Wa7 Sqwéqwel’ sSam: St’át’imcets stories from Sam Mitchell

(This print volume is currently out of stock, however, you can still download a free PDF below).

We are very pleased to announce the release of our latest book Wa7 Sqwéqwel’ sSam: St’át’imcets stories from Sam Mitchell. This volume features historical narratives, personal anecdotes, and descriptions of traditional practices, as told by Sam Mitchell in St’át’imcets between 1968 and 1973. These narratives, originally recorded by Randy Bouchard, have been transcribed and translated by John Lyon (UBC-Okanagan) and Henry Davis (UBC-Vancouver). There are 15 narratives in all, accompanied by maps and a series of pictures. Each narrative is presented in the original St’át’imcets, in an English translation, and finally as a fully analyzed text featuring a detailed interlinear gloss.

We hope this volume will be valuable for advanced language learners and teachers, as well as linguists and anyone with an interest in Salish languages and culture.

This volume is the third in a series of Upper St’át’imcets texts, jointly published by PNWLL Press (formerly UBCOPL) and the Upper St’át’imc Language, Culture and Education Society (USLCES), and the first in a series of three volumes covering the recordings of Upper St’át’imcets made by Randy Bouchard between 1968 and 1973.

Paperback volume, 637 pages, $55 CAD/$35 CAD for community members 

(if you do not have the discount code, please email us at PNWLL.Press@ubc.ca

ISBN 978-0-88865-481-6

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Sam Mitchell’s speech at the 1971 ICSL

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Chapter 1: The Drifters

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Chapter 2: Indian Doctors and Professional Hunters

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Chapter 3: Transporting Goods in the Early Days

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Chapter 4: Cattle Drive

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Chapter 5: Ntsáqwemlha7

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Chapter 6: Big Frank

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Chapter 7: The Outlaws

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Chapter 8: Johnny Milgaw

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Chapter 9: Childhood Memories

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Chapter 10: The Sasquatch

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Chapter 11: Underground homes in the Lillooet-Fountain Area

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Chapter 12: Building Cottonwood Canoes

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Chapter 13: Tanning Hides

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Chapter 14: Fishing in the Lillooet Area

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Chapter 15: Indian Hellebore

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