Animals

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Antelope

Badger

Big Horn Sheep

Black Bear

Black Tail Buck

Bobcat

Buffalo

Bull Elk

Bull

Calf

Cat

Chicken

Chipmunk

Cow Elk

Cow

Coyote

Dog

Eagle

Ermine Weasel

Fox

Goat

Gopher

Grizzly Bear

Horse

Kill Deer

Little Rabbit

Magpie

Meadow Lark

Moose

Mountain Goat

Mountain Lion

Mourning Dove

Mouse

Muskrat

Owl

Packrat

Pig

Pigeon

Rabbit

Raccoon

Sheep

Skunk

Squirrel

White Tail Buck

White Tail Doe

Wolf

Wolverine

When the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes first established the Salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee (SPCC) in 1974-75, the small staff asked culturally knowledgeable elders to come in and teach what they knew. The elders responded by generously sharing their songs and stories — almost all in the Salish language, many of them handed down through tribal tradition from time immemorial. The staff recorded the elders on simple cassette tape machines. And from that humble beginning, the SPCC developed one of the world’s finest and most extensive archives of tribal oral history and culture.

The SPCC is working on a series of books that will include many excerpts from those recorded oral histories. Now, readers will have access not only to transcripts of the recordings, but also to the recordings themselves: the voices of tribal elders. It is their voices that we honor, respect, and put forward as the authorities on Salish-Pend d’Oreille language and culture. We hope this website will serve as a powerful way in which the elders can directly teach our language, our history, and our culture. Additional files will be made available as staff time allows for all SPCC books and projects.

Audio Pages

• 

  Salish & Pend d'Oreille Language Reference Guide

  An audio guide to some common Salish/Pend d'Oreille words and phrases.

  Go to the page.

• 

  The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

  At the heart of The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition are the elders’ oral histories, recorded in Salish and presented in the book in a bilingual, Salish-English format. Now, as you read the text, you can also listen to the elders’ voices from the Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee’s original recordings.

  Go to the page.

• 

  Salish-Pend d'Oreille Placename Signs on U.S. Highway 93

  Pronunciations of the placename signs along Highway 93.

  Go to the page.

Additional Audio

• Pronunciation Drills
• Animals
• Clothing

Clothing

Audio coming soon!

War Bonnet

Roach

Vest

Gauntlets

Breast Plate

Leggings

Buckskin Dress

Wing Dress

Beaded Bag

Shawl

Mocassins

Rubbers For Mocassins

Beaded Belt

Earrings

Braid Wraps

Feather

Staff

Blanket

Shirt

Pants

Jacket

Raincoat

Overcoat

Fur Coat

Sweater

Cap

Hat

Straw Hat

Mitten

Gloves

Rubber Boots

Cowboy Boots

Shoes

Socks

Belt

Comb

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