Category: Thesis
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Helen Zhang (2023) – Creating an online Hul’q’umi’num’ dictionary for teachers and learners
Helen Yu Zhang AbstractThis thesis is about a collaborative dictionary project for Hul’q’umi’num’, the Island dialect of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. The goal of the project was to create a teachers’ and learners’ resource with words and sound, organized by categories designed to be useful for the preparation of language…
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Tracy Sylvester (2024) – St’e ‘utl’ Si’lu: Literacy in the Hul’q’umi’num’ immersion program
Tracy Sylvester AbstractThe Hul’q’umi’num’ language is used by people on Vancouver Island identified as the Coast Salish People. It was through forced attendance of residential schools that our language was taken from us. Yet, it is within the same “lelum” (house) that our language is making a come back. Several years back, I knew a…
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Lauren Schneider (2024) – Serial verb constructions in Hul’q’umi’num’ Salish
Lauren Schneider AbstractSerial verb constructions (SVCs) are an understudied phenomena in Salish languages. Hul’q’umi’num’ is the Vancouver Island dialect of Halkomelem Salish and this language makes frequent use of SVCs in narratives. Using data from elicitations and a corpus of texts, I present an account of constructions in which multiple verbal elements are stacked together.…
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tsumqwatun | Lawrence Mitchell (2024) – Reclaiming myself through hul’q’umi’num’ sqwal ‘i’ st’ult’ilum
tsumqwatun | Lawrence Mitchell AbstractThis paper is about my journey in learning the hul’q’umi’num’ sqwal and the inspiration it has had in my life, allowing me to express myself, specifically in singing and when composing new songs. Moreover, the significant impact it has had in my life, which has changed me profoundly not only personally,…
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Simeltun | Arthur Jim (2026) – sxuxil’ ni’ ‘u tu tumuhw: language and archaeology from an Indigenous perspective
Simeltun | Arthur Jim AbstractThis project is a report on our Indigenous language Hul’q’umi’num’ and the role it plays in First Nations archaeology. In particular, I relate the experiences I have had working on the sites in the Stz’uminus territory, including giving their Indigenous placenames. I detail how language is used on the site for…
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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…