Bridging The Gap # 54: Felicia Pichette answers a question coming from Nicaela León...

Felicia Pichette is an indigenous language student and teacher at the Spokane Language House in the state of Washington, in the United States. Its mission is to create a new generation of fluent speakers of Np’oq͗ ínišcn, the Spokane language, which is a dialect of Salish. In turn, the Salish language is highly endangered and at risk of disappearing. Only a few years ago, there were just two Elders alive who could speak Np’oq͗ ínišcn fluently. Spokane Language House started a radical method to address the issue of language loss in the context of a few fluent living Elders. The school’s goal is to create the space to immerse adult learners in the Np’oq͗ ínišcn language, and for these learners to become mentors who can transmit the language to younger generations. ••• https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/npoq-iniscn-language-warriors-carry-flame-new-generation https://m.facebook.com/p/Spokane-Language-House-100054480879291/?wtsid=rdr_0XZ6jGOEnY6wnuBtC••• Nicaela Leon is a Quechua linguist and illustrator from Bolivia. She is an advocate of indigenous heritage preservation, and, as such, she is involved in various projects and organizations that promote and offer free resources to learn Quechua, including ‘Atuq Yachachiq’, a group she co-founded with the goal of teaching traditional values and human rights to people living in remote rural communities in Bolivia. ••• https://rising.globalvoices.org/lenguas/2023/08/06/entrevista-a-nicaela-leon/?fbclid=IwAR3pARHrNzJgbX7E2X7Y4S1ClvkrkKhNmFzSrznfUPaoDUPNgvNtO4auLDw https://msha.ke/atuqyachachiq ••• Interviews conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker ••• Radio Aula Mundi, February 2026 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e6_Q2wdtTrDQ1w2Ehh-vzvK&si=WqPoIlxuOkSI7b-b https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0J-iNFOJ5e7pEH8ldsVqlM272Ly4wwBQ&si=MRAXrv5kzMyJo39u ••• At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’… ••• Radio Aula Mundi Centro Cultural & Turistico Aula Mundi Aula Mundi Cultural Travel Center https://linktr.ee/radioaulamundi •••