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Fontootseed
Fontootseed Font: Fontootseed was developed by Zahir Consulting Services. It is a freeware that allows you to type the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) characters used for Lushootseed. It is supported by Windows platforms only.
Instructions: To download Fontootseed font, click the link to the left and save the file into your c:/windows/fonts folder. Once it is downloaded, you can use it in any of your Windows' supported programs.
Key chart:To view the key chart for Fontootseed font, click the Key Chart link to the left.
Teaching Materials:
Curriculum
JourneyCurricdulum.pdf: A Lushootseed language canoe curriculum for children used on the 2007 canoe journey. Southern Lushootseed.
Mind.pdf: A Lushootseed-English curriculum on the thought. Southern Lushootseed.
SchoolCurriculum2.pdf: A Lushootseed language canoe curriculum for children for use in schools. Southern Lushootseed.
Competency Levels
CompetencyPhases.pdf: A document listing language competency and proficiency Lushootseed language levels. Although this is a good document as a guideline, we recommend that it be modified to best serve your language teaching needs. The documents work in conjunction with the competency phases for evaluating speakers/learners.
EvaluationLevel1.pdf: Evaluation form for Level 1 proficiency.
EvaluationLevel2.pdf: Evaluation form for Level 2 proficiency.
EvaluationLevel3.pdf: Evaluation form for Level 3 proficiency.
EvaluationPhase2.pdf: Evaluation form for Phase 2 proficiency.
Materials
Birds.pdf: A document with several bird pictures accompanied with Lushootseed names both in Southern and Northern Lushootseed. English translations are at the end.
CamasWorkBook.pdf: A Lushootseed only workbook on camas for children. Southern Lushootseed.
MakingString.pdf: A Lushootseed only document, showing how to make string out of nettles. Southern Lushootseed.
Map.pdf: A 11X17 Lushootseed only map of the Puget Sound area tribes.
Numbers.pdf: A Lushootseed only document of birds, covering numbers 1-10. Southern Lushootseed.
HowPictures.pdf: A Lushootseed only document with a few drawings, covering “How are you?” It works with the HowWorkBook.pdf document. Southern Lushootseed.
HowWorkBook.pdf: A Lushootseed only work book, covering a few phrases for “How are you?” It works with the HowPictures.pdf document above. Southern Lushootseed.
Randomcanoephotos.pdf: A Lushootseed only document with canoe pictures and captions below. Intended to be used with the teaching curricula above. Southern Lushootseed.
SalmonBerries.pdf: A Lushootseed only workbook for children on the topic of salmonberries. Southern Lushootseed.
SwainsonsThrush.pdf: A Lushootseed only workbook for children on the cultural knowledge of the Swainson’s Thrush bird. In Southern Lushootseed only.
Translations
AAPreamble.pdf: The Alcoholics Anonymous preamble translated into Southern Lushootseed.
EasterReading09.pdf: A Lushootseed translation of 1 John 3:18-24 into the Skagit Dialect.
SaintJohn2.wav: An audio recording of the EasterReading09.pdf document.
Psalm 23: A Lushootseed translation of Psalm 23 into Northern Lushootseed.
Psalm 23NL.wav: An audio recording of the Psalm 23.pdf document.
SerenityPrayer.pdf: A Northern Lushootseed translation of the Serenity Prayer.
Documents
Arthur Ballard Materials
AttackOfTheSnakes.pdf: A Lushootseed-English story about a battle between the Snake people and the First People who lived in Quartermaster Harbor. Southern Lushootseed.
BlanketRock.pdf: A Lushootseed-English story about a man from the south who married a woman who lived on the Duwamish River. Southern Lushootseed.
FalmilTerms.pdf: A Lushootseed-English extensive list of family terms. Although Ballard’s informants were Southern Lushootseed, many of the terms also apply to Northern Lushootseed.
PuyallupWhales.pdf: A Lushootseed-English story about whales that lived in a great lake between Renton and Sumner. Southern Lushootseed.
SpokenImproprieties.pdf: A Lushootseed-English story about a woman who spoke improprieties. Southern Lushootseed.
SteelLake.pdf: A Lushootseed-English story about the creation of Steel Lake. Southern Lushootseed.
Thomas Talbot Waterman (T.T. Waterman)
CanoeEtymology.pdf: An etymological analysis of canoe terms gathered by T. T. Waterman and published in ‘Indian Notes and Monograghs, a Series of Publications Relating to the American Aborigines, Types of Canoes On Puget Sound’.
PugetSoundEthnology.pdf: A list of Lushootseed words T. T. Waterman gathered. The topics include terms for: basketry, matting, blankets, spears, fish traps, duck nets, games, and potlatches. Material is taken from ‘Indian Notes and Monographs, Miscellaneous Series No. 59, Notes on the Ethnology of the Indians of Puget Sound’.
Others
Baskets.pdf: A paper on Lushootseed basketry terms.
PlantList.pdf: A list of Lushootseed plant names. This is a work in process document, and will be added to as more plant names are discovered. Southern and Northern Lushootseed.
ThankfulPrayer.pdf: A prayer of thanks. The prayer can also be read and heard under the Interactive Programs tab. In Southern Lushootseed only. 
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