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Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association, along with our partners, are developing a comprehensive, sequenced fluency transfer system and curriculum that is designed to help new learners become fluent in n̓səl̓xčin/n̓syilxčn̓, Colville-Okangan Salish. The fluency system and curriculum is composed of six textbooks divided into three levels as well as instructional techniques and materials used to teach the material using full immersion. At each level of the fluency system and curriculum, there is a language book and a literature book. Each book is accompanied by audio recordings and additional materials to aid in learning and teaching. Sʕamtíc̓aʔ (Sarah) Peterson is the primary translator for the N̓səl̓xčin Fluency Transfer System and Curriculum Project, and she has had the support of other N̓səl̓xčin̓ speakers, especially Hazel Abrahamson in 2005 and Herman Edward thereafter. The curriculum model and its organization are copyrighted and provided by LaRae Wiley and Christopher Parkin. The first three books of this system were created in Wenatchee-Columbian Salish in 2015 by Pauline Covington Stensgar working with Salish School of Spokane. Kalispel and Montana Salish versions of this curriculum are being prepared by the Kalispel Tribe and by the Salish Culture Committee (CSKT) with the assistance and direction of Christopher Parkin.
The books composing the N̓səl̓xcčin Curriculum Project are:
N̓səl̓xčin 1: A Beginning Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish;
Čaptíkʷł 1: N̓səl̓xčin Stories for Beginners;
N̓səl̓xčin 2: An Intermediate Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish;
Čaptíkʷł 2: N̓səl̓xčin̓ Stories for Intermediate Learners;
N̓səl̓xčin̓ 3: An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish, and;
Čaptíkʷł 3: N̓səl̓xčin Stories for Advanced Learners
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N̓səl̓xčin̓ 1: A Beginning Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish, second edition.
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of the N̓səl̓xčin̓ 1 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson, LaRae Wiley & Christopher Parkin. This book is the first in the N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks with accompanying materials that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association.
2022 Edition
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Nselxcin 1: A Beginning Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish |
To the right, please find lesson plans for all lessons in the n̓səl̓xčin̓ 1 book, as well as the Direct Acquisition Activities Teacher's Manual that goes with the book.
Below, you will find .jpg files of the pictures used in the n̓səl̓̓xčin̓ 1 book.
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N1 Lesson Plans 1-45 |
Direct Acquisition Teacher's Manual |
Čaptíkʷł 1: N̓səl̓xčin̓ Stories for Beginners, second edition.
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of the Čaptíkʷł 1 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson, LaRae Wiley & Christopher Parkin. This book is the second in the N̓səl̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association.
2023 Edition
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Captikwll 1: Nselxcin Stories for Beginners |
Below you will find picture book versions of each of the stories included in the Čaptíkʷł 1 textbook. The picture book illustrations are by Maureen Knapp and are copyrighted by Salish School of Spokane. Interested parties are allowed to download and print storybook for educational, non-commercial use. Sale of the materials for any reason is prohibited.
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Lesson Schema for teaching N̓səl̓xčin̓ 2
The document to the right is meant to help teachers develop lesson plans for teaching the material in N̓səl̓xčin̓ 2. This particular schema is based on covering N2 in three, 75 minute sessions.
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N2 Lesson Schema |
Čaptíkʷł 2: N̓səl̓xčin̓ Stories for Intermediate Learners, second edition.
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of the Captíkʷł 2 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the fourth in the N̓səl̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association.
2021 Edition
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Captikwll 2: Intermediate Nselxcin Stories |
N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ 3: An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish- Unit 1
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of unit one of the N̓səl̓xčin̓ 3 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the fifth in the N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association. Audio files for unit one are available below.
2022 Edition
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Nselxcin 3, Unit 1- Spring |
N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ 3: An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish- Unit 2
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of unit two of the N̓səl̓xčin 3 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the fifth in the N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association. Audio files for unit two are available below.
2022 Edition
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Nselxcin 3, Unit 2- Summer |
N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ 3: An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish- Unit 3
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of unit three of the N̓səl̓xčin 3 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the fifth in the N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association. Audio files for unit three are available below.
2023 edition
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Nselxcin 3, Unit 3- Fall |
N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ 3: An Advanced Course in Colville-Okanagan Salish- Unit 4
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of unit four of the N̓səl̓xčin 3 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the fifth in the N̓̓səl̓̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project of six textbooks with accompanying software that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association. Audio files for unit four are available below.
2020 Edition
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Nselxcin 3, Unit 4- Winter |
Čaptíkʷł 3: Nsəlxcin Stories for Advanced Learners
Click the icon to the right to download a .pdf file of the Čaptíkʷł 3 book by Sʕamtíc̓aʔ Peterson & Christopher Parkin. This book is the sixth of six textbooks in the N̓səl̓xčin̓ Curriculum Project that is being developed by Salish School of Spokane and The Paul Creek Language Association.
2021 Edition
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Captikwll 3 Book: Advanced Nselxcin Stories |
iʔ smay̓n̓čuts Kʷikʷítás: Complete Seymour, Autobiography Study Guide
This study guide is based on data in the book, The Complete Seymour, by Kʷikʷitás (Peter) Seymour, compiled and edited by Anthony Mattina.
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Kwikwitas 1: smayncuts |
iʔ smay̓n̓čuts Sʕaʔál̓qs: Okanagan Grouse Woman, Narratives Study Guide
This study guide is based on data in the book, Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Ničola Narratives, by Sʕaʔál̓qs (Lottie) Lindley, compiled and edited by John Lyon, translated by Sʕaʔál̓qs, Sarah McCleod and John Lyon, and published by the University of Nebraska Press.
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Okanagan Grouse Woman Study Guide- Smayncuts |
iʔ čaptíkʷɬs Sʕaʔál̓qs: Okanagan Grouse Woman, Stories Study Guide
This study guide is based on data in the book, Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Ničola Narratives, by Sʕaʔál̓qs (Lottie) Lindley, compiled and edited by John Lyon, translated by Sʕaʔál̓qs, Sarah McCleod and John Lyon, and published by the University of Nebraska Press.
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Okanagan Grouse Woman Study Guide- captikwll |
Dora aʔ kɬčaptíkʷɬs: Dora DeSautel Stories Study Guide
This study guide is based on data in the book, Dora aʔ kɬčaptíkʷɬ, by Dora DeSautel, compiled and edited by Anthony Mattina, and translated by Madeleine DeSautel and Anthony Mattina.
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Dora a7 kllchaptikwll Study Guide |
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