On this page after our Native American dance Skype video demonstration, Memphis students will write questions to the students in Nespelem, who will answer them in the comment section.
- 5D Rob-On your regalia that makes the noises when you dance are the pieces always one certain thing or is it usually something different? See your answer here: Regalia Sounds
- 5D Dylan J - Do you guys watch sports and who is your favorite team?
- 5C Sam- What are your favorite classes/subjects?
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- 5C Alex- How many people are in your school?
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- 5C Eric- How old has your school been existing?
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- 5C Max- Does your regailia represent anything?
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- 5C Matthew-Question: What religion are you?
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- 5C Chandler- What kind of sodas do you drink?
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- 5C Will- Do y'all have a special traditional food?
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- 5C Mark- Have y'all done a mapskip?
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- 5B Jonathan- What time do you have to wake up to go to school?
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- 5B Ben- Does your school learn a diffrent language as a class?
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- 5B JimH-What do you do at your school for fun in your free time?
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- 5B Trammel-Do yall have a school basketball team?
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- 5B Drew-How long is your school year?
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- 5B Hudson- What are the type of cars that you all have?
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- 5B BuckB- Question: Do the kids of Nespelem school still eat foods of their culture for Holidays and celebration?
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- 5B David D- Do you still do Pow-Wows for fun and not for compition?
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- 5BDavid N- What is your favorite thing to do when you have free time?
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- 5BCole- What is your favorite time of the year and what makes you say that?
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- 5B william- How many festivals are held through the year?
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- 5BMurray- Do you ever go to any sports games?
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- 5BJackson- How often do you all host dances or pow-wows?
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- 5BReece - What games or sports do you often play for fun?
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- 5C Swep- What is
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- 5cHayes-Question: What is the main food that you eat at pow-wows?
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- 5cnoah-Question: When can we Skype again with you?
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- 5C Austin- Do you live in a big city or a small city?
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- 5D Lawson: I have a question. How long does it take for you to put on your regalia?
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- 5A Coleo- Question: What cool places do you go to have fun?
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- 5A Patton- Question: On average, how many pow-wows do you have a year?
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- 5A Owen- Do you celebrate any holidays? And if so what are they called and what do you celebrate?
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- 5A Jason- How many people leave the Indian reserve every year?
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- 5A Sam- Question: What are the different foods that you eat? What is the most commonly eaten food?
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- 5AJasce- Question: What video game do you play the most?
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- 5AMacT.- Do the kids of Nespelem School live in the city or near by it?
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- 5B Beck- What is the most important holiday ya'll have or do you have holidays?
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- 5B Will- What is some fun and cool places ya'll like to go to on field trips or do ya'll have field trips?
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- 5D Saatvik-Do you have any subject that differs from what we have at our school such as math, english, science, social studies, and reading?
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- 5DBolton-Do you normally hunt and fish for food or do you go to a market or a grocery store?
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- 5D John-What sport do the majority of you like?
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- 5D Ethan- What are some frequent hobbies you encounter every day?
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- 5D Bob E. - How are your average days spent when your not in school?
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- 5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?
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- 5D Bedon - I've always wondered if ya'll go to pro-sports games.
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- 5A Cole H.- Do you still spear fish?
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- 5A Jackson- What time does your school start and end?
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- 5A Henry- What is a popular restaurant near your location?
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- 5A Edwin- On your reservation area to you have clean water or is it supplied through a diffrent source?
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- 5D PhilipFree- Do you guys have any seminars or semanarys over there?
- 5D Wes- Do the children like yo draw cartoons?
- what are some of your favorite traditional foods?
Comments (75)
5bmurray said
at 12:28 pm on Apr 21, 2009
5BMurray- Do you ever go to any Major League Sports games?
Ms. Edwards said
at 1:20 pm on Apr 24, 2009
Murray, we had to travel over 300 miles to Seattle with our families to see the Mariners, Sonics, and Seahawks play. Six of us have been to Seattle to see a game at one time or other. Some of us went to Spokane Arena to see the Spokane Shocks and Gonzaga Bulldogs play. Some of us got to watch NCAA games in Spokane. We love our sports the most.
Ms. Edwards said
at 1:25 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5C Sam- What are your favorite classes/subjects?
Four of us like writing the best.
Eight of us like social studies.
One of us likes math the best.
Ten of us like Jump Start (pe, band, culture, computer, study hall)
Ms. Edwards said
at 1:29 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5C Alex- How many people are in your school?
there are 167 students.from rojo
lenaria said
at 1:39 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5C Will- Do y'all have a special traditional food?
yes we eat bitter root and cammos
enmo said
at 1:41 pm on Apr 24, 2009
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# 5B BuckB- Question: Do the kids of Nespelem school still eat foods of their culture for Holidays and celebration?
right now we are going to have a root feast and celebrate the foods once we go to dig the bitter roots and camus or we
go out to pick huckle berries.
landa said
at 1:42 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5D PhilipFree- Do you guys have any seminars or semanarys over there?
We have a Cathath Curch and a Church on the hill Indian Babtist Curch
enmo said
at 1:44 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5B David D- Do you still do Pow-Wows for fun and not for compition?
Sort of but when we have powows then they do both first they start out
just practice then start competing if you come in place you might win either money or something
landa said
at 1:45 pm on Apr 24, 2009
# 5A Edwin- On your reservation area to you have clean water or is it supplied through a diffrent source?We have clean running water running throught the water tower.
lenaria said
at 1:46 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5C Chandler- What kind of sodas do you drink?
We drink all diffrent like mountain dew, root beer,and sprite , pepsi,and stuff.
rellder said
at 1:46 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5BMurray- Do you ever go to any sports game
yeah we go to da seatle seahaks
lamjo said
at 1:48 pm on Apr 24, 2009
# 5B Beck- What is the most important holiday ya'll have or do you have holidays?
Yes we do have holidays! My favorit holiday is easter!
landa said
at 1:48 pm on Apr 24, 2009
# 5A Henry- What is a popular restaurant near your location? Galaxy Pizza
denwha said
at 1:49 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5cnoah-Question: When can we Skype again with you? with in two week's.
denwha
lamjo said
at 1:50 pm on Apr 24, 2009
# 5B Beck- What is the most important holiday ya'll have or do you have holidays?
Yes we do have holidays! My favorit holiday is easter! my favorit holiday is easter because you get to find easter eggs!
lamjo said
at 1:53 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5B Will- What is some fun and cool places ya'll like to go to on field trips or do ya'll have field trips?
We do have field trips! we are going to owhi lake on may 14! we get to do activities like forestry, nature, and hiking.
denwha said
at 1:56 pm on Apr 24, 2009
# 5C Austin- Do you live in a big city or a small city? its mostly country,nespelem has 212. 14 miles away is coulee dam area with 4500 people including ranchers. It is over an hour to any big city like Spokane or Omak.
jamon said
at 1:57 pm on Apr 24, 2009
5A Owen- Do you celebrate any holidays? And if so what are they called and what do you celebrate? We have root feast we have Thanksgiving , Christmas, Easter , Halloween , ST Patrick day. Oops. The bell rang. I'll answer later.
landa said
at 1:27 pm on Apr 27, 2009
What time does your school start and end?
Our school starts at 8:15 and it ends at 2:45.
lamjo said
at 1:31 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5D Saatvik-Do you have any subject that differs from what we have at our school such as math, english, science, social studies, and reading?
we do not have english but we have all the other subjects!
Ms. Edwards said
at 8:49 pm on Apr 28, 2009
We call English, Writing. We also have band, culture, computer lab (1x week), pe, study hall.
rellder said
at 1:31 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# BJackson- How often do you all host dances or pow-wows?
we have aolt of powwow's
landa said
at 1:31 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5A Cole H.- Do you still spear fish?
We hook the salam at Chief Josph dam
Ms. Edwards said
at 8:51 pm on Apr 28, 2009
I found an old postcard showing Indians "snagging salmon" in Oregon on the Columbia River before the dams were built and when the Celio Falls still flowed. See it at:
http://columbiariverimages.com/PennyPostcards/Images/PC_celilo_falls_fishing_fishwheel_ca1930.jpg
elbe said
at 1:32 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5D Lawson: I have a question. How long does it take for you to put on your regalia?
First you put on your dress on. Second we put on our accessories.
so it'll take about 15 minutes
rojo said
at 1:34 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# 5C Eric- How old has your school been existing?your school been existing since 1916. We were the 14th school district in our state. and our new building was built in 1981.
landa said
at 1:35 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5D Bedon - I've always wondered if ya'll go to pro-sports games.Yeah we go to "Seattle Seahawks","Seattle Mariners".
landa said
at 1:38 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?
We all live on a revasion.
lenaria said
at 1:39 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# 5C Mark- Have y'all done a mapskip?
we just answer your questions n it but I'd like to one day.
enmo said
at 1:41 pm on Apr 27, 2009
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# 5BDavid N- What is your favorite thing to do when you have free time#
go to sleep
some times play outside
play basket ball
some people ride a wheelers
dirt bikes
reading
ferrets
squrrels
rojo said
at 1:41 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# 5C Max- Does your regailia represent anything?yes. my regalia repersent that i am a grass dancer.rojo
Ms. Edwards said
at 8:52 pm on Apr 28, 2009
The long fringes of yarn represent grass. The grass dancers once stomped the grass down where the tipis were to be placed.
rellder said
at 1:41 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# BJackson- How often do you all host dances or pow-wows?
we have aolt of powwow's like forth of july and groud hogs day powwow's to.
elbe said
at 1:43 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5A Coleo- Question: What cool places do you go to have fun?
Um we can go to a friends house or go to games like basketball, softball, football, volleyball.
lenaria said
at 1:44 pm on Apr 27, 2009
# 5B Jonathan- What time do you have to wake up to go to school?
7.30 to get on the bus and eat breakfast intill 8.15.
lenaria said
at 1:47 pm on Apr 27, 2009
5B Ben- Does your school learn a diffrent language as a class?
no oops bell rang got to go by
Ms. Edwards said
at 8:55 pm on Apr 28, 2009
In culture class, students learn Salish, a local language. Lemlmtñ (Lem Lemt) means thank you.
landa said
at 12:56 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Bob E. - How are your average days spent when your not in school?
I go to my dads or my moms if I am at my moms I play with my little sister dad his name is Kile her name is Talise.
elbe said
at 12:58 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5A Cole H.- Do you still spear fish?
I dont know I think some people might still spear fish.
lamjo said
at 1:00 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D John-What sport do the majority of you like?
we all like football,vollyball, basket ball
5djohn said
at 8:06 am on May 1, 2009
We also play all of those sports also. We also like baseball.
rellder said
at 1:01 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5BReece - What games or sports do you often play for fun?
football,soccer,vollyball ,tball,basketball stuff like that
landa said
at 1:01 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Ethan- What are some frequent hobbies you encounter every day?
I play basketball.
denwha said
at 1:03 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Ethan- What are some frequent hobbies you encounter every day?
football,baseball,basketball,vollyball
DENWHA.
landa said
at 1:05 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D John-What sport do the majority of you like?
I do not know
landa said
at 1:06 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Bolton-Do you normally hunt and fish for food or do you go to a market or a grocery store?
We do all of them.
enmo said
at 1:07 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5BCole- What is your favorite time of the year and what makes you say that? my favorite time of the year is when it is summer because we get a long summer vacation and that is fun because I get to sleep in all the time
rojo said
at 1:08 pm on Apr 28, 2009
# 5C Matthew-Question: What religion are you?i am Catholic.i go to the Sacred Heart Catholic Mission Church.
elbe said
at 1:08 pm on Apr 28, 2009
# 5A Jackson- What time does your school start and end?
um we start the week before laborday and we end 2 weeks in June.
denwha said
at 1:09 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Bob E. - How are your average days spent when your not in school?
I play video games and play football with my dad.
DENWHA
Ms. Edwards said
at 1:09 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?
The Native Americans who live here choose to live here now; they are not forced to live here. However, when the treaty was signed in 1872, any Native American who was here and who was visiting here, had to stay. So some of the Native Americans were from Oregon but just visiting relatives, and they had to stay here and could not move back. They had to restart their families here.
landa said
at 1:09 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5B Will- What is some fun and cool places ya'll like to go to on field trips or do ya'll have field trips?We go to Owhi Lake
landa said
at 1:12 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5AMacT.- Do the kids of Nespelem School live in the city or near by it?
Some live in the Dam
Ms. Edwards said
at 9:04 pm on Apr 28, 2009
Some kids live in the small town of Nespelem, just down the street from the school. North of Nespelem are the "HUDs": new HUD and old HUD. HUD means the houses were built by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some kids bus from two miles away at the Colville Agency where the business and government of the Colville Tribe is conducted. Several live fourteen miles away in the towns of Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, or Electric City (they are one after the other around and past the Grand Coulee Dam). A few may come to work with their guardian and live in Omak (an hour away). Many live on farms or ranches or out of town. A few live at Rebecca Lake.
enmo said
at 1:12 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5B william- How many festivals are held through the year?
for pow ows the have they have thanks giving pow wows root feast ,berry feast 4th of july pow wow
Ms. Edwards said
at 9:10 pm on Apr 28, 2009
The Grand Coulee Dam area has a Fourth of July festival (lasts over a weekend) along with the Nespelem Fourth of July Pow Wow (lasts two weeks). We have a Colorama over Mother's Day at the Dam area. Pow Wows in Nespelem are on New Years, Ground Hog's Day, Root Feast (a religious celebration in the Seven Drums Church in spring whenever the roots are ready), Omak Stampede Pow Wow in August, Native American Day Pow Wow, Veteran's Day Pow Wow, Thanksgiving Pow Wow. In the winter, some families host Winter Dances that can last all night long and for two weeks. Many families travel from spring to fall on the "Pow Wow Circuit," going from pow wow to pow wow to compete for money. There are several rodeos around here too. We just had the Nespelem Rodeo last weekend. The kids were all tired!
lamjo said
at 1:12 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Tom - I have been wondering why do yall have to live on a reservation or is it that yall want to... or are you forced to?
we are not forced to live on the REZ,
landa said
at 1:14 pm on Apr 28, 2009
# 5AJasce- Question: What video games do you play the most?
We play WWE Wrestling.
rellder said
at 1:16 pm on Apr 28, 2009
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# 5cHayes-Question: What is the main food that you eat at pow-wows?
indiantoco's and frybead
Ms. Edwards said
at 9:14 pm on Apr 28, 2009
An Indian taco is taco fixings on frybread: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/r_frybre.html and http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/r_tacos.html
lamjo said
at 1:16 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5C Chandler- What kind of sodas do you drink?
my favorit drink is root beer.
enmo said
at 1:16 pm on Apr 28, 2009
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# 5BMurray- Do you ever go to any sports games?
yes because i was a wrestling and basketball cheerleader
landa said
at 1:17 pm on Apr 28, 2009
# 5A Jason- How many people leave the Indian reserve every year?
500
Ms. Edwards said
at 9:16 pm on Apr 28, 2009
I don't think Landa understood the question. People come and go, move and come back all the time -- they follow jobs just like other families do.
rellder said
at 1:19 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5cnoah-Question: When can we Skype again with you?
within the next two weeks
enmo said
at 1:19 pm on Apr 28, 2009
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# 5BReece - What games or sports do you often play for fun?
basketball
landa said
at 1:20 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5A Coleo- Question: What cool places do you go to have fun?
I go to Wonder Land or I go to Lazer Quest or I go to Silver Wood
rojo said
at 1:21 pm on Apr 28, 2009
# 5C Chandler- What kind of sodas do you drink?i drink Dr.Peper, Pepse, sunkiss,
denwha said
at 1:21 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5D Lawson: I have a question. How long does it take for you to put on your regalia?
it does not take that long to put are regalia on.
DENWHA
Ms. Edwards said
at 9:17 pm on Apr 28, 2009
I've noticed it takes the kids about 45 minutes to get fully ready: main out fit, accessories, and braiding hair.
landa said
at 1:22 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5C Austin- Do you live in a big city or a small city?
We live in a small town.
landa said
at 1:23 pm on Apr 28, 2009
5cnoah-Question: When can we Skype again with you?
In two Weeks.
enmo said
at 1:24 pm on Apr 30, 2009
5cHayes-Question: What is the main food that you eat at pow-wows? I don't know
5drob said
at 8:05 am on May 1, 2009
Landa- I am excited to Skype with you again and also amazed with how big the grand dam is.
5dtom said
at 8:07 am on May 1, 2009
5D-Tom I have seen the school from a birds eye view and i see why you would never want to leave. It is the most beutiful scenery I have ever seen! :)
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