Written as I remember it : teachings (þm̃s taþaw) from the life of a Sliammon elder

Paul, Elsie 1931- (author.). Raibmon, Paige Sylvia, 1971- (author.). Johnson, Harmony, 1980- (author.).

Summary: "Long before vacationers and boaters discovered BC's Sunshine Coast, the Sliammon, a Coast Salish people, called it and surrounding regions home. In this remarkable book, Elsie Paul, one of the last surviving mother-tongue speakers of the Sliammon language, 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."--Publishers website

Record details

ISBN: 9780774827119 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780774827102 (bound)
ISBN: 0774827106 (bound)
ISBN: 9780774827126 (pdf)
ISBN: 9780774827133 (epub)
ISBN: 0774827114
ISBN: 0774827130 (epub)
ISBN: 9780774827133 (epub)
ISBN: 0774827122 (pdf)
ISBN: 9780774827126 (pdf)
Physical Description: print
xxvii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title page: The symbols for glottal stop and schwa appear on the source of information.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A Note on the Sliammon Language / Honoré Watanabe -- Introduction: Listening to & qustipa; & reveipa; & alphamipa; & alphasipa; & alphatipa; & alphaipa; & qustipa; & alphaipa; & alphawipa; / Paige Raibmon -- Where I Come From. 1. The Territory and People -- Legends: A Man Taken by the Seal Family ; Twins Are Gifted -- Child. 2. Life with My Grandparents -- Sliammon Narrative: & alphanipa; & alphaoipa; & alphahipa; & alphaoipa; & alphatipa; & reveipa; & alphamipa; (They Invited Them to a Feast) -- 3. Teachings on Learning -- Legends: Mink and Cloud ; Mink and Salal ; Mink and Eagle ; Mink and Pitch ; Mink and Grizzly -- 4. Residential School. Legend: & alphatipa;' & reveipa; & alphalipa; (The Wild Man of the Woods) -- Mother. 5. Teachings for Moms -- Legend: The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies -- 6. Married Life -- Sliammon Narrative: & alphaqipa;<sup> & alphawipa;</sup> & nuipa; & alphalipa; & alphacipa; & epsilonipa; & alphatipa; & alphaipa; & alphawipa; & thitaipa; & epsilonipa; & alphamipa; & alphakipa;<sup> & alphawipa;</sup> & alphauipa; & alphatipa; & alphatipa; & alphaipa; & alphamipa; & revvipa; & alphasipa; (They [Spirits] Just Came and Told You Something) -- 7. Teachings on Grief -- 8. Community Work -- Legends: Mink and Whale ; Mink and Wolf -- Chi-Chia (& alphacipa; & alphaiipa; & alphacipa; & alphaiipa; & alphayipa; & epsilonipa; & qustipa;). 9. Naming My Family -- 10. Healing Work -- Sliammon Narrative: & alphacipa; & epsilonipa; & alphahipa; & alphacipa; & epsilonipa; & alphahipa; & revvipa; & alphacipa; & alphaxipa;<sup> & alphawipa;</sup> & alphakipa;<sup> & alphawipa;</sup> & revvipa; & alphanipa; & epsilonipa; & alphatipa; & alphaoipa; & alphamipa; & alphaoipa; & alphalipa; (You Thank the One Who Looks after All of Us) -- 11. Teachings on Spirituality -- Thoughts about Ma / Cliff Paul -- Additional Readings.
Language Note:	Text in English; includes Sliammon narratives with English translations.