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    Sepass Poems

    Order now at Publisher’s Reduced Price $55

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    Order now at Publisher’s Reduced Price $95

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    The Sepass Poems are ancient and date to a time, long before Europeans arrived in North America. The poems were translated from the Halq’eméylem language into English over a 4-year period, between 1911 and 1915 and represent the only work of ‘classic’ Halq’eméylem literature-in-translation.The poems are documented in this book as told by Chief William K’HHalserten Sepass (b. circa 1841, d. 1943), Chief of Skowkale for over 60 years. The poems tell the story of the Beginning of the World, the Legends of Xá:ls—the Great Transformer who walked this earth in the distant past to put things right—and stories of other human endeavours and emotions.

    The poems are timeless and fundamental to aboriginal spiritual philosophy in the same way that the Homeric legends of ancient Greece are timeless and fundamental to Western cultural philosophy. In the words of George Clutesi in 1949, “These Poems will be the Indian Classic of the future”.

    This is the first time the Poems will be published under copyright of the Sepass family. The foreword is provided by Grand Chief Steven Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. The Poems have been illustrated for the first time by artist, Lynne Grillmair, and the back of the book contains a glossary of over 100 Halq’eméylem words with a contemporary orthography provided by Elizabeth Phillips of Chehalis Indian Band, Agassiz, British Columbia.


    NOW AVAILABLE!

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    The Glossary – spoken by Halq’eméylem speaker, Vivian Williams, Cheam First Nation, Rosedale, BC ~ Learn the right pronunciations for the Halq’eméylem words found in Sepass Poems.

    • To purchase Glossary CD only: $12.50 CDN plus HST 12%

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    Devil’s Run

    The first of a trilogy, Inspector Eddie Julian of the Tribal Police Force finds more than he bargains for when a fisheries officer is found dead  … read [more]

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    Amongst God’s Own

    This is a journey into the world of First Nations’ residential schools … read [more]