The Indigenous Roots and Reparation Foundation has dinner to celebrate the end of its first online Native American language course on June 25 at the Cashmere Riverside Center.
CASHMERE — One Wenatchee-based group is working to reclaim and preserve Indigenous languages.
Lettering that read “Tilxest,” which means “hello” in Wenatchi-Columbia, is outside of the Cashmere Riverside Center for the celebration dinner of the Indigenous Roots and Reparations Foundation’s first online Native American language course on June 25.
Sister group, the Golden Eaglettes, performed during the dinner next to lettering that read “Lamlamt,” which means “thank you” in Wenatchi-Columbian. Ernestine Iukes, left, Featherae Iukes, center, and Tashina Iukes, right, are of the Wenatchi Tribe.
