Bill Seward: Dad Saves A Kid

Dad Saves A Kid ’a-a sii’em’ nu siiye’yu, yuthustalu tsun tse’ kwthunu men kwsun yaay’usth ’ulh, hwthey’wiil’s. My most honoured friends, I will tell of you about my father, when he was working as a longshoreman. tum’xuytl’ ’i yath ’ulh ’uw’ qux stl’ul’iqulh ni’ ’u tu …. nem’ kw’akw’i’yutus thu slhewut’. It was winter and there were always a lot

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Bill Seward: Bill’s Athletic Career

My Athletic Career kwunus hiiw’a’lum’ulh lacrosse, football, When I was still playing lacrosse and footbal, mukw’ nu shnem’ ’i’ ni’ tsun ’uw’ tl’hwunuq. I played all over and I won. ni’ ’u tu ni’ tsa’luqw ’i’ ni’ tsun tl’uw’ tl’e’hwun’uq I was up north here and again I was winning. sus ’uw’ ’amusthelum ’u thu medal na’nuts’a’ mustimuhw kwunnuhw they’.

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Bill Seward: Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship kwunus ’uw’ hwun’a hiiw’a’lum’ … When I was first playing… suw’ hay kw’unus ’i hiiw’a’lum’ ’i’ nus ’uw’ kwunnuhw tu snuhwulh. when I was finishing playing (that lacrosse) and I got on the canoe. ’i’ wulh qwulmuthelum ’u tu s’ul’eluhw. and I had a talking to by the Elders. “xe’xe’ tey’ snuhwulh, ni’ tsun le’lum’utha’mu “The canoe is sacred,

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Bill Seward: The Language of Longshoring

  Using our language when I was longshoring by Bill Seward (at :27 seconds) hwthey’wiils = longshoring (at :44) quxulh s’ul’e’luhwtst yath ’uw’ tl’uw’ hwthey’wiil’s. Many of our Elders were always longshoring too. (starting at 1:23) nilh st’e ’u kw’uw’ hw’iiw’tsustus tu hwunitum’ tu s’ul’eluhw ni’ ’ulh yay’us hwthey’wiil’s. Our Elders who were working longshoring taught the white people. hwulmuhwathun ’u

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Bill Seward: Bill Survives Longshoring Accident

Bill Survives a Longshoring Accident kwunus hwun’a ’ul’ nem’ yaays, ni’ ’u tu longshoring, When I was first working at longshoring, qux mustimuhw wulh s’ul’eluhw ni’ wulh ’ikw’ ’u tun’a kweyul. that’s the day that there were a lot of Elders who had already passed away. ’uw’ hay tuw’ s’aa’lh thathun hul’q’umi’num’ ha’kwushus. It was our own Hul’q’umi’num’ language that

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Bill Seward: Reading The Weather

Reading the Weather (Hul’q’umi’num’ starts at 1:22) kw’unus hwun’ hunum’ulh ’u kw’u’i tuyt, seine boat, When I was going fishing up north on a seiner, wulh nem’ tst yu shahwuqwul’, nem’ ’utl’ Haida. and we were crossing over, going to Haida. ’i’ ’uy’ilum, ’uy’ skweyul ’i’ xut’ustam’shus tunu qequnuts, It was a calm beautiful day and our skipper told us,

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