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

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

Book  - 2014
  • ISBN: 0774827114
  • ISBN: 9780774827119
  • ISBN: 9780774827102
  • ISBN: 0774827106
  • Physical Description xxvii, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
NFPL Indigenous Collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language Note:
Text in English; includes Sliammon narratives with English translations.