Research, root families, and worldview in language
Documenting the deeper root structure of the Salish language
Research, root families, and worldview in language
About the Salish Root Project
Our Mission
The Salish Root Project is dedicated to researching, documenting, and sharing the deeper root structure of the Salish language. Grounded in decades of study, the project explores root families, semantic orientation, and the worldview carried through language, while building a foundation for greater public understanding, preservation, and future access.
Why This Work Matters
The deeper root structure of the Salish language holds knowledge worth preserving and sharing.
Many Salish words have been understood as isolated meanings, without showing the larger root families and structural relationships that connect them. The Salish Root Project works to help document those deeper patterns so they can be better understood, preserved, and made accessible for future generations.
Research Journey
This work has grown through decades of research, discovery, and commitment.
The Salish Root Project comes out of long-term work with the Salish language and a deepening effort to understand its root structure more fully. What is shared here is part of an ongoing journey of research and documentation that continues to open new connections, root families, and ways of understanding the language.
About the Researcher
Tachini Pete — Founder and Researcher
Tachini Pete is the founder of the Salish Root Project, a long-term effort to document and share the deeper root structure of the Salish language. Built on decades of research, learning, and work with speakers and elders, the project explores root families, structural relationships, and the worldview carried through language, while helping build a foundation for future understanding, preservation, and public access.
Support Helps This Work Continue
The Salish Root Project is part of an ongoing body of research that continues to grow through documentation, analysis, and public sharing. Support helps make it possible to continue this work, expand future resources, and bring deeper Salish root knowledge into wider public view.
Built Through Decades of Research
This project grows out of many years of dedicated work with Salish language knowledge, including study, documentation, and learning with speakers and elders. What is shared here is part of a larger unfolding effort to make deeper root patterns more visible and accessible for future generations.
What's Coming
A growing public resource for deeper Salish root knowledge.
The Salish Root Project is laying the foundation for future resources that bring deeper Salish root structure into clearer public view. Over time, this may include a root catalog, research materials, video content, and digital resources designed to support learning, preservation, and wider access.
Support helps this work continue to grow.
Support the Research
The Salish Root Project is an ongoing effort built through long-term research, documentation, and public sharing. Support helps make it possible to continue this work, expand future resources, and build greater public access to deeper Salish root knowledge.