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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

Bill Seward: Sharing And Helping Redux

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Always share what you catch suw’ q’ups tthu mustimuhw ni’ ’u thu thi lelum’, When the people gather in the longhouse, thuytum tey’ smuyuth ’uw’ stemus, ma’uqw ’uw’ stemus, ’es-hw. they fix deer or whatever, ducks, seal. wulh q’putum tu mustimuhw, suw’ ’amustum tu s’ul’eluhw ’u tey’ When the people are gather, they give to … Read more

Bill Seward: Rebuilding The Longhouse

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they’t thu thi lelum’ | Rebuilding the Longhouse A story in Hul’q’umi’num’ by Bill Seward, Snuneymuxw First Nations, Nanaimo, British Columbia.Recorded by Chris Bouris.Transcribed by Ruby Peter, typed by Sarah Kell, and edited and translated by Donna Gerdts.Thanks to Chris Bouris, Sean Milliken, and Zoey Peterson for video and post-production.

Bill Seward: Gabriola Gravesite

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Gabriola Gravesite tthu ni’ Gabriola ni’ tsun sme’mul’qstuhw kwthu skwishs tey’ skwthe’. It was over at Gabriola, I forgot the native name of that island. kws q’ays tu mustimuhw When the people died ’i’ hun’wushum’ ’u tthu [sh-hwuhwul’iwun’ smeent]. They were put in a cave over there ’uwu kws punutums. They weren’t buried. nuw’ ni’ … Read more