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qi’qtum’as | Traditional hockey game

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Told by Cecelia Alphonse April 11, 1975 Interviewed by Ruby Peter CA: qi’qtum’as, qi’qtum’as ts’u tthuwn’e’ullh. Qi’qtum’as, q’iqtum’as is what they say. nilh sxte’ qi’qtum’as tthu ni’ulh sul’ul’uthut-s tthuwn’e’ullh. The one called qiq’tum’as is what those people used to do. ’uw’ nets’ tthey’, tuw’ st’e ’u kw’ smeent ’uw’ stemus tthey’ ni’ siiw’a’lum’s. That was … Read more

t’ut’um’ ’i’ skwitth’uts | Wren and Blue Jay

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Andrew Misheal Recorded by Wayne Suttles 19 January, 1962, in Victoria, BC. Transcribed and translated by Ruby Peter, with assistance from Kaoru Kiyosawa and Sarah Kell. Transliteration and editing by Donna Gerdts. This version: November 21, 2019. Wording in square brackets are edits that Ruby Peter suggested.