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Eugene Harry shares prayers
This page contains video links by Eugene Harry. To learn more about him and his stories click here. Eugene Harry on preparing yourself for hunting: Eugene Harry shares a thank you song: Eugene Harry on fixing your mind: Projects > Sacred Language > Current page
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Victor Guerin (2020) – θə stqayeʔ ʔə ƛ̓ səl̓ilwətaʔł ʔiʔ tə nec̓ sx̌ʷix̌ʷəy̓em̓: She-Wolf and other Tsleil-Waututh narratives
Victor Guerin AbstractThe ancestors of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people lived along the lower Fraser River and all around the shores of neighbouring Burrard Inlet in British Columbia. The Central Coast Salish people living here today are their descendants. Throughout the time that we’ve lived here, our elders shared oral narratives that conveyed history, life skills,…
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Sq’utxulenuxw | George Seymour (2018) – xwixwi’em’: My Hul’q’umi’num’ story-telling journey
Sq’utxulenuxwGeorge Seymour About meI am from Stz’uminus, where I was raised speaking our language. I completed an MA at and am a language mentor for the SFU Hul’q’umi’num’ Language Academy and for Cowichan Valley School District 79. I keep busy carving, smoking fish, gathering seafood, and other traditional pursuits. My projectStorytelling is an important tool…
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Ts’uts’umult-hw | Luke Marston (2021) – xu’athun stl’q’een’: hwulmuhw perspectives on art and language
Ts’uts’umult-hwLuke Marston This project is a study of Coast Salish art and how it relates to my Hul’q’umi’num’ language and culture. I draw on personal experience as an artist as well as research with Elders and speakers to lay down descriptions of my art pieces in our language. My art is heavily influenced by the…
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Yuleqtunaat | Roberta Charlie (2019) – Wiw’xus! Learning Hul’q’umi’num’ through stories
YuleqtunaatRoberta Charlie About meI am from Somena. I work for the Cowichan Tribes as a Hul’q’umi’num’ teacher at the daycare. I was raised in a family with strong beliefs in the culture and tradition and I follow these teachings closely in my life. I completed my MA at SFU. My projectI have chosen this project…
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TELTÁLEMOT | Ivy Seward (2019) – Wind from the North: Hul’q’umi’num’ speakers in Saanich
TELTÁLEMOT [Tultelumat] Ivy Seward About meI am from the Saanich First Nations. I am a language teacher and I completed an MA at SFU. I am also a person who has lived a life of learning the First Nations traditions and who enjoys helping to pass them on to our youth. My goal is to…
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Tth’ets’sulwut | Carol Louie (2019) – tsxwi’xwi’em’: Four new Hul’q’umi’num’ stories
Tth’ets’sulwutCarol Louie About meI am from Xwul’qw’selu. My late mother was Donalda Louie Sla’quliye’ and my late father Francis Louie Xutth’xutth’uluq. I am a language teacher for Cowichan Valley School District 79 and I complete my MA through the SFU Hul’q’umi’num’ program. My projectI present four original stories in my First Nations language, Hul’q’umi’num’, a…
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Tsulnamutiye’ | Evangeline Guerin (2020) – tsetsul’ulhtun’ mustimuhw: Hul’q’umi’num’ stories from our fishing life
Tsulnamutiye’Evangeline Guerin For us Hul’q’umi’num’ people, storytelling is an important tool for sharing knowledge across generations. Stories teach us how to live as First Nations peoples. The goal of this project is to communicate Coast Salish traditional values and life lessons from my childhood through stories in my own language. My stories share experiences of…
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yutustana:t | Mandy (Verna) Jones (2019) – tetul’ ’u tu syuw’a’numa’: A culturally-based Hul’q’umi’num’ language program
yutustana:t Mandy (Verna) Jones About me’een’thu Yutustantaat, tun’ni’ tsun ’utl’ Snuneymuxw. kwunu menulh George Wyse tenulh Marge Thomas. I am a Hul’q’umi’num coordinator for School District 68 and completed an MA at SFU. I am married to Andy Jones and have two children, Georgina and John. My projectThis project describes the creation of the Hul’q’umi’num’…
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Suwsis | Tarra Morris (2020) – Suwsiw: Hul’q’umi’num’ stories of land and sea
SuwsiwTara Morris This project presents five new Hul’q’umi’num stories about the land and sea, created with the help of my elders. The Coast Salish people of the Hul’q’umi’num’ territory have a deep physical and spiritual connection to the world around us. We are taught that our language is an important way that we connect to…