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"Photograph shows parade float and First Nations participants at the annual Sports Day Parade. Individuals identified in the photograph are: (top left to right) Dan Milo, Agnes Milo, Mrs. Julius Malloway. Far right: Mrs. Antoine George, (bottom left to right) Alphonse George, sister of Ritchie Malloway, Annie Voght, Antoine George. Signatures: "Taken 24th May, 1928 by Wilson's Studio" and "Annual Sports Day Parade, Held at Chilliwack, British Columbia" is written on the back of the photograph." Is a digital Resource that can be shared for research purposes only.
tá:lh, Tewít, and Sqwemá:y. tá:lh - Spear (any kind), spear (for fish or war), fish-spear, telescopic spear for sturgeon, harpoon, detachable harpoon points. (Raft Trip 8/30/77, 9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 665. Tewít - A hunter turned to stone now located below Hemhémetheqw near Hill's Bar on the east bank of the Fraser River. […] There is also the sharp spear rock next to it and the dog rock downriver and the elk rock in the river downriver still further, all turned to stone by the Transformer. […] Literally 'expert hunter.' […] Attested by Elders on Raft Trip (8/30/77), Elders Group (9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 688. Sqwemá:y - A rock shaped like a dog on the east shore of the Fraser River near Hill's Bar and below Tewít (a rock shaped like a human hunter. This dog had chased an elk into the Fraser River and was followed closely by his master when all three were changed to stone by the Transformer; when we passed the rocks on a raft with elders Susan (Josh) Peters, Amelia Douglas, and Agnes Kelly on a place name survey from Hope to Strawberry Island, the elders said that the dog rock had been blasted to clear a way for sternwheelers many years ago, so it no longer resembles a dog. […] Attested by Susan (Josh) Peters, Agnes Kelly and Amelia Douglas (8/30/77, 9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 518. Q'oyíyets - Elk (or) moose turned to stone in the Fraser River by Hill's Bar. A hunter and his dog chased this elk into the river when they were all turned to stone, the elk is just below the dog (see Sqwmá:y) and is about two-thirds of the way over and away from the CN (east) side of the river; in low water it really looks like an elk; we passed the group of rocks (Hunter and Dog on the east shore and Elk in the river) on our raft trip with elders Susan (Josh) Peters, Agnes Kelly and Amelia Douglas down the Fraser River; we took photos now in Coqualeetza's place name photo files'], syntactic analysis: nominal, attested by Susan (Josh) Peters and Agnes Kelly (8/2/77 Fish Camp, 8/30/77 Raft trip). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 497.
tá:lh, Tewít, and Sqwemá:y. The spear, tá:lh, is on the left. Tewít is the hunter at the center. Sqwemá:y is the dog on the right. tá:lh - Spear (any kind), spear (for fish or war), fish-spear, telescopic spear for sturgeon, harpoon, detachable harpoon points. (Raft Trip 8/30/77, 9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 665. Tewít - A hunter turned to stone now located below Hemhémetheqw near Hill's Bar on the east bank of the Fraser River. […] There is also the sharp spear rock next to it and the dog rock downriver and the elk rock in the river downriver still further, all turned to stone by the Transformer. […] Literally 'expert hunter.' […] Attested by Elders on Raft Trip (8/30/77), Elders Group (9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 688. Sqwemá:y - A rock shaped like a dog on the east shore of the Fraser River near Hill's Bar and below Tewít (a rock shaped like a human hunter. This dog had chased an elk into the Fraser River and was followed closely by his master when all three were changed to stone by the Transformer; when we passed the rocks on a raft with elders Susan (Josh) Peters, Amelia Douglas, and Agnes Kelly on a place name survey from Hope to Strawberry Island, the elders said that the dog rock had been blasted to clear a way for sternwheelers many years ago, so it no longer resembles a dog. […] Attested by Susan (Josh) Peters, Agnes Kelly and Amelia Douglas (8/30/77, 9/13/77). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 518. Q'oyíyets - Elk (or) moose turned to stone in the Fraser River by Hill's Bar. A hunter and his dog chased this elk into the river when they were all turned to stone, the elk is just below the dog (see Sqwmá:y) and is about two-thirds of the way over and away from the CN (east) side of the river; in low water it really looks like an elk; we passed the group of rocks (Hunter and Dog on the east shore and Elk in the river) on our raft trip with elders Susan (Josh) Peters, Agnes Kelly and Amelia Douglas down the Fraser River; we took photos now in Coqualeetza's place name photo files'], syntactic analysis: nominal, attested by Susan (Josh) Peters and Agnes Kelly (8/2/77 Fish Camp, 8/30/77 Raft trip). Brent Douglas Galloway, Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009) 497.