CW at Siletz

[Francisc Czobor]

Thank you very much for your answer!
I still have two little things not clear for me:
1. If now Athapascan is promoted at Siletz, why has that Powwow the name "Nesika Illahee" and not some Athapascan name?
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?

Francisc

Robert Kentta <rkentta at CTSI.NSN.US> wrote:
Chinook Wawa is still used at Siletz to some extent, though I doubt we have
a high degree of fluency in any current speakers. I grew up here at Siletz
listening to speakers who used Chinook words in english sentences and
Chinook mixed with SW Oregon Athapascan, as well as some phrases totally in
Chinook. I'm 41, My mother's generation all pretty much understood it, knew
and used quite a bit of vocabulary, but her mother's generation all spoke it
fairly well, and sang hymns at church in Chinook Wawa. The days of speakers
like Hoxie Simmons and Coquille Thompson left with that generation.

Today, we are focussing on Athapascan language efforts.

Robert Kentta
CTSI-Cultural Resources Director

		
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