Small Number and the Salmon Harvest – Squamish
Written by Veselin Jungic & Mark MacLean
Illustrated by Simon Roy & Jess Pollard
Small Number is a young boy who gets into a lot of mischief. He lives in a small village by the water with his mother and father. It is a crisp autumn day and Small Number is helping his father to prepare the nets for tomorrow’s salmon harvest. “There is a school of salmon by Straight Line Beach. We need to set our net in the morning while the tide is still high,” says Small Number’s father...
Etsíim Skw’eshim na7 ta Tem Cháyilhen(Squamish Translation)
Squamish Translation by X̱elsílem Rivers
Story Transcript: English and Squamish
Credits and Acknowledgements
Voice: Willard Buddy Joseph of the Squamish Nation
Illustrator: Simon Roy, Victoria, BC and Jess Pollard, Victoria, BC
Sound Recording: David Brigden, SFU
Music: Cameron Tatham, Vancouver, BC and Barry Cardinal of the Bigstone Cree Nation
Sound Design and Animation: Andrew Gavel, SFU
Producer: Veselin Jungic, SFU
Director: Andrew Gavel, SFU
Special thanks to:
Pam Borghardt, The IRMACS Centre, SFU
Ozren Jungic, University of Oxford
Benson Nookemis of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation
Sheena Falconer, West Coast Aquatic
Oshelle, Sliammon Nation
Department of Mathematics, SFU
Department of Mathematics, UBC
Faculty of Science, SFU
Office for Aboriginal Peoples, SFU
Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences
The beach seining scene is based on the description given in "Indian Fishing: Early Methods of the Northwest Coast" by Hillary Stewart (Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1977)
This movie is part of the NSERC PromoScience project "Math Catcher: Mathematics Through Aboriginal Storytelling"
