1988-10-05 Char-Koosta News

              Local schools observe Native American Week in different ways
Some Reservation schools observed Native American week by inviting Tribal speakers on culture, language and history to give students some real-life accounts of Indians in this area and to talk about some of the current efforts to preserve the Salish and Kootenai cultures.
Tony Incashola and Joe Phillips, fluent speakers of the Salish and Koote-
nai languages (respectively), visited Ronan High School's German and Spanish language classes to demonstrate the TPR language-learning method. Students heard the commands to "stand", "point to the light", "touch your chair", and "sit" in four languages: Salish, Kootenai, German and Spanish. After responding to the commands in the Native languages a few times, the students quickly understood which action the speakers were commanding them to do.
The consensus, according to students' reactions, was that German and Salish sounded much easier to imitate than Kootenai and Spanish.
Tribal-member teachers Dennis Webster and Traci Buckless arranged other activities for various classes involving the Salish Culture Committee and the Kootenai Culture Committee, as well as a Native American art display/ field trip to The Arrow arts and crafts store in Ronan, owned and operated by Tribal members Ignace and Karen Couture.
In Charlo, activities were organized by Ingrid Smith, the school's Title IV coordinator. Students were visited by Don Wetzel, a Blackfeet Tribal member who is the Superintendent of Schools in Corvallis. Wetzel talked about his up-(Concludes on page two)
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October quarterly is this Friday in Pablo
The last quarterly Council meeting for 1988 is scheduled for this Friday, the 7th, beginning around 9 a.m., in the Council chambers at Tribal headquarters in Pablo.
The public is encouraged to attend and ask questions or otherwise share concerns or compliments, as the case may be.
Columbus Day closures
Two federal agencies — the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service — will be closed on Monday, Oct. 10, in observance of Columbus Day.
All Tribal offices will be open, however.