N̓səl̓xčin̓ Curriculum

Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association, along with our partners, have developed a comprehensive, sequenced fluency transfer system and curriculum (ILFTS) that is designed to help new learners become fluent in n̓səl̓xčin/n̓syilxčn̓, Colville-Okangan Salish.

The ILFTS is composed of eight textbooks divided into four levels as …

N̓səl̓xčin̓ 1 - Beginner

N̓səl̓xčin̓ 2 - Intermediate

N̓səl̓xčin̓ 3 - An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish

N̓səl̓xčin̓ 4 -

Additional Resources

Classroom Phrases

useful words and phrases for conducting n̓səl̓xčin̓ immersion preschool or childcare.

pdf

English Language Cultural Resources

Lakes stories in English by Nancy Perkins Wynecoop.

English Language Cultural Resources

In the Stream, Lakes stories in English by Nancy Perkins Wynecoop.

Notes taken during an interview of Sn̓ʕayckstx Elder Nancy Wynecoop at Wellpinit, WA in September 1935 by William W. Elmendorf.

Additional notes taken during interviews of Sn̓ʕayckstx and Spokane Elders by William W. Elmendorf.

Download	Description
	In the stream
	Nancy Wynecoop 1935 interview notes
	Notebook 2
	Notebook 3
	Notebook 4

N̓̓səl̓̓xčin Grammar

pdf

Parent-Child Handbook

useful words and phrases for taking care of babies an toddlers

audio

pdf

N̓səl̓xcin Sq̓yq̓ay̓s (Salish Phonics Wall Cards)

N̓səl̓xcin and design by Grahm Wiley-Camacho and Chris Parkin. N̓səl̓xcin narration by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson.

N̓səl̓xčin̓ Pronunciation Guide

Pronunciation guide

N̓səl̓xčin̓ Pronunciation Guide

This is a a two page document and an audio file that lists the Americanist Phonetic Alphabet (APA) letters that are used to write N̓səl̓xčin̓ / N̓syil̓xčn. The compilation and recording were done by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson and Christopher Parkin for kłyanqx̌ó sn̓m̓am̓áyaʔtn (The Paul Creek Language Association). Below is a YouTube video prepared by Grahm Wiley-Camacho that presents the same information with audio and graphics

Download	Description
	Pronunciation Guide
	Alphabet

N̓səl̓xčin Dictionary

Fonts & Keyboards

Salish Font & Keyboard

This font/keyboard package includes Unicode fonts for Windows and Macintosh

Salish Font & Keyboard

This font/keyboard package includes Unicode fonts for Windows and Macintosh.

The keyboarding system was made for Salish School of Spokane and the Kalispel Tribe. This keyboarding system is designed to allow for efficient typing in English and in all Southern Interior Salish languages: Colville-Okanagan, Kalispel–Spokane-Bitterroot, Coeur d'Alene, and Wenatchee-Columbian.

All of these fonts and keyboards are in the public domain, and can not be sold or redistributed for commercial purposes.

Download	Description
	Salish font & keyboard
	Installation guides

Songs

n̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 1

Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish.

n̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 1

This is a PDF version of the song book, n̓səl̓̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 1: Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish.

This is a collection of kids' song translated and recorded by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson with Christopher Parkin for kłyanqx̌ú sn̓m̓am̓áyaʔtn̓ (The Paul Creek Language Association), Sƛ̓x̌atkʷ N̓̓səl̓̓xčin Sn̓maʔmáyaʔtn̓ (Salish School of Spokane) and the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.

Below are mp3 files for each of the 15 songs included in this collection.

Download	Description
	iʔ sxʷú xʷyaʔ
	kaʔłí s č knm̓qin̓ iʔ k̓ʷí k̓ʷxʷnaʔ
	ʕapná ʔ t sx̌l̓x̌ʕal̓t
	č p̓aʔp̓aʔá xʷ č əčá maʔt skʷəkʷusn̓t
	kłʔupn̓kst l̓ sn̓łəq̓ʷutn̓

	sy̓al̓wá n̓k
	Malí əkłl̓matá
	ba ba q̓ʷʕay̓ l̓matá
	c̓á sy̓aqn̓ naʔł tk̓m̓sax̌n̓
	kíč a skalú laʔ
	t̓iʔ kn̓ x̌ast
	k̓aʔkí n̓ sn̓k̓lip
	way̓
	naqs ʔasí l̓
	iʔ nʕasn̓kʷní m̓

N̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 3

n̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim 3: Even More Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish

N̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 3

n̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim 3: Even More Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish.

This is the third collection of kids' song translated and recorded by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson with Christopher Parkin for kłyan̓qx̌ú sn̓maʔmáyaʔtn̓ (The Paul Creek Language Association), Sƛ̓x̌atkʷ N̓səl̓xčin̓ Sn̓maʔmáyaʔtn̓ (Salish School of Spokane) and the Lower Similkameen Indian Band. Below are mp3 files for each of the 14 songs included in this collection.

Download	Description

	1. Rock-a-bye Baby
	2. Three Brown Bears
	3. Pop Corn Song
	4. Brush Your Teeth Song
	5. Here We Go Around the Huckleberry Bush
	6. Going to Grandma's House
	7. Flowered Hat
	8. Ten Blue Jays
	9. We're Going to the Forest
	10. Down by the River
	11. Who is Wearing Blue
	12. Where are my Arms
	13. Hokey Pokey
	14. kíč as skalú laʔ (extended version)

N̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 2

n̓səl̓̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 2: More Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish

N̓səl̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 2

n̓səl̓̓xčin̓ iʔ sn̓kʷnim̓ 2: More Songs for Beginnings in Colville-Okanagan Salish.

This is another collection of kids' song translated and recorded by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson for kłyan̓qx̌ú sn̓maʔmáyaʔtn̓ (The Paul Creek Language Association), Sƛ̓x̌atkʷ N̓səl̓xčin̓ Sn̓maʔmáyaʔtn̓ (Salish School of Spokane) and the Lower Similkameen Indian Band. Below are mp3 files for each of the 16 songs included in this collection.

Download	Description

	kʷu k̓aw̓sq̓aq̓í t̓aʔm̓
	č ʔič əč kn̓ iʔ tmixʷ
	kʷn̓nun̓t
	n̓łəx̌ʷp̓mitkʷ
	iʔ k̓l̓ sn̓k̓ʷan̓łqtn̓
	x̌ast sn̓k̓ʷul̓l̓tn̓
	kn̓ x̌č mn̓č ut
	kʷ łə lim̓t
	k̓ʷək̓ʷyú maʔ iʔ tupl̓
	kn̓ sxəxƛ̓ú taʔx
	č il̓kst pəspus
	in̓pú s Puff
	c̓akní lxʷ smal̓k̓ʷí kst
	ʔuč l̓x, ʔuč l̓x astá łm̓
	kn̓ sn̓l̓tiʔtn̓
	ha kʷ səč ʔitxəx ?