palhe’ch’ ni’ kwa’mutsun | Kwa’mutsun Potlatch – shxatth’ustun ’u tthu hul’q’umi’num’ tumuhw

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Title: palhe’ch’ ni’ kwa’mutsun | Kwa’mutsun Potlatch
Description: Quamichan potlatch of shlamus | Joe Jim showing two children standing in a canoe holding a photo and rattle. The second photo shows a blanket being tossed from the platform.

pulhe’ch ni’ ’utl’ kwa’mutsun | Quamichan Potlatch

’een’thu Sti’tum’atulwut, Ruby Peter.
I’m Sti’tum’atulwut, Ruby Peter.
’i tsun le’lum’ut tthu shxaatth’ustun, tthu skweyuls ’i’ 1913 ni’ ’utl’ kwa’mutsun, thi lelum’.
I’m looking at a picture, dated 1913, at Quamichan Longhouse.
’i’ nilh tthu pulhe’ch ’utl’ shlamus.
And this is the potlatch of Shlamus (Joe Jim).
’e’ut ’i tthu huy’shun.
And there is a platform.
huy’shun swuwqw’a’lh tthu sts’uts’e’.
On the platform, there were mountain goat wool blankets.
st’ut’in’ tthu swuwqw’a’lh, sts’uts’e’ ’u tthu huy’shun.
The blankets are lined up on top of the platform. [Note: sum’qw’a’yi’us “piled up”]
shxaatth’ustun [’i’] stl’ul’iqulh tthu neetum.
It’s a memorial and those children must be getting named.
m’i tsumstum tthu q’xuw’lh hakwushum ’u tthu shxaatth’ustun.
They brought the voyager up from the river, and used it for the memorial (to hold the picture).
’i’ m’i tl’uw’ tsumstum tthu snuhwulh, ’i’ ni’ tl’uw’ hakwushum.
Also the river canoe was brought up and used.
nuheylhum tthu shlamus ’u tthu me’mun’us suw’ lumstunuq ’u tthu shxaatth’ustun.
Joe Jim is going to name the children and show the picture.
ni’ ’amustum tthu stl’i’tl’qulh ’u tthu shulmuhwtsus.
The young man was given a rattle. [It can be given to girls as well as boys].
’i tsun le’lum’ut:
I’m looking at:

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