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Arnold Sylvester: Keeping Up Our Traditions, Part 2
Arnold Sylvester: Keeping Up Our Traditions, Part 3
(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 I was very young, maybe
Read moreBill Seward: Welcome Speech
(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 you are worried about. (4)
Read moreRuby Peter: Little Wren Goes Hunting
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) ’een’thu sti’tum’atul’wut, nilh nu shhwuw’weli
Read moreRuby Peter: How Thunderbird Saved the People
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). s-hwuhwa’us ’i’ lhu q’ullhanumutsun Thunderbird
Read moreRuby Peter: Q’ise’q and the Stoneheads
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 munmanta’qw. Over at Xinupsum is
Read moreRuby Peter: Snotboy Saves the Sequestered Girl
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 sequestered young lady. (2) nilh
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