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