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蘇跨米西族印地安部落(Suquamish
Tribe)
地方性遺產
猜猜看，華盛頓州內的蘇跨米西族印地安人的傳統，是如何差點被一所寄宿學校毀掉的？
自1880年代起，一直到了1920年代，蘇跨米西族印地安人的孩子被送入寄宿學校就讀，只為了讓他們的下一代成為良好的公民。這個主意是要將他們帶離部落生活，讓他們可以適應現代的世界。
蘇跨米西族內年齡介於4至18歲的孩子，全部都會被送至寄宿學校就讀；在那裡，他們不可以使用他們的原住民語言(即Lushootseed)進行交談。冬季來臨時，這些寄宿學生也不會回到部落裡，所以無法聽到部落長者所陳述的故事、學習編製籃子的技藝及學唱部落歌曲，因此這些孩子喪失了與部落生活的重要連繫。除了不可使用他們的原住民語言之外，他們也不可以進行任何的傳統習俗，假如有人實行這些傳統習俗，就會受到懲罰。
到了1920年代，將孩童送到寄宿學校的措施才予以終止。而到了1980年代時，蘇跨米西族正要進入另一個具有未來新希望的時期。為了獲取財務獨立，部落開始經營生意，部落長者可在新建的文化中心，將他們對語言、傳統技藝及宗教習俗的知識傳給下一代。另外，蘇跨米西族博物館也展有蘇跨米西族的文化及生活方式，以確保蘇跨米西族印地安人的部落生活型態能永續保存。
Can you guess how a boarding school nearly wiped out the traditions of the Suquamish Indians of Washington state?
From the 1880s until the 1920s, children from the Suquamish Tribe were sent to boarding school in order to make them "good citizens." The idea was to take them away from tribal life and include them in the modern world.
Suquamish children from the ages of 4 to 18 were sent to a boarding school, where they were forbidden to speak their native language, Lushootseed. Because they were missing from the tribe during the winter months, when storytelling, basket making, and songs were taught, these children lost an important link to tribal life. In addition to not being allowed to speak their native language, they could not practice any of their traditions and they were punished if they did.
By the 1920s the practice of sending the children to boarding school had ended. And, by the 1980s, the Suquamish were entering a period of new hope for the future. Tribal businesses were created in order to gain financial independence. Cultural centers were established where tribal elders could pass on their knowledge of language, traditional skills, and religious customs. And the Suquamish Museum opened with exhibits on Suquamish culture and way of life, making sure that the tribal life of the Suquamish Indians would be preserved.
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