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stswuwoon’s tthey’ swuqw’a’lh | Potlatch Blanket Scramble

Blanket Scramble ceremony during a potlatch showing men running toward and crowding around a blanket hanging in front of a canoe.
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xutsten kwus wil’utum tthu sts’inukw’a’ ni’ ’utl’ mutouliye’ | Marquee Announcing the Sts’inukw’a’ Opera

Sign at the Royal Marquee Theatre in Victoria announcing the performance of Tzinquaw between March 14-17, 1951.
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sts’inukw’a’stunamut xetth’ | Tzinquaw Model Set

Model of a scene from Tzinquaw, made by director Cecil West, showing a mock-up of the set and cast positioning.
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shmukw’uthut le’lum’stun’uq ’u tthu sts’inukw’a’ | Abel Joe Tzinquaw Performer

Image features Abel Joe in costume as “The Thinker” from Tzinquaw. Accompanied by barotones Dominic and Arthur Joe, all carrying drums and in traditional dress.
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le’lum’stun’uq ’u tthu sts’inukw’a’ ni’ ’u tthu shelh ni’ l’utl’ s’amuna’ | Tzinquaw Street Performance

Abel Joe and some Tzinquaw cast members, along with many children, on the street promoting the opera.
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xwaxwuqw’ tthu snuhwulh kwus tl’u’ast tthu hwulunitum’ | Poling the Canoe to Convey the White People

Canoe at shoreline with First Nation’s paddlers standing in the front and back. A white man’s children are seated in the canoe holding paddles.
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stl’ul’iqulh ’i’ tthu tth’iktth’uk ’i’ snuhwulh | Children, Buggies, and Canoe

Children dressed up and posing in front of horse-drawn wagons at the shoreline of a village.
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ha’kwush tthu p’q’ulwut tthu Chief Latasse | Chief Latasse Wearing the Goat Wool Blanket

Chief David Latasse wearing a woven headband and blanket, carrying a tufted spear.
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hwukw’ust tthu swultun ni’ ’utl’ snuneymuhw | Hauling Nets in Nanaimo

View of Nanaimo Harbour with people hauling in seinenets at the dock.
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tsqwulhey’ swuy’qe’ | Man Logging

Man with heavy duty chains logging felled trees.
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tatul’ut tthu mumun’lh stl’ul’iqulh | Teaching the Little Kids

Images show teachers and children in Nursery School. One of the teachers is Mrs. George.
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slhunlheni’ ’i’ sqwumey’allh ’i’ paysukul | Women, Puppy, and Bike

Two women standing outside a building with a bike and holding a puppy.
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’aluxutum’ tthu stth’e’qun | Gathering Bulrush

Woman paddling canoe with two children and harvested reeds.
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kwuy’xutssum’ ’u tthu syalh | Woodworking

Boys in shop class located in the basement of St. Catherine’s Day School with their teacher, Mr. Morrison, building projects with wood.
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s’amunu stutes ’u tthu quw’utsun’ sta’luw’ | Somenos Village Beside Cowichan River

View of Somenos Village c1910 showing bridges spanning the Cowichan River, some buildings in the village, and Mt. Tzouhalem in the distance.
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sts’inukw’a’ hws qw’uyulush | Tzinquaw Dancers

Tzinquaw dancers performing on an outdoor stage playing drums and wearing traditional outfits.
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Allenby shelh ni’ ’utl’ s’amunu | Allenby Road in Somenos Village

View of Allenby Road in Somenos Village showing a motor vehicle, horse-drawn carriage, and a person walking. The methodist church and other buildings can also be seen.
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hwulmuhw swuy’qe’ ’ula’ulh ’u tthu snuhwulhs | Coast Salish Man in Canoe

Man seated in a canoe with a paddle.
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xute’um’ ’u tthu situn | Basket Making

Woman demonstrating how to make a basket.
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slheni’ kwuneem’ ’u tthu se’lutun | Lady Holding Baskets

Elder Indigenous woman holding woven baskets.
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