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Salish School of Spokane

Native children and their teachers gathered for a photo.

Salish School of Spokane (SSoS) is an urban Salish immersion private school. Through a fluency transfer system and dynamic language pedagogy, SSoS is revitalizing the highly endangered Colville Salish language while powering cultural renewal and building a stronger, healthier community. In addition to offering a full education, SSoS provides students with immersive cultural experiences as well as Salish language classes for parents and the community. As a field builder, SSoS supports other Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada in their language revitalization efforts.

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The mission of the Salish School of Spokane is to create a vibrant community of fluent speakers of Interior Salish languages by providing Salish language instruction to children and by empowering parents and families to speak Salish in their daily lives.
First graders Mocpł (left) and W̓sšnaqs
Indian Giver

Salish School Builds Opportunities for Language Interaction & Transmission

The Salish School of Spokane is a Native-led nonprofit organization that offers childcare and elementary school for families in the City of Spokane and surrounding areas. It is one of the few urban-based Indigenous language schools in the country.
Salish children drumming.
Teach For America

Called to Speak: The Struggle to Ensure an Indigenous Language Lives On

In the next 100 years, half of the world’s languages could go extinct. But a family and a school in Washington are committed to saving one of them.