Our Tellings is a collection of oral narratives gathered by a young Nlha7kapmx, Darwin Hanna, from the dlers of his people. The tales have been passed from generation to generation, and they reveal how the Nlha7kapmx perceive their own history. By turns humorous, solemn, earthy, and sometimes harsh, these intriguingly detailed stories are designed to teach their listeners abou nature, respect, and morality. Our Tellings gathers together two types of narrative-sptakwelh and spilaxem. Sptakwelh, or creation stories, tell ...
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Our Tellings is a collection of oral narratives gathered by a young Nlha7kapmx, Darwin Hanna, from the dlers of his people. The tales have been passed from generation to generation, and they reveal how the Nlha7kapmx perceive their own history. By turns humorous, solemn, earthy, and sometimes harsh, these intriguingly detailed stories are designed to teach their listeners abou nature, respect, and morality. Our Tellings gathers together two types of narrative-sptakwelh and spilaxem. Sptakwelh, or creation stories, tell of a period in which the world was inhabited by animals in vaguely human form and with special powers. Coyote, Bear, Grizzly, and Owl were central figures. Some tellings in this group chronicle the acts of transformers, who travelled the countryside shaping and changing the existing order to resemble the world we know today. Spilaxem, or non-creation stories, tell of the history, the way of life, and cultural teachings of the Nlha7kapmx people. These particular narratives were chosen because the elders thought that they were important to tell. They range from descriptiosn of the arrival of explorers and missionaries to reflections on the contemporary state of Nlha7kapmx culture. The Nlha7kapmx, or Thompson, people are among the original inhabitants of the Fraser, Thompson, and Nicola river valleys in southewestern British Columbia. In our tellings, the Nlha7kapmx take charge of their own cultural revitilization. Many of the stories were told in the original Nlha7kapmx language and have been carefully translated to keep the voices of their tellers. Stories told in English have been set down more or less as they were told. Put together entirely by Nlha7kapmx people, Our Tellings articulates their culture in lasting form.
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