Tag: salish school

On Friday (Feb. 9), award-winning Cree actress and activist Michelle Thrush spoke to students at Salish School of Spokane, giving them an insight into her life, how she got into acting, her culture and how she wants to tell stories from a place of honesty.

Though she may be gone, Spokane tribal elder Pauline Flett’s legacy in preserving the Salish language, which is used by Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, lives on in those who she has inspired throughout her time as a teacher.

"...I noticed that there’s this huge lack of Native American students who are really into their culture.”

By Elizabeth Backstrom and Elizabeth Schindler A volunteer cleanup crew of more than 200 people joined staff at the Salish School of Spokane on Saturday to...