Keeping the spark of Coeur d'Alene language alight
Cheffrey Sailto addresses the audience during his presentation about the revitalization of the Coeur d'Alene language at North Idaho College as part of American Indian Heritage Week.
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The audience listens to Cheffrey Sailto speak about the ways his family was cut off from learning the Coeur d'Alene language due to the separation of children from their families and their cultures due to the American Indian boarding schools.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
Coeur d’Alene tribal member and language expert Cheffrey Sailto delivered his opening message twice, in two languages.
“It’s really important for me when I speak, I speak Coeur d’Alene first, English second,” Sailto said.
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