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At Whitehorse Mountain Time, locals learn Lushootseed on ancestral land
DARRINGTON — Kids milled around, exploring the Darrington Library and playing with carpet squares displaying the letters of the alphabet midday Wednesday.
But they settled down quickly as Sauk-Suiattle elder Mary Porter asked her young cousin to say a Lushootseed prayer.
I am thankful for this good/fine day, the English translation begins. I am thankful for this life.
The Lushootseed storytelling event at the Darrington library was the first in a series called so-bali-ali pətab, or “Whitehorse Mountain Time.” The Coast Salish language, historically spoken by Indigenous peoples around Puget Sound, does not use capital letters.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/at-whitehorse-mountain-time-locals-learn-lushootseed-on-ancestral-land/