<b><font size="4">Klallam people celebrate new dictionary<br></font></b><br>By RICHARD WALKER <br>North Kitsap Herald Editor <br>NOVEMBER 30, 2012 · UPDATED 1:42 PM <br><br>LITTLE BOSTON — The hefty, 983-page book is important for the current generation, Laura Price told the crowd gathered Wednesday in the Port Gamble S’Klallam longhouse.<br>
<br>“It’s important for the ones who have passed on, and it’s important for the ones who are not here yet.”<br><br>Indeed, the new Klallam Dictionary — celebrated at the gathering of Klallam people from Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble — holds the future of the language. And it holds a lot of history.<br>
<br>Elders, educators and Tribal Council members from Becher Bay, Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble worked with University of North Texas professor Timothy Montler for a quarter of a century on this dictionary, which has more than 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, numerous indexes, and a wealth of cultural information. The dictionary is among the largest books published by the University of Washington Press.<br>
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