"The Twulshootseed word which refers to the saltwater comes from the sound the water makes as it crashes onto the shore."
Featuring Archie Cantrell (Puyallup), language teacher.
The Lushootseed language comes from the land
Salish Sea SHORT
Archie Cantrell (Puyallup): [Says Twulshootseed word for river six times]
[Speaks in Twulshootseed] The Lushootseed language comes from the land.
[Twulshootseed Introduction]
The word [Twulshootseed word / river] meaning river, comes from the sound the river actually makes as the water is running over the rocks: [Says Twulshootseed word for river six times]
The word [Twulshootseed word / saltwater], which refers to the saltwater, comes from the sound the water makes as it crashes onto the shore.
[Says Twulshootseed word for saltwater twice]
The Puyallup [Twulshootseed word / river] is one of my favorite places to be. It begins from the glaciers of Təqʷuʔməʔ flowing northwest until reaching Commencement Bay.
[sound of flowing water and birds on the banks of the Puyallup River]
[Speaks in Twulshootseed / The ancestral name for the Puyallup people is [Twulshootseed name]. This literally translates to the People from the Bend at the Bottom of the River]
[Speaks in Twulshootseed / I have the opportunity to net fish on the Puyallup river and dive for geoduck in the Puget sound with my family.]
[Speaks in Twulshootseed] In the Puyallup river, five species of salmon come upriver:
[Lists Twulshootseed names for salmon] Chinook, coho, chum, steelhead, and pinks.
[Speaks in Twulshootseed / My father was a fisherman and he shared his love of fishing with me.]
[Speaks in Twulshootseed] We continue to gather fish and travel by water in our traditional waterways.
[sound of Puyallup River fade away]
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