This year’s calendar is available to download and is available at dxʷdigʷitəgʷəlalʔtxʷ (Tribal administration building), the dəxʷhəliʔil (Health Clinic) and Lushootseed Offices. The Calendar this year focuses on native plants and their healing powers.
Humanities Washington Presents: “Who Was Chief Seattle?” Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Add to Calendar10:00 AM – 11:30 AMOnline event
Register now to hear this exciting and informative presentation!
Chief Seattle was a warrior, an orator, a benefactor, and a visionary who helped found the city that bears his name, Seattle, the largest city in the world named after a Native American. He wrote nothing down during his life, yet his words-both real and imagined-are known throughout the world. The result is a man made up of both historical and fictional aspects, from which conflicting messages can be gleaned.
David M. Buerge, a biographer and a historian to the Duwamish Tribe, explores this complex figure to uncover how one man’s story still shapes the identity of the city.
Registration is Free! Click here to Register.
11th Annual Lushootseed LanguageThere will be a scheduled break from 12-1:00 for lunch and networking. Join us for a day with presenters from local tribal language programs, artists, and scholars to Envision the Lushootseed World!
Lushootseed 101 is a beginners class that teaches pronunciation as well as sentence structure. The class begins with the Lushootseed alphabet but by the end of the class, students will be able to traditionally introduce themselves in their ancestral tongue. This language is a glimpse into the way our ancestors used to communicate with each other.
For more information contact Sarah Miller smiller @tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
The first lecture is at 2pm. Zoom meeting Id
820 0223 2048
Information for registering for the class.
At Tulalip, our table is a place of family gathering, where we share songs, stories, jokes, food and love. We want to hear our traditional language spoken around the table as elders, parents and children share their lives. That is why we created this app.
Set this app on your table, and you and your family can practice the language of our elders as you share a meal together. Learn and practice how to say “Please give me…” and “Please pass the __ to __.”
This project is a collaboration between the Betty J Taylor Early Learning Academy, The Tulalip Tribes Lushootseed Language Department, and FizzBrain Apps.
The Lushootseed-speaking region extends along the shores of Puget Sound from modern-day Olympia to the Skagit watershed and from the Hood canal to the Cascades. The term “Northern “ refers to the language as spoken by the Skagit, Swinomish, Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, and neighboring peoples; “Southern Lushootseed,” is that spoken by the peoples of Snoqualmie, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually, Squaxin Island, Suquamish, and their neighbors. The Snohomish Lushootseed spoken at Tulalip exhibits features of both Northern and Southern language, though it is usually categorized as “Northern.”
Download the App for Android Here. Coming to the The Apple Appstore soon.