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    Written as I remember it : teachings (ʻäms taʻaw) from the life of a Sliammon elder / Elsie Paul, in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.

    • Title:Written as I remember it : teachings (ʻäms taʻaw) from the life of a Sliammon elder / Elsie Paul, in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.
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    • Variant Title:Written as I remember it : teachings (ʔəms taʔaw) from the life of a Sliammon elder
    • Author/Creator:Paul, Elsie, 1931- author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Johnson, Harmony, 1980- author.
      Raibmon, Paige Sylvia, 1971- author.
      Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]
    • Holdings

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Elders
      Tla'amin--Elders
      Tla'amin--Languages
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Paul, Elsie, 1931-
    • Genre/Form:Biographies
    • Description:xxvii, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
    • Series:Women and indigenous studies series.
    • 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
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
    • Local note:First Nations author.
    • Notes:Includes descent chart and maps.
      Title page: The symbols for glottal stop and schwa appear on the source of information.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-423) and index.
      Text in English; includes Sliammon narratives with English translations.
    • ISBN:0774827106 (bound)
      9780774827102 (bound)
    • Contents:A note on the Slaimmon language / Honoré Watanabe
      Introduction: listening to ?ems ta?aw / Paige Raibmon
      1: The territory people
      Legends: A man taken by the Seal family
      2: Life with my grandparents
      Sliammon narrative: nohotem (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'el (the wild man of the woods)
      5: Teachings for moms
      Legend: the young girl and eleven puppies
      6: Married life
      Sliammon narrative: (they [spirits] just came and told you something
      7: Teachings on grief
      8: Community work
      Legends: Mink and Whale - Mink and Wolf
      9: Naming my family
      10: Healing work
      Sliammon narrative: (you thank the one who looks after all of us)
      11: Teachings on spirituality
      Thoughts about Ma / Cliff Paul
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