by Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News + ICT, Underscore Native News Spokane, Washington — Sitting at a small desk in the basement of a single-family home converted into a school, Graham Wiley-Camacho patiently helped his youngest daughter, Kłaʔmásq̓t (Irie), work through a fractions math problem in n̓səl̓xčin̓ (Colville-Okanagan Salish). As he helped Kłaʔmásq̓t, whose English name is Irie Wiley-Camacho, and…
Students from the pre-K classroom at the Salish School of Spokane play outside together on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News / ICT)