Salish language immersion school
On a recent trip to a language summit in Washington, D.C., Tachini Pete, executive director of the Nkwusm school on the Flathead Reservation, attended the three-day event. Here is a link to the Salish immersion school in Arlee. Nearly 40 students are served at Nkwusm. Research shows that immersion schools are the sure way to save endangered languages, which are quickly disappearing. It's estimated that some 70 native languages in the United States will become extinct in the next decade.
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