slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw yu ha’kwushus tthuuw’ swe’s ’eelhtun huy’mat-s | Plains Indians in their Traditional Regalia

Images

click on images to see them enlarge

▶ Listen to the title

• Title: slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw yu ha’kwushus tthuuw’ swe’s ’eelhtun huy’mat-s | Plains Indians in their Traditional Regalia
• Title spoken by: Pul-hwuletse’ | Wayne Charlie
• Description: Large group posed in front of a house in traditional outfits. Many of the men are wearing headresses associated with plains First Nations.

---

hwuhwilmuhw knowledge

• Speaker/Story Teller: Pul-hwuletse’ | Wayne Charlie
• Date of recording:
• Listen to the recording in Hul’q’umi’num’:

slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw yu ha’kwushus tthuuw’ swe’s ’eelhtun huy’mat-s. | Plains Indians in their Traditional Regalia

1. ’e’ut swi’wul’stum’ ’upeenu ’i’ kw’ xuthiinu slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw kw’i ha’kwushus tthu swe’s ’eelhtun huy’mat-s.
   This is showing fourteen Indigneous people who are maybe from the east wearing their traditional regalia.
2. ni’ tthu swaaw’lus tahw ’uw’ ’unwulh ha’kwushum’ tthu swe’s huy’mat-s tthu slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw, st’i’am’st-hwus tthu stl’qeen’ ni’ tthu sxuy’usth.
   The young men in the midlle are wearing the Plains Indian feather headdresses.
3. ni’ ch tl’uw’ yu le’lum’ut slhunlheni’ tuw’ kwun’etus kwthu shtulelu tth’utth’xit, shtulelu ni’ swi’wul’.
   And you are seeing the ladies are carriying purses with beadwork.
4. na’nuts’a’ ni’ kwun’etus tthu luxwtun ni’ ’u tthu t’eluw’s.
   One is carrying a blanket in her arms. 
5. tl’uw’ yu ha’kwushum’ tthu lushaan tthu slhunlheni’.
   And the ladies are wearing shawls.
6. tl’uw’ yu ha’kwushum’ tthu stl’uq’shun’ tthu swaaw’lus ’i le’lum’utuhw.
   And you can see the men are wearin moccassins.
7. na’nuts’a’ stl’i’tl’qulh tuw’ yu ha’kwushus tthu huy’mat-s [tthu] slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw.
   One boy is wearing a traditional costume.
8. ’i ch ’uw’ yu le’lum’ut kwthu na’nuts’a’ ’i’ yu swi’wul’ tthu shyum’tuns ni’ ha’kwushus.
   You can see one is wearing a belt.
9. ’i’ st’e ’uw’ niis kwun’etus tthu lukwwin tthu stl’i’tl’qulh.
   And it looks like the boy is holding a cross.
10. na’nuts’a st’ee kwu hi’wa’qws wa’lu tthu slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw kwun’etus tthu ha’kwushum’ tthu ni’ hun’utum’ peace pipe.
    One of them who seems to be the chief of this Plains people is carrying a peace pipe.
11. ’i’ yu ha’kwushus kwthu yasa’qw tthu stl’i’tl’qulh, s-hwunitum’alh yasa’qw.
    And the boy is wearing a white man’s hat.
12. tey’ ni’ yu ha’kwushum’ tthu tth’utth’xit ni’ ’u tthu ts’xemuns.
    That one is wearing beads on his chest.
13. ’oo, ni’ h’akwushus tthu ’ikchum sq’eq’ep’ ’u tthu sxuy’usth thu na’nuts’a’ slheni’.
    Oh, and one of the ladies has a kerchief tied on her head.
14. wa’wu ni’ tuw’ luplit ni’ tl’uw’ ’uw’ le’lum’nuhw, hwunitum’   ni’ ’u tthu shnu’al’we’lh, q’ushin’tus tthu hwuhwilmuhw.
    And maybe this is a minister that you see, the white man in the background, accompaning the Indigenous people.
15. ni’ tsun ts’twa’ tsukwsta’mut tun’aalhtun kwus ’i xwte’ kwu ’i ne’nuts’ut-hwum’ ni’ ’utl’ s’amunu.
    I’m wondering what’s going on that these people have come to visit in Duncan.
16. ni’ ch tuw’ yu le’lum’ut tthu tth’iktth’uk ni’ ’u tthu shnu’al’we’lh.
    You can see the buggy in the background.

---

Key information

• Time period or Date: 1914
• Theme(s): Clothing and Ceremonial Dress, People, Villages
• Location: Duncan
• Source info (type – name): Museum — Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives
• Photographer credit: Charles W. Sillence
• Individuals identified: Not Specified

---

Learn more

This section is still in progress. 

---

Related images

Related images to come.

---

Go to the top ⤴️