Salish Language School visits Alberton
The Nkwusm Salish Language School from Arlee held a demonstration for the Alberton School that contained culture, dress, language, drumming and dancing. The school’s curriculum is centered around the Salish history with math and English being the only courses one would find in a Montana public school. (Photo provided)
Traditional dancing and drumming were a large part of the exhibition from the Nkwusm Salish Language School for the students and administration of Alberton School. (Photo provided)
The Nkwusm Salish Language School from Arlee performs traditional dance and drumming in authentic Salish attire at Alberton School. (Photo provided)
The Nkwusm Salish Language School from Arlee performs traditional dance and drumming in authentic Salish attire at Alberton School. (Photo provided)
The Nkwusm Salish Language School from Arlee performs traditional dance and drumming in authentic Salish attire at Alberton School. (Photo provided)
“Our people were the first people to live on this land, and our people will be the last ones to leave it,” Allen Pierre told the student body of the Alberton School District recently.
The gymnasium became a classroom for Native American history last week when the Nkwusm Salish Language School from Arlee performed traditional dance and drumming in authentic Salish attire that the students had made themselves.
Allen is the school's Cultural Arts Teacher and his students learn a wide array of topics, including why they drum, sing and dance and when this is done. He instructs how to craft, sew, create outfits, toys and drum skins and their structure. He incorporates the science aspects of their culture into his curriculum where one of his teachings is about animals.
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