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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.

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.

March 26, 2025

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Keeping the spark of Coeur d'Alene language alight
March 26, 2025 1:07 a.m.

Keeping the spark of Coeur d'Alene language alight

American Indian Heritage Week underway at NIC

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.