Lushootseed Language & Culture/Swinomish Community Library
Lushootseed language, stories, culture and crafts offered for adults and children. Adult classes can be taken for college credit. All ages community library, by appointment. Onsite computers based in library, for adult use only.
Carmen Pastores Joe (Upper Skagit Tribe) is the language teacher for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; this is her first video lesson in
They will be traveling on the open waters of the Salish Seas.
Some have already left their shores on July 2nd, traveling down
from their First Nations traditional homelands. Others will be
canoeing from as far away as Oregon and California; while other
indigenous canoe families from Hawaii & New Zealand will also
travel with the NW and First Nation Canoe families.
When they all land, there is special protocol that takes place.
Skippers of the family canoes will ask permission (often in their
own dialects/language) to come ashore. The response from the host
speakers will be to welcome them ashore, to take part in the
weeklong celebration and potlatch that happens on July 31st.
This video will help teach the traditional response &
greetings from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Carmen was
fortunate to learn the language from her Aunt Vi Hilbert
"Taq-sha-blu" (also from the Upper Skagit Tribe)-she left specific
words for her friends & family to welcome the canoes. There
will be other language videos forthcoming also based on
"Taq-sha-blu's" work.
Carmen Pastores-Joe, Librarian
PHONE: 360/466.7356
Tamara Cayou, Library Assistant
PHONE: 360/466.7357
Location & Mailing Address
Social Services Building
17337 Reservation Road
La Conner, WA
Hours of Operation
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