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
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- ISBN: 0774827114
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- 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. |