Lushootseed Research is a non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation established in 1983 to promote and provide research support for the Lushootseed language and literature.
Lushootseed Research operates under a board of directors.
Current Officers
President
Jill K. La Pointe
Vice President
Jay Miller
Secretary
Barbara Brotherton
Lushootseed Research
Board of Directors and Advisors
Front Row: Janet Yoder.. John K. La Pointe, Jill K. La Pointe, Mary Honhongva
Back Row: Robby Rudine, Jay Miller, Barbara Brotherton, Andie Palmer, Holly Taylor
Not Present: Pamela Amoss, Susan Dunthorne, Sasha LaPointe, Zalmai Zahir
Lushootseed Research is dedicated to sustaining Lushootseed language and culture to enhance cross-cultural knowledge, wisdom and relations, as shared and celebrated by the First Peoples of Puget Sound, through research, recording, publishing and the presentation of oral traditions and literature.
Our Mission