Place Names
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sənƛ̓ uxuxtan (Six Mile Creek) is the ‘place where they were killed by a grizzly bear’
As part of our place name series Sheldon Louis shares the importance of place names as taught by his Poppa Ned Louis of the Okanagan Indian Band
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How snk̓lip brought salmon to snpinktn
The shortened captikʷl on the syilx Place Name qʷc̓iʔs snk̓lip (coyote’s winter home)
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Haida Nation is ‘Giving Back Names’
Twelve Haida place names across Haida Gwaii are being restored from their brief colonial reference as a part of an ongoing project that has “no end goal.”
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It’s time to tell the truth
nsyilxcən language keeper says settler folklore will be replaced by truth