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

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Hello all! My name is Sarah Miller. My parents are Michael and Elizabeth Miller. My grandparents are Charles Russell and Marilyn Ross Russell. My great grandparents are John and Tiny Ross. I was born in Seattle and spent the first handful of years of my life in the Seatac/Seattle area. When I was eight years old, my family moved to the Tulalip Reservation, which is where I did the rest of my growing up. I went to school for a few years at Marysville Pilchuck High School but graduated from the Tulalip Heritage School in 2002. I went to college at Everett Community College, going for an English degree. I switched at some point and went for a Photography degree before enrolling in Northwest Indian College to pursue my love of Lushootseed. Nowadays, I live in Everett, with my cat, Ruby and my cockatiel, Beaker. I enjoy teaching the young kids how to speak Lushootseed and hope to someday reach a wider audience. In my spare time, I’m either making messes, writing, or hanging out at the comic book store..

Sarah Miller
Language Teacher
smiller @ tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
(360) 716-4498

Let’s Learn Lushootseed

Last year we held online classes for more than eight-weeks, twice a week. Here’s a link to those classes.