Indigenous languages once considered nearly extinct could be heard echoing through the halls of Northern Quest Resort and Casino this week. Small children called out to parents, and friends hailed one ...

Thuds on a boulder-sized drum and the strong baritone of a Salish singer echoed throughout Northern Quest Casino, where hundreds gathered Thursday night by candlelight. In the middle stood several ...

Words fall short. At a conference last week designed to encourage area Indian tribes to save their native Salish language from extinction, a paradox emerged: Even if the tribes triumph and create a ...

“Do you know, this is the largest gathering of Salish-speaking people in a hundred years?” Chris Parkin is standing near the doorway to a large meeting hall at Northern Quest Casino, and his ...