Quinault Indian Nation

The Quinault Indian Nation will hire a language technician to oversee the digitization of the dictionary of the Quinault language. The project will incorporate a new character font and audio recordings into a searchable database, providing Quinault citizens and the interested public with access to a comprehensive digital repository of authentic Quinault language. The new digital dictionary will be a more accurate and accessible tool that can be used to develop language curriculums, helping the Quinault Nation spread the knowledge of their language and increase the number of speakers in Quinault communities. It will offer a critically important educational tool needed to preserve the extinct Tsamosan (Olympic) branch of the Coast Salish family of the Salishan language.