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As I Remember It: Teachings (Ɂəms tɑɁɑw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder

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Contents of this path:
1. Carving the Turkey
2. Christmas Blankets
3. Christmas (2)
4. čine with Presents
5. Delivery Truck
6. Elsie at Steveston in the Late 1940s
7. Masters
8. Newlyweds
9. Party Time
10. Paul Family Car
11. Going to Church (1)
12. ɬaʔamɩn Parade
13. Katherine Dominick and Harmony Johnson
15. Friends (2)
17. Going to Church (2)
18. Helping Ma
19. Traditional Prayer Songs
20. Johnny Bob and Jimmy Peters
21. Mom at Sacred Heart
22. On the Road
23. Say Cheese
24. Sharon Paul
25. The Ladies
26. tʼɩšosəm The ɬaʔamɩn village of tiyskʷɑt. Buildings, from left: Frank Williams house; Bob George’s house; Sliammon Sacred Heart Church, Sam August’s house; Sam August married Teresa (tɑlɛsɑt), mother to Albert August. Keh Kay Keh (Molly Williams’s house); Molly was from Sechelt. This eventually became Johnny George and Mary George’s house. Sam Adams house; Stanley Peters and Nellies house. Joe (Chilena) and Molly Galligos house: Far right is Gilbert Francis’s house, Chi-chia’s dad. He eventually tore this down and built a new house on the site. This is shown in a later picture from the same perspective. Dance hall is behind the church. Smokehouses in foreground. Smokehouses were typically located on the beach.
27. Visiting lɑsɑ
28. Wedding
29. Walter Paul
30. William in Sliammon
31. Willie at Work
32. With Dad
33. Kids on Steps ɬaʔamɩn children pictured on the steps of the old day school. Back row, from left: Johnny John (Katherine Dominick’s son), Charlie Peters (Williams), Willie Peters, Junior Point. Row two, from left: Barney Francis, Joe Harry, Moses Wilson, Louie Tom. Row three, from left: Janet Galligos, unknown, Evelyn Galligos, Nellie Peters. Front row, from left: Stella Olney, Maggie Vivier, unknown, Bertha August, Jeannie Paul.
34. ɬaʔamɩn Soccer Team
35. Buddies
36. Willie Dave With the Hackett Sisters
37. Old Single Lane Bridge
38. Collaborators
Contents of this path:
1. Baby Baskets Baby baskets made by Molly Timothy (Granny Molly) in the early 1950s. The basket on the left was made for Jeannie, born to Elsie Paul in 1954, and has since been used for all of Elsie’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. The blue design is made with natural and dyed cherry bark. The basket on the right was made for a daughter of Elsie’s Aunt Agnes, and the design is woven with dyed reed.
2. Pals
3. William in Sliammon
4. New Baby
5. Boat to Westview When this photo was taken, it was quicker to get to town by boat than by foot, since people didn’t have cars yet. Peggy Harry is at the back of the group (with barrettes in her hair); Molly Timothy is on the right (with headband); Elsie Paul is in the centre (with flowers in her hair); Stella Timothy is centre right, beside Elsie; further right, holding a baby, is Agnes McGee, and in front of her is sosən Galligos. Smokey John is on the left (wearing a hat), and lɑsɑ is in front of him.
6. Bear Hunt
10. Walnut Lodge
13. Colonialism: Losing Baby Jane header
14. Wellness: Twins are Gifted header
15. Territory: tʼɩšosəm and Herring header
16. Wellness: Coming of Age header
17. Colonialism: My Dog Patsy header
18. Brem River Valley
19. Showcasing This Book
20. Emmonds Beach
21. Elsie at Deep Bay
22. Wedding Day
23. tiyskʷɑt (1)
24. tiyskʷɑt (2)
25. Sharon
26. Rock Alignments
27. Sharon Paul
28. Seagulls on Guard
29. Mitlenatch Island, the Landing
30. Logging in Theodosia (1)
31. Logging in Theodosia (2)
32. Hospital (3)
33. Baby Papoose (1)
34. Wedding
35. Theodosia
36. Hospital (1)
37. Hospital (2)
38. Graduation (1)
39. Grace Harbour (2)
40. Grace Harbour (1)
41. Friends (2)
42. Friends (1)
43. Fish Traps (2)
44. Fish Traps (1)
45. Boys
46. Collecting Branches
47. Elsie and Glen (1)
48. Elsie and Glen (2)
49. Elsie and Cathy (1)
50. Elsie and Cathy (2)
51. Christmas (1)
52. Christmas (2)
54. Baby Massage (3)
55. Baby Massage (2)
56. Baby Massage (1)
57. Jeannie in the Crib
58. Buddies (1)
59. Author Group (4)
60. Author Group (5)
61. Author Group (6)
62. Author Group (7)
63. Author Group (1)
64. Author Group (8)
65. Sharing the Book (1)
66. Sharing the Book (2)
67. Sharing the Book (3)
68. Sharing the Book (4)
69. Sharing the Book (5)
70. Dads and Kids
71. Master Basket Makers
73. Clean Roots
74. Enjoying the Day
76. Paul Family Photo
78. Naming Ceremony
79. mɑksɛmɑ with his catch
80. Lancelot Inlet and Peninsula
82. Old Single Lane Bridge
83. Powell River Motor Traders
84. čine (Jeannie Dominick)
85. Pictograph on the Theodosia River With Elsie Paul
86. Three Eggs in Nest
87. Theodosia, Logged
90. The Shield
92. At the Docks
95. My Girls
96. Daughters
97. The Boys
98. Masters
100. Author Group (2)
101. Author Group (3)
102. Dam Construction
103. Sliammon Soccer Team
104. Chief Tom’s Family
105. Berry Picking (2)
106. Childhood Friends
107. Procession from Our Lady of the Rosary Church
108. Baby Marlane
109. Groundbreaking
110. Pullers
111. Willie Dave With the Hackett Sisters
112. Mom at Sacred Heart
113. On the Road
114. Visiting lɑsɑ
115. Going to Church (2)
116. Helping Ma
117. Traditional Prayer Songs
118. A Visit with Auntie Katherine
119. Going to Church (1)
120. Buddies
121. Willie at Work
122. Willie and Jeannie
123. Newlyweds
124. Party Time
125. Say Cheese
126. Collaborators
127. Bill, Rose, and čine
128. The Ladies
129. Bill, Rose, and čine
130. With Dad
131. Sundays
132. Going to Town
133. čine with Presents
134. Cafeteria
135. Music
136. Elsie Paul with King of the Sea
137. Christmas with the Girls
138. Kora's Strawberry Farm
139. Sharing Knowledge
140. The Dam
141. Merrill and Ring Lumber Company Logging Camp at Theodosia Inlet
142. Lodge Interior
143. Sing Lee Building
144. Clear-cut
145. tʼɩšosəm The ɬaʔamɩn village of tiyskʷɑt. Buildings, from left: Frank Williams house; Bob George’s house; Sliammon Sacred Heart Church, Sam August’s house; Sam August married Teresa (tɑlɛsɑt), mother to Albert August. Keh Kay Keh (Molly Williams’s house); Molly was from Sechelt. This eventually became Johnny George and Mary George’s house. Sam Adams house; Stanley Peters and Nellies house. Joe (Chilena) and Molly Galligos house: Far right is Gilbert Francis’s house, Chi-chia’s dad. He eventually tore this down and built a new house on the site. This is shown in a later picture from the same perspective. Dance hall is behind the church. Smokehouses in foreground. Smokehouses were typically located on the beach.
146. Frank’s Chum Salmon
147. ɬaʔamɩn Soccer Team
148. Kids on Steps ɬaʔamɩn children pictured on the steps of the old day school. Back row, from left: Johnny John (Katherine Dominick’s son), Charlie Peters (Williams), Willie Peters, Junior Point. Row two, from left: Barney Francis, Joe Harry, Moses Wilson, Louie Tom. Row three, from left: Janet Galligos, unknown, Evelyn Galligos, Nellie Peters. Front row, from left: Stella Olney, Maggie Vivier, unknown, Bertha August, Jeannie Paul.
149. Settlers’ Camp
150. Soccer
151. tɑmɑ
152. Siblings Elsie Paul with her siblings at her brother Barney’s house in the early ’80s. Standing, from left: Teddy Francis (Elsie’s brother), Leo Francis (Elsie’s brother), Lillian Francis (Elsie’s niece, Barney Francis’s daughter), Elsie Paul, Doreen Hopkins (Elsie’s sister), Charlene Francis (Elsie’s niece), Jason Francis (Elsie’s nephew), Greg Francis (inch, Elsie’s nephew). Seated, from left: Aunt Agnes McGee, Rita Francis (Elsie’s sister), Nancy Phillips (Elsie’s sister), Vangie Francis (Elsie’s niece), Elizabeth Blaney (Elsie’s sister), Lily Timothy (Elsie’s mother).
153. Paul Family
154. Open-Air Learning
155. Molly and Annie
156. Repatriation
157. Elders
158. tʼᶿɛwqʼ (Elderberries)
159. Residential School Chapel (2)
160. Sechelt Residential School
161. Charlie Bob
162. Class of 1917
163. Residential School Chapel (1)
164. Away from Home
165. Elsie and Teresa at the Cannery
166. Elsie at Home
167. Portrait of Molly and lɑsɑ
168. Death but Not Sin
169. A Day in Town
170. Shinglemill
171. Seiners
172. Cabin in 1954
173. mɑksɛmɑ (Sandy Timothy)
174. Cod Fishing
175. Bill Galligos
176. Johnny Bob and Jimmy Peters
177. Clams Elsie Paul’s cousin David George (1948–53) with butter clams dug from in front of the reserve. At the time, shellfish were clean and plentiful, but clams are no longer safe to harvest from this site. The very large cross in the background is in the cemetery. hʌwhegus (advisers in the community), including Chief Tom Timothy and Bill Mitchell, were buried near the cross. The cross blew down at some point and was not replaced.
178. Paddle Carving
179. The Mill
180. Fishing Preparations
181. Charlie Peters
182. Sliammon Waterfront
183. Logging
184. Rodmay
185. Mending the Net
186. Delivery Truck
187. Racing the King of the Sea
188. Canoe Building
189. Sliammon Sacred Heart Church
190. Building the King of the Sea
191. mɑksɛmɑ’s Cabin in toχʷnɑč (Okeover)
192. The Powell River Royal Canadian Mounted Police
193. After the Fire
194. Remains of the Fire
195. Makeshift Church
196. Katherine Dominick and Bill Brown
197. Health Centre
198. Baby Papoose (2)
199. Resource Depletion: The Last Year of Herring
200. Dugouts
201. Fishing Boat
202. Boat Ramp at the Shinglemill
203. Patricia Theatre
204. Day School
205. Baskets in Progress
206. Baskets for Hawaii
207. Drying Herring Roe
208. Annie Blaney at Okeover
209. Herring Roe
210. Rodmay Hotel
211. Patricia Theatre, Interior
212. Children “Playing Indian” Powell River community members commemorated British Columbia’s centennial by dressing up in costumes that reflected their imagination of how “Indians” and “pioneers” looked in the nineteenth century. This was a common practice in settler communities in Canada and the United States. Settlers “played Indian” for reasons that ranged from political protest to entertainment. The act of “playing Indian” expressed a settler sense of entitlement to the places that they or their ancestors had colonized. The costumes did not demonstrate meaningful relationship or engagement with Indigenous peoples or practices. Today, we understand these occasions to be forms of cultural appropriation.
213. Bows and Arrows Powell River community members commemorated British Columbia’s centennial by dressing up in costumes that reflected their imagination of how “Indians” and “pioneers” looked in the nineteenth century. This was a common practice in settler communities in Canada and the United States. Settlers “played Indian” for reasons that ranged from political protest to entertainment. The act of “playing Indian” expressed a settler sense of entitlement to the places that they or their ancestors had colonized. The costumes did not demonstrate meaningful relationship or engagement with Indigenous peoples or practices. Today, we understand these occasions to be forms of cultural appropriation.
214. Society Lady “Indians” Powell River community members commemorated British Columbia’s centennial by dressing up in costumes that reflected their imagination of how “Indians” and “pioneers” looked in the nineteenth century. This was a common practice in settler communities in Canada and the United States. Settlers “played Indian” for reasons that ranged from political protest to entertainment. The act of “playing Indian” expressed a settler sense of entitlement to the places that they or their ancestors had colonized. The costumes did not demonstrate meaningful relationship or engagement with Indigenous peoples or practices. Today, we understand these occasions to be forms of cultural appropriation.
215. Golfing “Indian” Powell River community members commemorated British Columbia’s centennial by dressing up in costumes that reflected their imagination of how “Indians” and “pioneers” looked in the nineteenth century. This was a common practice in settler communities in Canada and the United States. Settlers “played Indian” for reasons that ranged from political protest to entertainment. The act of “playing Indian” expressed a settler sense of entitlement to the places that they or their ancestors had colonized. The costumes did not demonstrate meaningful relationship or engagement with Indigenous peoples or practices. Today, we understand these occasions to be forms of cultural appropriation.
216. Dedicated Work Partners
217. Church House
218. Homalco