SPOKANE, Wash. — The co-founder and former executive director of the Salish School of Spokane has been awarded recognition from The Courage Project for stepping up to help their community.
LaRae Wiley was honored alongside 19 other individuals and organizations across the nation who reflect the best of the American spirit by helping their neighbors and building bridges across communities.
Over the course of fifteen years, Salish School of Spokane has grown from a basement classroom into a vibrant center where children and adults can learn the Salish language, spoken by Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Northwest, through daily immersion instruction in academic subjects, art, music, and culture…