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

Community Photo Album

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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.
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.

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6. Makeshift Church
7. After the Fire
8. First Home
9. Health Centre
10. Remains of the Fire
11. Sliammon Sacred Heart Church
12. Delivery Truck
13. Sliammon Village Waterfront
15. Resource Depletion: The Last Year of Herring
17. Fish Traps (1)
18. Fish Traps (2)
19. Dugouts
20. Sliammon Day School In addition to attending the Sechelt Indian Residential School, Elsie Paul occasionally attended a day school in the Sliammon community in the winter months. The Sliammon day school teachers were Pat McGuinness and Mr. Gallagher. Back row: Unknown boy with hat, Katherine Blaney, Teacher Pat McGuinness, Rosaline Wilson, unknown girl, Marilyn Louie (tall in the very back behind unknown girl). Middle row: Ernie Galligos (shorter boy), Joe Paul, Agnes Paul, unknown girl. Front row (small children): Sarah Tom, Maggie Wilson, and Joe Francis (Elsie Paul’s half brother)
21. At the Beach
22. Fishing Boat
23. tiyskʷɑt (1)
24. Going to Church (1)
25. Mom at Sacred Heart
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. tiyskʷɑt (2)
28. Sliammon Waterfront
29. Wedding
30. Dam Construction
31. On the Road
32. Territory
33. Give It to Them
34. Horizontal Fly over Water Point to Beach
35. Old Single Lane Bridge
36. Preparing Fish and Community Drive-Through
37. Kla Ah Men | Tla’amin | Sliammon
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7. Elsie at Deep Bay
9. Wedding Day
10. Family Portrait Elsie Paul’s great-great-grandparents and family. The photograph, which was painted over, includes the medicine man featured in the story “He Got His Spirit Back.” Standing, from left: Teresa Tom (tɑlɛsɑt), Chief Tom’s daughter; Cecilia (child), talɛsat’s daughter; Katherine Dominick, daughter of Bob George (tiyʔəpθot) and sister to Granny Molly; Louise Bob, Chief Tom’s daughter; Emily Bob, Chief Tom’s daughter; Bob George (tiyʔəpθot), Granny Molly’s father. Seated, from left: Felix (toqʷɑnən pɛlɩks), medicine man and Elsie’s step-great-great-grandfather; Ann, Elsie’s great-great-grandmother and Granny Molly’s grandmother; Jeannie Bob (čine), Granny Molly’s mother; little girl (name unknown). Seated in foreground: Charlie Bob, the man who lost his spirit.
11. Paul Family Car
12. Bride and Groom
13. Three Generations
14. Katherine Dominick and Harmony Johnson
16. Chief tɑmɑ and the Timothy Children
17. Party Time
21. 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).
24. Wedding
27. Beautiful Baskets
28. Rowing with mɑksɛmɑ
29. Give It to Them
30. Gifted People
32. New Year’s Dance
33. Our People Governed Themselves
34. Grieving
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3. Freddie and Marilyn Louie
4. Elsie at Deep Bay
5. At the Dance Hall
6. Sechelt Indian Marching Band
7. Mother's Day, 1980
8. Elsie and Stella
9. Joining Council
10. Makeshift Church
11. lɑsɑ and Granny Molly
12. Elders' Gathering
13. At the Elders Lodge Elsie Paul with ɬaʔamɩn Elders when she was running the Elders' program. Front row, from left: Elsie Paul, Henry Bob, Katherine Blaney, Mary Harry, Rose Louie (behind Mary), Joe Paul Sr. (behind Rose), Willie Bob, Calvin Harry. Back row, from left: Louise Bob, Marie Hackett (behind), Nora Wilson, Annie Dominick, Dave Dominick, Agnes McGee, Rose Peddie, Peta Francis (Okee Dokee), Johnny George, Charlie Charlie, Peggy Harry.
14. Working Out
15. Retirement
16. Health Centre
17. Party at Elsie Paul's House
18. Three Generations
19. First Home
20. The Children at Home
21. Graduation (1)
22. Making Music
23. Rose and Alec Louie
24. Music with Friends
25. Building the King of the Sea
27. Moses and Agnes Wilson
28. Canoe Building
29. Hospital (2)
30. Racing the King of the Sea
32. Portrait of Molly and lɑsɑ
34. Elsie, Agnes, and Children
35. Chief tɑmɑ and the Timothy Children
36. Day School
37. Molly Williams and Olive
38. 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 cemetary. 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.
40. Bill Galligos
44. Elders
45. Mending the Net
46. 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).
47. Fishing Preparations
48. Molly and Annie
49. Paddle Carving
50. Open-Air Learning
51. tɑmɑ
52. Pullers
53. Lodge Interior
54. Walnut Lodge
55. Hospital (1)
56. Hospital (3)
59. Cod Fishing
60. Elsie Paul with King of the Sea
61. Music
62. Going to Town
63. Sundays
64. Community Activities
65. Old-Timers and Hard Work
66. Give It to Them
67. Thank the Creator
69. Our People Governed Themselves

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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.