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Written as I remember it : teachings ([glottal stop][schwa]ms ta[glottal stop]aw) from the life of a Sliammon elder / Elsie Paul, in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.
Penn Museum Library E99.C86 P39 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paul, Elsie, 1931- author.
- Raibmon, Paige Sylvia, 1971- author.
- Johnson, Harmony, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Women and indigenous studies series
- Women and Indigenous studies series
- Language:
- English
- Salishan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Paul, Elsie, 1931-.
- Paul, Elsie.
- Comox Indians--British Columbia--Sunshine Coast--Biography.
- Comox Indians.
- Comox Indians--British Columbia--Sunshine Coast--History.
- Comox Indians--British Columbia--Sunshine Coast--Social life and customs.
- Legends--British Columbia--Sunshine Coast.
- Legends.
- Oral tradition--British Columbia--Sunshine Coast.
- Oral tradition.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- British Columbia--Sunshine Coast.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 457 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Text in English; includes Sliammon narratives with English translations.
- Summary:
- Long before vacationers discovered bc's Sunshine Coast, the Sliammon, a Coast Salish people, called the region home. In this remarkable book, Sliammon Elder Elsie Paul collaborates with a scholar, Paige Raibmon, and her granddaughter, Harmony Johnson, to tell her life story and the history of her people, in her own words and storytelling style. Raised by her grandparents who took her on their seasonal travels, Paul spent most of her childhood learning Sliammon ways, teachings, and stories and is one of the last surviving mother-tongue speakers of the Sliammon language. She shares this traditional knowledge with future generations in Written as I Remember It. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Where I Come From
- 1 The Territory and People 65
- Legends: A Man Taken by the Seal Family Twins Are Gifted 81
- Child
- 2 Life with My Grandparents 87
- Sliammon Narrative: nohotom (They Invited Them to a Feast) 139
- 3 Teachings on Learning 148
- Legends: Mink and Cloud
- Mink and Salal
- Mink and Eagle
- Mink and Pitch
- Mink and Grizzly 176
- 4 Residential School 134
- Legend: (The Wild Man of the Woods) 204
- Mother
- 5 Teachings for Moms 209
- Legend: The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies 223
- 6 Married Life 227
- Sliammon Narrative: (They [Spirits] Just Came and Told You Something) 269
- 7 Teachings on Grief 276
- 8 Community Work 305
- Legends: Mink and Whale
- Mink and Wolf 337
- Chi-Chia
- 9 Naming My Family 345
- 10 Healing Work 362
- Sliammon Narrative: (You Thank the One Who Looks after All of Us) 378
- 11 Teachings on Spirituality 387.
- Notes:
- Title page: The symbols for glottal stop and schwa appear on the source of information.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-423) and index.
- Other Format:
- Paul, Elsie, 1931-, author. Written as I remember it.
- ISBN:
- 9780774827102
- 0774827106
- OCLC:
- 867897421
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