Category: 2020
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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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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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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…
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Rae Anne Claxton (2020) – lhwet tse’ xwi’em’? hwi’ ’een’thu tse’. How I learned to perform a Hul’q’umi’num’ story
Rae Anne Claxton AbstractStories are integral to Coast Salish culture, past and present. This thesis is about my journey towards Hul’q’umi’num’ fluency, through learning to tell a story with the support of my elders and linguistic training. Hul’q’umi’num’ is a Salish language spoken along the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada. I outline the process…
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Zachary Gilkison (2020) – How what was said was said: Quotation in Hul’q’umi’num’ narrative performance
Zachary Gilkison About meI come from Pestun, the state of Washington, and my linguistics studies at SFU have brought me to the beautiful Cowichan Valley, where I am honored to be learning Hul’q’umi’num’ and using my computer skills to help create language materials. My thesisThis thesis describes the use of quotation in Hul’q’umi’num’ narratives. Hul’q’umi’num’…
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Marlene Tommy (2020) – Connecting generations through hwulmuhwqun stories
Marlene Tommy Abstract These hwulmuhwqun stories are about connecting generations. After learning the history of our people, learning the Hul’q’umi’num’ language was my way of connecting to those who are now gone yet live through their stories. The teachings passed down in these stories guide us through stages of our lives. They taught me to…
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wuxwaxtunaat | Gina Salazar (2020) – Angry Raven and Friends: Three new stories for Hul’q’umi’num’ language learners
wuxwaxtunaatGina Salazar AbstractStorytelling is an important tool for sharing knowledge and language across generations. Stories teach us about our way of life and our perspectives on how to be as First Nations peoples. In this project, I share three new stories that I have created inspired by real-life experiences—the importance of singing in the Quw’utsun’…