Section 7.4 Gitxsan - AM TS’UUSXW’M G̲ABI GANHL LOG̲OM GYAHL G̲AN
Written by: Veselin Jungic and Mark MacLean Illustrated by: Bethani L'Heureux Gitxsan translation by: Barbara Harris Sennott, Jeanne Harris and Catherine Blackstock of the Gitxsan Nation
TS’UUXW’M G̲ABIHL WA’Y. LAX NII’YHL ANT’IMAHLASXW TUN. DIP ‘TSIITS GANHL AGWI ‘TSIITS NII’YHL MAHLASXW LOO’Y.
My name is Small Number. This is a story that I’ve heard from my grandmother and that she heard from her grandmother.
WILA WIHL LOG̲AM GYAHL G̲AN JABIS DIP G̲AN’II’YE’ETXW’M LAX TS’AAHL AKS. GOOHL HLGU G̲AL TS’AP’M.
It is about an old totem pole built by my ancestors on a beach close to our village.
GII’YHL SA II YUKW’T GII’YHL X̲SGYAAKHL WINEEX. IIT GY’AHL WII HON TSIM AKS, II WA’G̲YT T’IP DA’WIHL’T TSIM AKS IIT ‘MUKWHL HON AHL WII TAAX HLAKS’T.
One day, the eagle was looking for food. He spotted a huge salmon just below the surface of the water, he plummeted to the river and caught the salmon with his mighty talons.
II AP G̲AL WII TISHL HON TS’AA WATS DAXGYATHL K’AAXHL X̲SGYAAK II AP AM TS’UUSXWHL WIL’T M’IIN BA’TS’IHL HON GOOHL TSIM AKS.
But, the salmon was so big that even eagle’s strong wings, he could only lift the fish up a little bit in the water.








GIDAG̲ASXW: GWI GAN WIHL STIP X̲SGYAAK, GANHL G̲AAK̲, GANHL SMAX, GANHL GIBUU GANHL TS’IMILX DIM HLIMOO DIITHL TS’UUSXW’M G̲ANAA’W DIM NII DAMG̲ANHL HON AHL LAX XSIIP
Question: Why did the eagle, the raven, the bear, the wolf, and the beaver need help from a little frog to pull the salmon on to the shore?
