Culture: ; Teaching Indian Languages Preserves Heritage, Too
Charleston Gazette › December 22, 2008
Linked as:
Summary
TULALIP INDIAN RESERVATION, Wash. - This classroom at first sounds like any other, as fourth- and fifth- graders belt out the Pledge of Allegiance. But then they slip seamlessly into Lushootseed, one of Washington state's native languages.
The kids want to show off what they have learned. Many have been getting 40 minutes of Lushootseed instruction a day at Tulalip Elementary, a public school in Snohomish County.See the full content of this document
Extract
Culture: ; Teaching Indian Languages Preserves Heritage, Too
Teacher Tosha Gobin gets instant decorum just by promising to call on whoever is sitting quietly, so eager are her students for a turn at the board.
As a number of elders for wh...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
