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Arnold Sylvester: Keeping Up Our Traditions, Part 3

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(1) hwi’ nilh tse’ kwu’elh ni’ulh nu suluthut kw’un’us ’ilh ’uw’ hwun’ stl’i’tl’qulh; nilh tse’ nu shhwun’em.I will now talk about how I grew up as a child. (2) nanulh ’uw’ hwun’ ’uhwin – wuw’a’ ’apun ’i’ kw’ nuts’a’ sil’anum ’i’ ni’ulh tsun ni’ ’utl’ ley’qsun kwunus mukw’ stem ni’ nu sul’u’thut ts’uhwle’ ’i’ stth’oom.When … Read more

Bill Seward: Welcome Speech

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(1) ’a.a.a sii’em’ nu s’ul-hween, hay tseep q’a yath tseep nuw’ ts’ets’uw’ut tu stl’ul’iqulh.My most honoured elders, thank you all for helping our children. (2) ’uwu kw’us nulup lhtsiws suw’ ’aatalu ’i’ wulh m’i tseep.You never tire of coming whenever you are called. (3) nilh ’uw’ wal’u tu stl’ul’iqulh ni’ ’un’ stth’etth’uy’ukwulup.It’s the children that … Read more

Ruby Peter: Little Wren Goes Hunting

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Ruby Peter gives a telling of the story of the little wren, learned from her mother. Transcription and translation by Ruby Peter, with editing by Donna Gerdts with help from Elena Barriero, Elizabeth Ferch, Rae Anne Claxton Baker, and Lauren Schneider. (This version April 1, 2020.) yu ’um’mush tthu t’ut’um’ Little Wren goes hunting (1) … Read more

Ruby Peter: How Thunderbird Saved the People

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Ruby Peter gives a telling of the classic story of the Sts’inukw’a’, the boy who became became the thunderbird and saved the people from the orca that was eating all the salmon in Cowichan Bay. Transcription and translation by Ruby Peter, with editing by Rae Anne Claxton and Donna Gerdts (this version March 31, 2020). … Read more

Ruby Peter: Q’ise’q and the Stoneheads

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Ruby Peter shares a version of this story that’s give the key events and landmarks. Transcription and translation by Ruby Peter, with editing by Donna Gerdts with help from Elena Barriero, Elizabeth Ferch, and Lauren Schneider. (This version April 6, 2020.) q’ise’q ’i’ tthu munmaanta’qw q’ise’q and the Stoneheads (1) nii ’u tthu xinupsum tthu … Read more

Ruby Peter: Snotboy Saves the Sequestered Girl

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Ruby Peter shares the saga of the young lady who was kidnapped and how she was rescued by Snotboy. Transcription and translation by Ruby Peter, with editing by Donna Gerdts. (This version October 12, 2020.) tse’yul’lhtum’ ts’u thu q’e’mi’Sequestered girl (1) ’u kw’un’a.a.a wulh hith, tse’yul’lhtum’ ts’u thu q’e’mi’.A long time ago, there was a … Read more