Eva Thomas

(1) mukw’ stem lhemts’tus—stsi’yu, tsqw’iil’muhw, tstsulqama’, tsq’e’lux sqw’iil’muhw.They picked everything—strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, black blackberries. (2) ’uy’.They were good. (3) ts’ey’hwtus tthu s’ul’eluhwulh.The elders used to dry them. (4) They dry it. (5) ts’ey’hwtus thu stsi’yu.They dried the strawberries. (6) lumnuhw na’nuts’a’ s’eluhw, wulh s’e.e.eluhw, suw’ lhumts’tus kw’am’kw’um’, suw’ ts’uy’hwtus…I saw one elder, when they were … Read more

(1) suw’ q’aq’i’ lhunu skw’umilhum.My foster child was sick. (2) suw’ yuthusthelum qw’uqw’um’ tthu she’ituns tl’eel’uqt tthu she’ituns.So, they told me to cut off her hair; her hair was really long. (3) sus ’uw’ qw’uqw’um’.So, it was cut. (4) suw’ yuthusthelum yathulh ’uw’ q’aq’i’.They told me to do that if she’s sick. (5) yuthusthelum, “t’e’t … Read more