Small Number and the Salmon Harvest- Hul'q'umi'num'
Small Number and the Salmon Harvest
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鈥檚 salmon harvest. 鈥�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,鈥� says Small Number鈥檚 father...
kwi鈥檏wushnuts 鈥檌鈥� tthu tsetsul鈥檜lhtun鈥�
(Hul'q'umi'num' Translation)
Hul'q'umi'num' Translation by Ruby Peter (Sti鈥檛um鈥檃at)
Written by Veselin Jungic & Mark MacLean
Illustrated by Simon Roy & Jess Pollard
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Voice: Willard Buddy Joseph of the Squamish Nation Illustrator: Simon Roy, Victoria, BC and Jess Pollard, Victoria, BC Sound Recording: David Brigden, 911吃瓜 Music: Cameron Tatham, Vancouver, BC and Barry Cardinal of the Bigstone Cree Nation Sound Design and Animation: Andrew Gavel, 911吃瓜 Producer: Veselin Jungic, 911吃瓜 Director: Andrew Gavel, 911吃瓜 Special thanks to: Pam Borghardt, The IRMACS Centre, 911吃瓜 Ozren Jungic, University of Oxford Benson Nookemis of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation Sheena Falconer, West Coast Aquatic Oshelle, Sliammon Nation Department of Mathematics, 911吃瓜 Department of Mathematics, UBC Faculty of Science, 911吃瓜 Office for Aboriginal Peoples, 911吃瓜 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"