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Native America Speaks - Steve Arca
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Apgar Campground Amphitheater, Lake McDonald ValleyDates & Times
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Members of the Blackfeet Nation and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes share personal knowledge of their history and culture as part of the Native America Speaks program.
This program began in 1982 and is the longest running Indigenous speaker series in the National Park Service. Native America Speaks is made possible by donations to the Glacier National Park Conservancy.
All park visitors welcome.
Limited parking space available.
Steve (Stipi) Arca was named for his uncle Stephen (Stipn) Small Salmon in 1963. He was raised by his yaya, Mary Beaverhead Small Salmon and his mom, Alice Small Salmon in Ronan, Montana. His father is Jerry Arca of the Skokomish Tribe. Stipi is Ql̓ispé and enrolled in the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Stipi started his language path when he was accepted in the Adult Intensive Language Program at Nk̓ʷusm Salish Language School in 2012. Stipi has found reawakening and vitalization of his identity through his language journey and has a renewed purpose in life, so much so, that he has been asked to be a keynote speaker at the Celebrating Salish Conference. More recently, he has decided to pursue a degree in Native Language Teacher Education through the collaborative Salish Language Educator Development program while simultaneously teaching full time within the Séliš-Ql̓ispé Culture Committee’s Salish Language Apprentice program. He attributes his success to his yaya, sisile, Stipn, Patlik, other elders, his family, and his friends.
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