Following up on my research:

I had trouble on the Canadian site (closest I could come was ) https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Coast%20Salish/Halkomelem/Stz%E2%80%99uminus

So I kept looking.

The Puget Sound Salish tribes including the Puyallup, Snohomish, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, Skagit, Suquamish, Squaxin, Swinomish, Stillaguamish, and Sauk-Suiattle tribes.

So resources for language/pronunciation for these tribes would be Lushootseed  - http://www.native-languages.org/lushootseed.htm

Next I need to figure out which Tribes for the specific location of my meeting, or use a wider net. Since it is a state-wide meeting, should I consider the Tribes from other areas if we think of the state, or just focus on the geographic location?

wow, a lovely light/bell went off thinking about this in the wider context of migration/immigration. THANK YOU!

Thank you!! One thing I notice here in Washington is that by long standing habits we have been mispronouncing Tribal names without even knowing it. And those memory habits need breaking. 

Hey Susan, I too appreciated the deviation because I worry about "ticking the box." I have a super practical question. How did you learn to pronounce the tribal names? I haven't yet tackled the Coast Salish version of the tribes in my area (and in fact am still researching how to find this out... the layers are slowly unfolding.)

THanks!

N

Hi Sybil

Thanks for bringing up context. I have started to think about the continuum, for example, when I tell people I have a cottage that is on Swinomish land (we don't own the land, we lease it) there is a lot of specificity and clarity through which I can situate my acknowledgement and respect. 

In large meetings it is also a bit easier because in many cases there is already precedent for the practice, but it may be trivialized, so this idea of customizing makes a lot of sense. You have given me food for thought. 

Thanks

N