Kalispel, students share stories, ideas
<p>Kalispel tribal members, from left, Wilma Cullooyah, her daughter Kayleen Sherwood, her fiance Anthony Shirahama holding Sherwood’s daughter Wiset, and Raymond Finley with his daughter, Precious, watch as a student presents their project to them. In a cultural exchange, Farmin Stidwell fourth grade students outlined what they had learned about regional native peoples as part of five months of study of Idaho history. Idaho Mythweaver volunteer Jane Fritz, far right, moderated the exchange. (Photo by LEE HUGHES)</p>
SANDPOINT — Members of the Kalispel Tribe traveled to Farmin Stidwell Elementary on Tuesday to listen to fourth-grade students talk about what they had learned about regional native peoples as part of five months of study of Idaho history.
Tribal member Wilma Cullooyah, her daughter Kayleen Sherwood and granddaughter Wiset, along with Sherwood’s fiancé Anthony, and Raymond Finley and his daughter, Precious, listened as, one-by-one, students presented their work and learning of Kalispel and other regional tribal culture and history.
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