| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 167 pages, 31 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
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 pages 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Title page -- Half title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Eighteen -- Nineteen -- Twenty -- Twenty-one -- Twenty-two -- Twenty-three -- Twenty-four -- Twenty-five -- Twenty-six -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Peter, Ruby, 1932-2021.
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Indigenous women -- British Columbia -- Biography.
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Indigenous women. |
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British Columbia. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Language teachers -- British Columbia -- Biography.
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Language teachers. |
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Indigenous Elders -- British Columbia -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Demers, Helene, 1955- editor.
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Royal British Columbia Museum, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peter, Ruby Sti'tum'atul'wut, 1932-2021. What was said to me. Victoria, Canada : Royal BC Museum, 2021 077267938X 9780772679383 (OCoLC)1179257026 |
| ISBN |
9780772679406 electronic book |
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0772679401 electronic book |
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9780772679390 electronic book |
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0772679398 electronic book |
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9780772679413 electronic book |
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077267941X electronic book |
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