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snxÊ·meneÊ” nqÊ·lqÊ·eltn
6190 Agency Loop Road
PO Box 100
Wellpinit, WA 99040
509-258-4222
Spokane Tribe Language and Culture
ƛ̓uxʷ šey̓ lʔe n šiyulexʷ We have always walked this land
Albert Sam
Extra Lesson 4: Names of Tribes
Vocabulary
Middle Spokane - snzmene/
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Upper Spokane - sntu/t/uliz
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Lower Spokane - scqesciOni
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Okanagan - s/udna/qini
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Nez Perce - safaptni
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Coeur D'alene - sdicWi
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Colville - szyelpetj
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Cree - ncovaqs
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Crow - stemdi/
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Bitter Root - TaT/ayaqn
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Lakota/Dakota - huO n/izTusm
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Yakama - yi/aqme/
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Kootenai - sqLse
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Blackfeet - sdAiSni
Dialogue
What tribe are you from? - tl den hu j sqeliz?
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I am a ____ Tribal Member. - ti ____ Ou di sqeliz.
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