Dad Saves A Kid ’a-a sii’em’ nu siiye’yu, yuthustalu tsun tse’ kwthunu men kwsun yaay’usth ’ulh, hwthey’wiil’s. My most honoured friends, I will tell of you about my father, when he was working as a longshoreman. tum’xuytl’ ’i yath ’ulh ’uw’ qux stl’ul’iqulh ni’ ’u tu …. nem’ kw’akw’i’yutus thu slhewut’. It was winter and there were always a lot

Bill and his Brother as Soldiers (saay’ kws xiluxs Preparing for War) niilh tst ni’ ’u tu’i tsa’luqw thaythut tst kws nem’ tst xilux ’i’ kw’unu shuyulh. Me and my older brother were up the mountain here training to go to war. ’i’ wulh nem’ tst xilux’, xut’u ’u tun’a kweyulus wulh huye’ tst. And we were leaving to go to

My Athletic Career kwunus hiiw’a’lum’ulh lacrosse, football, When I was still playing lacrosse and footbal, mukw’ nu shnem’ ’i’ ni’ tsun ’uw’ tl’hwunuq. I played all over and I won. ni’ ’u tu ni’ tsa’luqw ’i’ ni’ tsun tl’uw’ tl’e’hwun’uq I was up north here and again I was winning. sus ’uw’ ’amusthelum ’u thu medal na’nuts’a’ mustimuhw kwunnuhw they’.

Sportsmanship kwunus ’uw’ hwun’a hiiw’a’lum’ … When I was first playing… suw’ hay kw’unus ’i hiiw’a’lum’ ’i’ nus ’uw’ kwunnuhw tu snuhwulh. when I was finishing playing (that lacrosse) and I got on the canoe. ’i’ wulh qwulmuthelum ’u tu s’ul’eluhw. and I had a talking to by the Elders. “xe’xe’ tey’ snuhwulh, ni’ tsun le’lum’utha’mu “The canoe is sacred,

The Origin of the Prince Charles Canoe Club ’iilh m’i tetsul lhu Queen The Queen arrived here (on her yacht). ’i’ ’een’theelh mi’ lheelustuhw yu shhwula’ulhs. And it was me that brought her to shore in the canoe. sus nem’ ’uw’ tsqwlhey’ nem’ ’utl’ MacMillan. And we had a long that was donated by MacMillan (logging company). stl’i’s kws lumnuhws

  Using our language when I was longshoring by Bill Seward (at :27 seconds) hwthey’wiils = longshoring (at :44) quxulh s’ul’e’luhwtst yath ’uw’ tl’uw’ hwthey’wiil’s. Many of our Elders were always longshoring too. (starting at 1:23) nilh st’e ’u kw’uw’ hw’iiw’tsustus tu hwunitum’ tu s’ul’eluhw ni’ ’ulh yay’us hwthey’wiil’s. Our Elders who were working longshoring taught the white people. hwulmuhwathun ’u

Bill Survives a Longshoring Accident kwunus hwun’a ’ul’ nem’ yaays, ni’ ’u tu longshoring, When I was first working at longshoring, qux mustimuhw wulh s’ul’eluhw ni’ wulh ’ikw’ ’u tun’a kweyul. that’s the day that there were a lot of Elders who had already passed away. ’uw’ hay tuw’ s’aa’lh thathun hul’q’umi’num’ ha’kwushus. It was our own Hul’q’umi’num’ language that

Reading the Weather (Hul’q’umi’num’ starts at 1:22) kw’unus hwun’ hunum’ulh ’u kw’u’i tuyt, seine boat, When I was going fishing up north on a seiner, wulh nem’ tst yu shahwuqwul’, nem’ ’utl’ Haida. and we were crossing over, going to Haida. ’i’ ’uy’ilum, ’uy’ skweyul ’i’ xut’ustam’shus tunu qequnuts, It was a calm beautiful day and our skipper told us,