About the translator
Rebecca Duncan is from the Squamish and Musqueam First Nations of the Coast Salish Peoples. Rebecca has devoted her life to preserve the Squamish Language along with her Cultural teachings that have been handed down to her from her late Papa and his Papa and so on and so on since the beginning of time.
Rebecca is a remarkable storyteller, weaver, traditional cook, language teacher, singer & dancer.
No matter where you are from, it is so important to know your history, your ties to the land, and your culture.
Welcome to unceded Coast Salish Territory, Our history is your history!!!
PLAY THE AUDIO AND LISTEN TO HOW TO SAY THE PLANTS IN SQUAMISH LANGUAGE!
Sword Fern
tsx̱álem
Wild/Indian Plum
smélhx̱wel (fruit),
smelhx̱weláy̓ (bush)
Salmonberry
yetwán (fruit)
yetwánay̓ (bush)
SNOWBERRY/WAXBERRY
ts’ex̱w (fruit)
ts’ex̱wts’x̱wáy̓ (bush)
Oregon Grape
séliy̓ay̓ (bush)
Red Alder (Tree)
kwelúl̓ay
Red Cedar (Tree)
x̱ápay̓ay
Huckleberry
sḵw’eḵwchs (red fruit)
sḵw’eḵwchsáy̓ (bush)
Douglas Fir
ch’shay̓ (tree)
VINE MAPLE
t’eḵt’ḵáy̓
bEAKED HAZELNUT
ḵ’p’ax̱w (generic term for any nut)
Wild Rose
ḵál̓ḵay (bush)
Stinging Nettle
ts’ex̱ts’ix̱
Devil’s Club
ch’átyay̓
Chocolate Lily
lhásem
Kinnikinnick
tl’íkw’en (fruit)
tl’íkw’enay̓ (bush)
Wild Ginger
xet’tánay
Thimbleberry
t’aḵw’emay̓ (bush)
Licorice Fern
tl’asíp (root)
Fireweed
x̱ach’t
WAPATO
wápatu
salal
t’áḵa7 (fruit)
t’áḵa7áy̓ (bush)
