Long before vacationers discovered BC's Sunshine Coast, the Sliammon, a Coast Salish people, called the region home. Elsie Paul is one of the last surviving mother-tongue speakers of the Sliammon language. In this remarkable book, she 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, stories, and legends. Her adult life unfolded against a…mehr
Long before vacationers discovered BC's Sunshine Coast, the Sliammon, a Coast Salish people, called the region home. Elsie Paul is one of the last surviving mother-tongue speakers of the Sliammon language. In this remarkable book, she 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, stories, and legends. Her adult life unfolded against a backdrop of colonialism and racism. As Paul worked to sustain a healthy marriage, raise a large family, cope with tremendous grief and loss, and develop a career and give back to community, she drew strength from Sliammon teachings, which live on in the pages of Written as I Remember It.
Elsie Paul, a Sliammon elder, has spent her life and career in service to others. In recognition of a lifetime of effort dedicated to supporting First Nations well-being, she received an honorary doctorate degree from Vancouver Island University in 2010. Paige Raibmon is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Harmony Johnson is Elsie Paul's granddaughter. She holds a BA from Simon Fraser University and has served in a number of policy and executive roles in BC First Nations organizations.
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A Note on the Sliammon Language / Honoré Watanabe Introduction: Listening to ms t w / 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: 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: t' l (The Wild Man of the Woods) Mother 5 Teachings for Moms Legend: The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies 6 Married Life Sliammon Narrative: q l ' t w m k ut t m s (They [Spirits] Just Came and Told You Something) 7 Teachings on Grief 8 Community Work Legends: Mink and Whale Mink and Wolf Chi-chia 9 Naming My Family 10 Healing Work Sliammon Narrative: ' h h x k' n tomö (You Thank the One Who Looks after All of Us) 11 Teachings on Spirituality Thoughts about Ma / Cliff Paul
A Note on the Sliammon Language / Honoré Watanabe Introduction: Listening to ms t w / 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: 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: t' l (The Wild Man of the Woods) Mother 5 Teachings for Moms Legend: The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies 6 Married Life Sliammon Narrative: q l ' t w m k ut t m s (They [Spirits] Just Came and Told You Something) 7 Teachings on Grief 8 Community Work Legends: Mink and Whale Mink and Wolf Chi-chia 9 Naming My Family 10 Healing Work Sliammon Narrative: ' h h x k' n tomö (You Thank the One Who Looks after All of Us) 11 Teachings on Spirituality Thoughts about Ma / Cliff Paul
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