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NPS Archeology Program: Kennewick Man (8917 words) |
 | Sahaptin distinguishes two varieties of mule deer as yáamash (the Rocky Mountain mule deer) and tl'álk (the fl-tailed deer of the Cascade Mountains), as well as the white-tailed deer, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, and pronghorn antelope (Hunn and Selam 1990:139-141). |
| It is noteworthy that Coyote (spilyáy) is the Sahaptin "culture hero," not Raven, as is characteristic of cultures to the north and west (Jacobs 1929, 1934; Beavert 1974). |
| Firstly, the Numic languages are distributed in a broad fan-like sweep of territory between southeastern California across Nevada and Utah to southern Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, with the Comanche (a Shoshonean-speaking group) established on the Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains. |
| Canku Ota - Decermber 15, 2001 - Tribes Race to Save Dying Languages (1780 words) |
| Sahaptin is the language of tribes along the Columbia River east of The Dalles. |
| U.S. policy damaged languages The original languages of America were dealt a near fatal blow in the late 1800s and early 1900s when the United States forced generations of tribal children to attend boarding schools where they were isolated from their families and threatened with beatings and other violence for speaking their languages. |
| Language can be taught in school, but teachers say their best students are their own families who naturally pick up words and phrases while practicing other tribal traditions. |
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