Aspen Decker, a linguistic master's student at the University of Montana and Salish language teacher, poses for a portrait on campus in Missoula, Mont., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Decker is making it her goal to preserve the Salish language. (Ben Allan Smith/The Missoulian via AP)
October 17, 2021
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Arlee graduate student works to preserve Salish language
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — More than 200 Indigenous languages in the United States have gone extinct in the last 400 years, according to the Language Conservancy.