Small Number and the Old Totem Pole – Sliammon
Written by Veselin Jungic and Mark MacLean
Illustrated by Bethani L'Heureux
My name is Small Number. This is a story that I’ve heard from my grandmother and that she heard from her grandmother. It is about an old totem pole built by my ancestors on a beach close to our village.
mɛnatθɛy hɛga ʔəms χatkw(Sliammon Translation)
Sliammon Translation by Ochele (Betty Wilson) and Gail Blaney, Sliammon Nation; Eva and Herman Francis, Klahoose First Nation; Marianne Huijsmans, UBC; and Su Urbanczyk, UVic. Narration: Ochele (Betty Wilson) with Gabrielle Adams and Jade Touchie, Sliammon Nation.
Story Transcript: English and Sliammon
About the Sliammon language
Credits and Acknowledgements
Written by Veselin Jungic, SFU, and Mark MacLean, UBC;
Illustrator: Bethani L'Heureux from the 'Namgis First Nation;
Voice: Bethani L'Heureux from the Cree First Nation (English);
Hul’q’umi’num’ Version: Translated by Ruby Peter (Sti'tum'at); Narration by Thomas Jones (Siwut); Language Editing by Donna Gerdts, Simon Fraser University;
Squamish Version: Translated and narrated by Setálten, Norman Guerrero Jr., of the Squamish Nation;
Sliammon Version: Translated by Ochele (Betty Wilson) and Gail Blaney, Sliammon Nation; Eva and Herman Francis, Klahoose First Nation; Marianne Huijsmans, UBC; and Su Urbanczyk, UVic. Narrated by Ochele (Betty Wilson) with Gabrielle Adams and Jade Touchie, Sliammon Nation.
Sound: David Brigden, Simon Fraser University (English and Squamish); Donna Gerdts, Simon Fraser University (Hul’q’umi’num’); Marianne Huijsmans, UBC (Sliammon)
Music: Cameron Tatham, Vancouver, BC, and Barry Cardinal from the Bigstone Cree Nation;
Producer: Veselin Jungic, Simon Fraser University;
Director: Andy Gavel, Ryerson University;
Special Thanks To:
Tom Archibald, Simon Fraser University;
Pam Borghardt, Simon Fraser University;
Ozren Jungic, University of Oxford;
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University;
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia;
The IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University;
Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University;
Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University;
Office for Aboriginal Peoples, Simon Fraser University;
Pacific Institute For Mathematical Sciences;
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This story is an adaptation of the Russian fairy tale "The Giant Turnip" inspired by west coast First Nation's traditions and art.
