This paper outlines the results of a pilot project that investigates the use of an novel elicitation technique for Salish languages. This technique involves presenting consultants with a series of pictures arranged in a narrative sequence. The consultants are then asked to tell a story based on the pictures they are presented with. We outline the linguistic and pedagogical uses of this type of narrative picture elicitation and we present some of the unique linguistic properties that are exhibited in the stories.
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