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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.     Subjects     Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.     Cowichan First Nation -- Biography.     First Nations women -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nations -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nation elders -- British Columbia -- Biography.     Language teachers -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nations -- Languages.     Language revival -- Canada.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.       by title:      What was said to me ...       by call number:      971.0049794 P478w     Search the Web     Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.     Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.     Cowichan First Nation -- Biography.     First Nations women -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nations -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nation elders -- British Columbia -- Biography.     Language teachers -- British Columbia -- Biography.     First Nations -- Languages.     Language revival -- Canada.       MARC Display

What was said to me : the life of Sti'tum'atul'wut, a Cowichan woman / Ruby Peter ; in collaboration with Helene Demers. by Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021. Royal BC Museum, 2021. Call #: 971.0049794 P478w Subjects Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021.   Cowichan First Nation -- Biography.   First Nations women -- British Columbia -- Biography.   First Nations -- British Columbia -- Biography.   First Nation elders -- British Columbia -- Biography.   Language teachers -- British Columbia -- Biography.   First Nations -- Languages.   Language revival -- Canada. ISBN:  9780772679383 (pbk) Description:  xviii, 167 p. : ill. (chiefly colour), maps ; 23 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  "A narrative of resistance and resilience spanning seven decades in the life of a tireless advocate for Indigenous language preservation. Life histories are a form of contemporary social history and convey important messages about identity, cosmology, social behaviour and one's place in the world. This first-person oral history--the first of its kind ever published by the Royal BC Museum -- documents a period of profound social change through the lens of Sti'tum'atul'wut -- also known as Mrs. Ruby Peter -- a Cowichan elder who made it her life's work to share and safeguard the ancient language of her people: Hul'q'umi'num'. Over seven decades, Sti'tum'atul'wut mentored hundreds of students and teachers and helped thousands of people to develop a basic knowledge of the Hul'q'umi'num' language. She contributed to dictionaries and grammars, and helped assemble a valuable corpus of stories, sound and video files -- with more than 10,000 p. of texts from Hul'q'umi'num' speakers -- that has been described as 'a treasure of linguistic and cultural knowledge.' Without her passion, commitment and expertise, this rich legacy of material would not exist for future generations. In 1997 Vancouver Island University anthropologist Helene Demers recorded Sti'tum'atul'wut's life stories over nine sessions. The result is rich with family and cultural history -- a compelling narrative of resistance and resilience that promises to help shape progressive social policy for generations to follow."--Publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Other authors:  Demers, Helene, 1955- Royal British Columbia Museum. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection 971.0049794 P478w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection 971.0049794 P478w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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