Schools I Attended

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Wayne Charlie | pul-hwulets’e’

Recorded May 19, 2026

  1. kwutstulh hwun’ ni’ skwoukwul’ ’i’ ni’ tst tun’ni’ ’utl’ kwa’mutsun ’i’ tst ’uw’ ’imush ’ul’ kwutst ni’ nem’ ’utl’ ..kwthu skwoulew’t-hw hun’utum’ Queen of Angels.
    1. When we were still going to school from Quamichan we would walk to school at Queen of Angels.
  2. tahw ’uw’ stutes ’u tthu hun’utum’ Maple Bay Road ’i’ Tzouhalem Road.
    1. It was right near Maple Bay Road and Tzouhalem Road. 
  3. ’imush ’ul’ ’i’ ni’ tst tusnamut ’u kwthu skwoulew’t-hw.
    1. We would walk to school. 
  4. ’uw’ xwum ’ul’ ts’uhwle’ ’i’ ni’ tst xwchenum ’i’ tahw skweyul tuw’ xlhas ’i’ tl’uw’ wulh xwchenum hwu’alum’ ’u kwthu skwoulew’t-hw.
    1. It was fast to get there and sometimes we would run home to eat lunch and then run back to school. 
  5. kwus hay kwutst ni’ skwoukwul’ ni’ ’utl’ Queen of Angels ’i’ ni’ tst tuyqul tus ’u tthu hun’utum’ tthu Quamichan School.
    1. When we finished up at Queen of Angels, we moved on to Quamichan School.
  6. ’i’ ni’ tst ’uw’ ’imush ’ul’ ’u tthu shelh kwunus ni’ kwunus ni’ hun’umut ’utl’ Quamichan School, ’i’mush lhune’ ’u kwthu ts’uw’xilum shelh, ’imush qul’et ni’ hun’utum’ Lakes Road tus kwu’elh ’utl’ Beverly.
    1. And we would walk along the road going and from Quamichan school, along Tzouhalem Rd and then up Lakes Roads and then onto Beverly.
  7. ni’ ts’twa’ Grade Eight kwthu ni’ nu stusnamut kwunus ni’ ni’ ’utl’ kwa’mutsun, Quamichan School.
    1. I got up to maybe Grade Eight at Quamichan School. 
  8. ’i’ tun’ni’ ’u kwthey’ ni’ tst ’unuhw kwunus ni’ skwoukwul’ tuw’ yaay’us ’u kwthu qe’is.
    1. From there, I stopped going to school in order to work some.
  9. tl’uw’ welh skwoustalum ’i’ tthunu shhw’a’luqw’a’ Chucky and Ron Peter tskwilum ni’ tst tus ’utl’ Mission School.
    1. We were again sent to school, me and my cousins Chucky and Ron Peter, we went far away to Mission School.
  10. ’i’ ni’ tst kwutst yu skwoukwul’ ni’ ’utl’ Mission, St. Mary’s School.
    1. We were again sent to school, me and my cousins Chucky and Ron Peter, we went far away to St. Mary’s School in Mission.
  11. nilh kwu’elh tuw’ yu he’kw’me’teen’ kwunus ni’ tutusna’mut ni’ ’u tthu skwoulew’t-hw. hay tseep q’a’.
    1. And that’s my reflection on getting to school. Thank you.