<DIV>Thank you very much for your answer!</DIV>
<DIV>I still have two little things not clear for me:</DIV>
<DIV>1. If now Athapascan is promoted at Siletz, why has that Powwow the name "Nesika Illahee" and not some Athapascan name?</DIV>
<DIV>2. As far as I know, the Siletz Tribes are mostly of Athapascan origin, but not exclusively. There are also of Salishan (Tillamook), Yakonan (Alsea, Siuslaw), Kusan (Coos), and Takelman linguistic affiliation. Aren't also those languages promoted?</DIV>
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<DIV><B><I>Robert Kentta <rkentta@CTSI.NSN.US></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Chinook Wawa is still used at Siletz to some extent, though I doubt we have<BR>a high degree of fluency in any current speakers. I grew up here at Siletz<BR>listening to speakers who used Chinook words in english sentences and<BR>Chinook mixed with SW Oregon Athapascan, as well as some phrases totally in<BR>Chinook. I'm 41, My mother's generation all pretty much understood it, knew<BR>and used quite a bit of vocabulary, but her mother's generation all spoke it<BR>fairly well, and sang hymns at church in Chinook Wawa. The days of speakers<BR>like Hoxie Simmons and Coquille Thompson left with that generation.<BR><BR>Today, we are focussing on Athapascan language efforts.<BR><BR>Robert Kentta<BR>CTSI-Cultural Resources Director<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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