Umatilla Tribes work to preserve languages
Friday, October 28, 2005
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The Confederated Umatilla Tribes of Oregon are working hard to preserve their three tribal languages.
Of 2,525 members, only 44 elders speak the Cayuse/Nez Perce, Umatilla and Walla Walla languages fluently. But with grants from federal and private sources, the tribe has developed programs to teach the languages to a new generation and to turn the new speakers into instructors.
The tribe is also developing a dictionary for the languages.
Get the Story:
Grants fund program preserving tribal languages
(The East Oregonian 10/28)
Relevant Links:
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation -
http://www.umatilla.nsn.us