Donna Gerdts – Sxwi'em': Stories from the Hul'q'umi'num' people

September 16, 2021 Donna Gerdts

tthu slhuw’een’ | Wonderful Gift

Downloads: story text (pdf)slideshow version of the story (pdf)play based on this story (pdf)vocab list (pdf) By Michaela Daniels, Delores

November 13, 2020 Donna Gerdts

kwthu swuy’qe’ ni’ hwu spe’uth | The man who was turned into a bear

An encounter by the river turns deadly with lasting consequences, in this story by Amanda Harris, translated into Hul’q’umi’num’ by

November 13, 2020 Donna Gerdts

thuqulshunum’ | Rainbow

Jordana Seymour and Donald White are canoe pullers in the Rainbow canoe club, Stz’uminus, British Columbia. Delores Louie translates

August 11, 2020 Donna Gerdts

tthu hwquluwun spaal’ – The Angry Raven

Hammy the Angry Raven and his computer games, it even affects his family and his ability to concentrate in class. He couldn’t learn anything.

July 15, 2020 Donna Gerdts

ma’uqw ‘i’ tthu snuhwulhs | The duck and his truck

Delores Louie (Swustanulwut) supplies the Hul’q’umi’num’ translation and voice to this children’s story by the wonderful Jez Alborough. Please

September 24, 2016 Donna Gerdts

kw’i’kw’ushnuts ’i’ tu s’eluhw thi sxt’ekw’ | Small Number and the Old Totem Pole

A movie by Veselin Jungic and the Math Catcher team at SFU, IRMACS Center. Translated into Hul’q’umi’num’ by Ruby Peter and performed by Thomas Jones. Small Number learns the meaning of the totem—it’s good to work together.

January 21, 2016 Donna Gerdts

kw’i’kw’ushnuts ’i’ tthu thi thqet – Small Number and the Big Tree

A movie by Veselin Jungic and the Math Catcher team at SFU, IRMACS Center. Translated into Hul’q’umi’num’ by Delores Louie. Small Number finds many interesting things in the forest.