Culture-Respect
The salish-Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee seeks to preserve, protect and perpetuate the living culture and traditional way of life of our people.
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This page is designed to inform the community about SQCC projects and events.
Creating Value Through Expertise and Trust
The Salish – Pend d’ Oreille Culture Committee was first created in 1974-75 in response to the urgent concern of many traditional elders that we need to take strong action to ensure that out culture would be carried on by younger generations, and by the generations yet to come. Since that time, we have worked hard in many areas to ensure that both our language and way of life will always survive and flourish.
Resources for Culture
Creating Value Through Expertise and Trust
Traditional tribal cultural events and activities
The Culture Committee conducts cultural and ceremonial activities, feasts, pilgrimages, and dances at appropriate times of year. This includes the New Year’s Jump Dances, the bi-annual trips to the Medicine Tree, the Bitterroot Feast, and the Christmas dinners. Other events are held in addition to these, as well as field trips with elders and other tribal members to important places in Salish-Pend d’Oreille aboriginal territories.
We continue to gather, prepare, and store traditional plant foods.. These are kept at the Longhouse for use in tribal feasts and other special occasions, and for the benefit of elders. We also gather and dry traditional medicinal plants for the personal use of traditional elders, and other traditional materials as needed for various cultural uses.
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Who We Are
Melissa Peterson
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Melissa Peterson
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Melissa Peterson
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Melissa Peterson
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