hec t'ipyesi

This, in the Spokane Salish language, translates to "it is raining."

On the Spokane reservation it is raining. It is raining anger, depression, poverty, alcohol, and crime. Many people see this and know the sadness to this truth. But Arnold seems to be the only one that has the guts to do something about it. It hits him in the face and so he turned around and made a change. It wasn't easy, but when has anything for Native Americans been easy? The Spokanes have split up before, but when Arnold makes the split for the better they criticize him and treat him with hate. I think that they should look at the actions of their elders and take some advice from them. Because it seems as though they are letting their culture slip away as well as their language. I think this is really sad and if I were Spokane, I would fight to keep my Native American culture alive.