Aspen Decker
Aspen Decker is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (T̓ata̓yáqn, Ql̓isp̓é & Ksanka) and a speaker of her tribal language, Nsélišcn ‘Salish language’. She graduated with a master’s degree in linguistics from the University of Montana and earned a bachelor’s degree in Tribal Historic Preservation from Salish Kootenai College. She has a Montana Class 7 Native American Language and Culture Educator License and has taught Salish for many years. Her passion for Salish language began as a child, learning from her elders, primarily, Patlik Pierre. Who taught her about the importance of perpetuating Salish language and culture. Raising her children in the language as first language Salish speakers has been one of the ways that she honors their teachings.
Artist-in- Residence
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2023 & 2024
Yeynwexʷ̌ ‘Weaving Together’ Language, Art and Generations: Community Education free workshop for CSKT tribal community.
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2023 Artist-in-Residence at the Makerspace
LINK TO OPEN AIR- Aspen Decker: ROOTED
Podcasts and Presentations
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Listen Here: Stories of the Sp̓eƛ̓m̓ (Bitterroot)
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2021 Welcome: Territorial Acknowledgment with Aspen Decker
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Listen Here: Hunting Bison in the Place of the Smokey Land