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

Give It to Them

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6. First Home
7. Health Centre
8. Makeshift Church
9. After the Fire
10. Remains of the Fire
11. Sliammon Sacred Heart Church
12. Delivery Truck
14. Sliammon Village Waterfront
15. Resource Depletion: The Last Year of Herring
17. 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)
18. Fish Traps (1)
19. Fish Traps (2)
20. Dugouts
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. Sliammon Waterfront
28. tiyskʷɑt (2)
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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8. 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. Three Generations
12. Paul Family Car
13. Bride and Groom
14. Katherine Dominick and Harmony Johnson
15. Chief tɑmɑ and the Timothy Children
17. Party Time
20. 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).
23. Wedding
25. Beautiful Baskets
26. Rowing with mɑksɛmɑ
27. Give It to Them
28. Gifted People
30. New Year’s Dance
31. Our People Governed Themselves
32. Grieving
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21. Elders and Cedar Roots
22. Christmas Blankets
23. Cutting Fish
25. Elsie at Deep Bay
27. Wedding Day
28. Elders and Friends
29. Elsie and Glen (2)
30. Assessing the Catch
31. Mother’s Day, 1980
32. Elsie and Glen (1)
33. Elsie and Stella
34. Christmas (1)
35. Preparing an Offering
36. Retirement
37. Prince William
38. Party at Elsie Paul’s House
39. mɑksɛmɑ’s Cabin in toχʷnɑč (Okeover)
40. Joining Council
41. Bride and Groom
42. Baby Glen
43. Having a Laugh
44. Elders' Gathering
45. First Home
46. 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.
48. Working Out
49. Graduation (1)
50. The Ladies
51. Visiting with Annie and Norman Gallagher
52. The Children at Home
53. Friends (1)
54. Elsie at Steveston in the Late 1940s
55. Elsie at Home
56. Language Work Linguist Honoré Watanabe stands behind ɬaʔamɩn Elders at the Elders Lodge. Elsie was caretaker and lived at the Elders Lodge for many years. From left: Marion Harry, Mary George, and Elsie Paul. Honoré worked extensively with these three women over more than two decades, living with Elsie during his time in Sliammon. Marion was Elsie’s “little sister” at residential school and worked with Honoré to transcribe and translate the selections in Sliammon language included in this publication.
57. Sliammon Village Waterfront
58. A Day in Town
59. Collaborators
60. Elsie and Teresa at the Cannery
61. Elsie and Cathy (2)
62. Elsie and Cathy (1)
63. 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 Sosen Galligos. Smokey John is on the left (wearing a hat), and lɑsɑ is in front of him.
64. Elsie, Agnes, and Children
65. Party Time
66. On the Town
67. Newlyweds
68. Wearing Slacks
70. Dedicated Work Partners
72. Repatriation
73. Going to Church (1)
74. Settlers’ Camp (1)
76. A Visit with Auntie Katherine
77. 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).
78. Christmas with the Girls
80. Traditional Prayer Songs
81. Baby Marlane
86. Honorary Doctorate
87. Helping Ma
88. Going to Church (2)
89. Elsie Paul with King of the Sea
90. Childhood Friends
92. Paul Family
94. Important Medicine
95. The Shield
96. Author Group (7)
97. Beautiful Baskets
98. Friends (2)
99. Author Group (8)
100. Rowing with mɑksɛmɑ
101. Author Group (5)
102. Author Group (4)
103. Pals
105. Author Group (6)
106. Sharing the Book (2)
107. Territory
108. Life History of This Project
109. Give It to Them
110. Sharing the Book (5)
111. Becoming Strong
112. tʼᶿɛwqʼ (pronunciation)
113. Living with the Land
114. Cleansing
115. Sharing the Book (3)
116. Old-Timers and Hard Work
117. Gifted People
118. You Thank It
119. Watch Your Children
120. Community Activities
121. Sharing the Book (4)
122. Contact Happened
123. Designated Area
124. Author Group (2)
125. When It’s Your Time
126. Homebrew
127. Root Digging
128. Problems Handed down from History
129. The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies (Sliammon)
130. New Year’s Dance
131. Grieving
132. We Were Already Here
133. My Dog Patsy
134. Recovery
135. Part of Our Survival
136. tɑʔɑw
137. Times of Transition
138. Lonely and Homesick
139. Her Name Was Jane
140. He Got His Spirit Back
141. Author Group (3)
142. The Chinese Restaurant
143. The Young Girl and Eleven Puppies (English)
144. Thank the Creator
145. Collecting Branches
146. Police Patrol (2)
147. Police Patrol (1)
148. Author Group (1)
149. New Baby
150. Paul Family Photo
151. The Police Were Standing by the Bed
152. Preparing Fish and Community Drive-Through
153. Naming Ceremony

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