Dad Saves A Kid Story told by Bill Seward.Transcribed by Ruby Peter and Donna Gerdts.Translated by Bill Seward and Donna Gerdts.Filmed by Chris BourisAudio and video post-production by Chris Bouris, Sean Milliken, and Zoey Peterson.Titles by Donna Gerdts.
I will tell you a story about the orca. This was also passed on from 1000 years ago. There was a hunter, seal hunter.
I’m going to tell you a story about xewtl’uqs, that’s in Nanaimo, the lighthouse. The man was turned into a rock.
Speaker: Willie Seymour – qwulthuts’tun Filmed in 1998Transcribed and translated by Theresa Thorne and Donna Gerdts
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 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
q’ise’q ’i’ tthu munmaanta’qwq’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.)
tse’yul’lhtum’ ts’u thu q’e’mi’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.)
