Tribes set to host open house Tuesday (fwd)

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Tribes set to host open house Tuesday

By the East Oregonian
http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=45093&TM=68384.14

MISSION  The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservations
Language Program and Cultural Resources Protection Program will host an
open house from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Longhouse.

Refreshments will be served throughout the day and lunch will be served
beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The open house will give the community the opportunity to meet master
language teachers, apprentices, the Language Program coordinator and to
learn about the master-apprentice projects.

Projects partner elders speak tribal languages with other CTUIR members
so they can learn, listen and understand the languages.

The public is welcome to review the texts completed by the tribal
linguist and learn about the Cultural Resources Protection program.

The CTUIR Education Department has received grants for preserving and
maintaining the tribes three languages: Cayuse/Nez Perce, Umatilla and
Walla Walla.

The Nathan and Violet David Foundation awarded $30,000 to fund a pilot
master-apprentice program.

The two apprentices  Jeremiah Farrow and Linda Sampson  are paired with
tribal elders to learn, listen and speak the Walla Walla language
directly from Master Speakers Edith McCloud and Cecelia Bearchum.

The Lannan Foundation awarded $30,000 to fund three master-apprentice
teams for three months.