Lushootseed [ləšucid] (Southern)
UW offers Southern Lushootseed through the Department of American Indian Studies.
Program Overview
The AIS Department provides full-year, for-credit instruction in Southern Lushootseed, led by instructor Tami Hohn.
If we want this to be a world language, we have to set it free. We have to allow it to be spoken and taught by everybody who’s interested.”
Study Abroad
Course Information
Course Catalog
- AIS 310 A Linguistic Approach to Culture: Southern Lushootseed Seasonal Calendar
- AIS 313 American Indian Language-Salish
- AIS 314 American Indian Language-Salish
- AIS 315 American Indian Language-Salish
"I feel like it’s my duty to contribute to keeping Lushootseed alive. If I ever have kids, I want to be able to help them hold on to their Puyallup roots".
More about Lushootseed
Global
- Classified as Reawakening by Ethnologue. 9 (Reawakening) Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Washington.
Learning
- It belongs to the Salish language family. Spoken by several Salish tribes in what is now Washington state.
- Historically known as Niskwalli, Northern Lushootseed, Northern Puget Sound Salish, Pugué, Squaxon, dəxʷləšucid, dxʷləšúcid, xʷəlšucid.
Culture & Diplomacy
- It offers a unique, indigenous perspective on regional history, ecology, and storytelling that is inherently tied to the local landscape.
Travel & Career
- Opens career opportunities in education, public affairs, language specialists, filmmaking, tribal administration and law.
Discover More
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View of great wheel, ferry and Mt. Rainier
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Museum of Art
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Mt. Rainier
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Hoh Rainforest - Olympic National Park