The Nlha7kápmx people are among the original inhabitants of the Fraser, Thompson, and Nicola river valleys in southwestern British Columbia. In this collection of traditional oral narratives and legends, which have been passed from generation to generation for centuries, the elders tell the story of their people. Put together entirely by Nlha7kápmx people, Our Tellings reveals how they perceive their own history. It is their hope that through sharing these stories, they will inspire others to continue to create stories and to contribute to the cultural revitalization of CanadaÂ?s Native peoples.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 398.2/089/97907117
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 9780774854078 0774805234
- LCCN
- E99.N96
- LCCN Item number
- O83 1995eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xix, 217 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00327131 (OCoLC)144085594 (CaOOCEL)404317
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Interior Salish stories of the Nlhaʼkapmx people
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Foreword 14
- Acknowledgments 18
- Introduction 24
- SPTÁKWELH (CREATION STORIES) 40
- Ntl'ík'semtm (Coyote's Son) 44
- Coyote and His Son 54
- The Trip to the Moon 58
- Coyote and the Three Sisters 62
- Coyote and Wolf 64
- Coyote and Buffalo 70
- Coyote and Wood Tick 74
- Coyote Visits His Daughter in the North 77
- Coyote and the Two Sisters 84
- Why Newborn Animals Can Walk 87
- Grizzly and the Bear Cubs 88
- Grizzly and the Black Bear Cubs 92
- The Four Bear Brothers 95
- Transformers 97
- Transformers 99
- Transformer Footprints 101
- How Chipmunk Got His Stripes 102
- Screech Owl 103
- Raven 103
- The Boy Who Was Abandoned 104
- Sore Man 106
- Man and Owl 109
- Dog Travels to the Sun 110
- The Country Divided 115
- Grandfather and Grandson Work for Gold and Silver 120
- SPÍLAXEM (NON-CREATION STORIES) 138
- The Lost Hunter 141
- Smuýmn (Person with a Cane) 141
- Why There Are Nlha7kápmx in Spokane 143
- Sexpínlhemx's Wife Foretells the Coming of the White Man 144
- Simon Fraser 144
- First Encounter with Missionaries 148
- The Coming of the White Man 151
- Sun Dance 152
- Nkw'i7tsútn (A Place to Dance) 154
- Archdeacon Small 155
- Xítl'ix (Nlha7kápmx Court) 157
- Old Ways 158
- Powers of the Sexwná7m (Healer/Doctor) 160
- On the Boston Bar Trail 161
- Listening to Stories 162
- On the Trapline 162
- Our Tellings 166
- Making Baskets 168
- Native Foods 169
- Trips to Petáni 170
- The Road to Petáni Valley 171
- Ways of the Old People 171
- Memories of Lytton 172
- Passing on the Knowledge 176
- Tellers and Translators 206
- Afterword 222
- Appendices 226
- 1: Orthographic Key for the Nlha7kápmx Alphabet, Lytton Dialect 226
- 2: Key to Tapings, Translations, and Transcriptions 228
- Glossary of Nlha7kápmx Words 232
- H 232
- I 232
- K 232
- L 232
- M 232
- N 232
- P 233
- S 233
- T 234
- W 235
- X 235
- Y 235
- Z 235
- Bibliography 236
