tthu nu shtun’naalhtun  Where I Am From (1) ’een’thu sti’tum’at. I’m Sti’tum’aat. (2) Ruby Peter tthu [s]hwunituma’lh nu sne. Ruby Peter is my English name. (3) tthu nu shtun’naalhtun: hwuneem tthu nu si’lu. nilh tun’ni’ ’u kwthu hwun’a’ [wutl’utss mustimuhw]. My ancestry: My grandfather (mother’s father) Hwuneem was a descendant of first Hwuneem, one of the first people who dropped

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kwus hwu hulq’umi’num’ tthu shwunim’a’lh nuhiimat How the English Name Changed in Hul’q’umi’num’   (1) ’een’thu sti’tum’at. nu shhwuw’weli, qwulsimtunaat ’i’ xit-sulenuhw. I’m sti’tum’at. My parents were Cecelia Leo and Basil Alphonse. (2) ya-a-ath ’uw’ ch hwuhunum’ tthunu shhwuw’weli ’utl’ mulyesi. My parents always talked about [someone called] Mulyesi. (3) ’i’ yathulh ’uw’ hiin’atul tthu hwulmuhw ’u tthu nuhiimut-s ’u

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