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• Title:Our tellings : Interior Salish stories of the Nlhaʼkapmx people / compiled and edited by Darwin Hanna and Mamie Henry.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Hanna, Darwin, 1969-
  Henry, Mamie, 1922-
  
• Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, 1995.
  

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  • Call Number: E99.N96 O97 1995
    
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  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: E99.N96 O97 1995
    
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  • Call Number: E99.N96 O97 1995
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Ntlakyapamuk Indians--Folklore.
  Indians of North America--British Columbia--Folklore.
  
• Description:xix, 217 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:Our Tellings is a collection of oral narratives gathered by a young Nlha7kapmx, Darwin Hanna, from the elders of his people. The tales have been passed from generation to generation, and they reveal how the Nlha7kapmx perceive their own history. Our Tellings gathers together two types of narrative - sptakwelh and spilaxem. Sptakwelh, or creation stories, tell of a period in which the world was inhabited by animals in vaguely human form and with special powers. Coyote, Bear, Grizzly, and Owl were central figures. Some tellings in this group chronicle the acts of transformers, who travelled the countryside shaping and changing the existing order to resemble the world we know today. Spilaxem, or non-creation stories, tell of the history, way of life, and cultural teachings of the Nlha7kapmx people. These particular narratives were chosen because the elders thought that they were important to tell. They range from descriptions of the arrival of explorers and missionaries to reflections on the contemporary state of Nlha7kapmx culture. The Nlha7kapmx, or Thompson, people are among the original inhabitants of the Fraser, Thompson, and Nicola river valleys in south-western British Columbia.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217).
  
• ISBN:0774805250 :
  
• Contents:Foreword / Wendy Wickwire
  Ntl'ik'semtm (Coyote's Son) / Mildred Michell
  Coyote and His Son / Walter Isaac
  The Trip to the Moon / Annie York
  Coyote and the Three Sisters / Louie Phillips
  Coyote and Wolf / Herb Manuel
  Coyote and Buffalo / Herb Manuel
  Coyote and Wood Tick / Herb Manuel
  Coyote Visits His Daughter in the North / Herb Manuel
  Coyote and the Two Sisters / Mandy Brown
  Why Newborn Animals Can Walk / Mandy Brown
  Grizzly and the Bear Cubs / Hilda Austin
  Grizzly and the Black Bear Cubs / Mary Williams
  The Four Bear Brothers / Anthony Joe
  Transformers / Louie Phillips
  Transformers / Herb Manuel
  Transformer Footprints / Louie Phillips
  How Chipmunk Got His Stripes / Mandy Brown
  Screech Owl / Mandy Brown
  Raven / Mandy Brown
  The Boy Who Was Abandoned / Mary Williams
  Sore Man / Mabel Joe
  Man and Owl / Mabel Joe
  Dog Travels to the Sun / Mabel Joe
  The Country Divided / Annie York
  Grandfather and Grandson Work for Gold and Silver / Tom George
  The Lost Hunter / Mabel Joe
  Smuymn (Person with a Cane) / Peter Bob
  Why There Are Nlha7kapmx in Spokane / Mabel Joe
  Sexpinlhemx's Wife Foretells the Coming of the White Man / Annie York
  Simon Fraser / Annie York
  First Encounter with Missionaries / Annie York
  The Coming of the White Man / Mary Williams
  Sun Dance / Bill Walkem
  Nkw'i7tsutn (A Place to Dance) / Bill Walkem
  Archdeacon Small / Bill Walkem
  Xitl'ix (Nlha7kapmx Court) / Louie Phillips
  Old Ways / Nathan Spinks
  Powers of the Sexwna7m (Healer/Doctor) / Tom George and Bert Seymour
  On the Boston Bar Trail / Peter Bob
  Listening to Stories / Peter Bob
  On the Trapline / Phil Acar
  Our Tellings / Louie Phillips
  Making Baskets / Rosie Skuki
  Native Foods / Christine Bobb
  Trips to Petani / Mary Williams
  The Road to Petani Valley / Mary Williams
  Ways of the Old People / Mandy Brown
  Memories of Lytton / Edna Malloway
  Passing on the Knowledge / Fred Hanna, Bea Hanna and Buddy Hanna
  Afterword / Cook's Ferry Band Council
  App. 1: Orthographic Key for the Nlha7kapmx Alphabet, Lytton Dialect
  App. 2: Key to Tapings, Translations, and Transcriptions
  Glossary of Nlha7kapmx Words.