag-was-was Alday
ʔi čəxʷ, Oceana tsi dsdaʔ. tul̕ʔal čəd dxʷlilap sduhubš čəd čəda kʷinayɬ. x̌ʷul̕ čəd tsi sqa. ʔah ti sqa. buus ti dsuq̓ʷsuq̓ʷaʔ. dxʷsʔugʷusalikʷ čəd ʔə ti dxʷləšucid ʔal ti wiw̓su ʔə ti sʔuladxʷ. dᶻubulikʷ čəd ʔal ti q̓il̕bid sʔuluɬ. x̌ʷul̕ab ʔə ti dsgʷaʔ ti sdaʔ ʔə tsi dstatəɬ. Phyllis “BeeGee” Comenout tsi dsk̓ʷuyʔ. Suzanne Comenout tsi sk̓ʷuyaligʷəd tsi tudkayə.tul̕ʔal kʷinayɬ. Harry Cultee ti sk̓ʷuyaligʷəd ti tudscapaʔ. Jessie Grover-Stevens tsi sk̓ʷuyaligʷəd tsi ləliʔ dkayəʔ. tul̕ʔal kʷinayɬ. Ken Stevens ti sk̓ʷuyaligʷəd ti ləliʔ scapaʔ. tul̕ʔal Apache. ʔəsɬaɬliləxʷ kʷinayɬ. Evelyn Hatch-Cross tsi sk̓ʷuyaligʷəd tsi dsčabiqʷ tudkayə.
Hello, my name is Oceana. I am an enrolled Tulalip Tribal member. I am a descendant of the Snohomish people and Quinault Indian Nation. I am the only sister. I have an older brother and four younger brothers. I am a Lushootseed teacher at Betty J. Taylor Early Learning Academy. I dance on canoe journey. One of my nieces is my namesake she is in the picture above. Phyllis “BeeGee” Comenout is my mother. Suzanne Comenout was my maternal grandmother; she is from Quinault. Harry Cultee was my maternal grandfather. Jessie Grover-Stevens is my other maternal grandmother;she is from Quinault Indian Nation. Ken Stevens is my other maternal grandfather; he is Apache Native. He now lives at Quinault Indian Nation.
Oceana Alday
Language Teacher Assistant
oalday @ tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
(360) 716-4506