We are very pleased to announce the release of Sptakwlh múta7 sqwéqwel’: St̕át̕imcets Narratives by Qwa7yán’ak (Carl Alexander) Volume II, published jointly by PNWLL Press and Upper St’át’imc Language, Culture and Education Society (USLCES). This volume is the second in a two-part series of narratives, following Sqwéqwel’ Múta7 Sptakwlh: St’át’imcets Narratives by Qwa7yán’ak (Carl Alexander).
This latest volume features twenty-six narratives as told by Qwa7yán’ak Carl Alexander in St’át’imcets, recorded between the summer of 2016 and the winter of 2020. Narratives were recorded, transcribed, and translated by Matt Andrew (Lil’wat7úl), Henry Davis (UBC-Vancouver), and John Lyon (UBC-Okanagan). Each narrative is presented in three formats: a St’át’imcets-only version, an English-only version, and an interlinear gloss, which provides a morpheme-by-morpheme breakdown of the original St’át’imcets.
A PDF copy of this volume is available to download below. Accompanying sound files will be available soon.
We hope this volume and its associated resources are maximally useful to advanced language learners and teachers, as well as academic linguists.
Paperback volume, 520 pages
ISBN: 978-0-88865-560-8
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Chapter 1: Utszímalha: The Transformers
Chapter 2: sQweyíts múta7 sXwgwalcw: Rabbit and Fox
Chapter 3: sXwgwalcw muta7 Clao7: Fox and Raven
Chapter 4: Xzúmalqw Srap múta7 Q’ám’q’waz’: The Big Tree and the Reed
Chapter 5: Sqwéqwel’s sJohn Boubyan múta7 ta Stsém’psa ta Nqwáxwqtena: The Story of John Boubyan and the End of Nqwáxwqten
Chapter 6: Sqwéqwel’s Sxílemsa sJack McDougall: The Story of Jack McDougall
Chapter 7: Maysálts láku7 Liza Lake: Building Our Cabin at Liza Lake
Chapter 8: Nq’w7um S7ents múta7 Nsqátsez7a: Trapping with my Father
Chapter 9: Kalh Q’weláw’em wi sMary múta7 Leqmám S7ents múta7 Nsqátsez7a: Berry-picking with Mary and Haying with my Father
Chapter 10: S7ílhcwtens ta Ts’í7a lhelta Tcáts’a: The Difference between a Deer and an Elk
Chapter 11: Na Cín’a Nq’w7úmten: My Old Traplines
Chapter 12: Iwan Q’w7um múta7 i Uts’qa7stumcalémas lhláku7 Nqwáxwqtena: Trapping and My Eviction from Nqwáxwqten
Chapter 13: Wa7 Gwelp ta Lamcalálhcwa: Burning Church
Chapter 14: I Gwelenítas na Tsítcwkalha i wa7 Maysentáli i Sts’ák’wa: When BC Electric Burnt Down Our House
Chapter 15: Kan Lexláxs iwan Álkstcit i wa7 Maysentáli i Sts’ák’wa: Memories of Working for BC Hydro
Chapter 16: Iwan Zewátetcal áku7 ta Xzúma Ntsunám’calten múta7 i Tsicwstum’úlhas áku7 Victoria: Studies at Okanagan College and a Trip to Victoria
Chapter 17: Sqwéqwel’s na Sw’úw’ha: A Cougar Story
Chapter 18: Nelh Száytena kw Nstsukws kw Ns7úqwa7 múta7 P’elk’án ta Nsmáwal’a ku Áma: How I Quit Drinking and Turned My Life Around
Chapter 19: I T’álanítas ta C.wálha áta7 Tsal’álha: Roadblock at Tsal’álh
Chapter 20: Ta Slámcala múta7 ta Á7x7a Nt’ákmen: On Prayer and Spiritual Belief
Chapter 21: Nt’akmenlhkálha: Klaom, Q’élza7, múta7 Tákemá t’u7 wa7 Száytenlhkalh: Our Traditions: Fasting, Sweating, and all our Other Practices
Chapter 22: Máysenem i Qwatsátsa tu7: Preparing Those who have Departed
Chapter 23: Lhus Azíncw: On Climate Change
Chapter 24: Nqwáxwqten– Pináni7 t’u Lhkúnsa: Nqwáxwqten– Then and Now
Chapter 25: Kwa Píxem’– Pináni7 t’u Lhkúnsa: Hunting– Then and Now
Chapter 26: Wa7 Szácenstum’ i Sts’úqwaz’a t’u Ptak lta S7ácwa: Transplanting Salmon Over the Big Slide