Giger, D. (1998). Canadian Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and intervention. St. Louis: Mosby Inc.
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| What's in a Name? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| This story identifies how the Kwa-kwa'kawakw people recieved their tribal names... | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kwadilikala with his four children and his younger brother Qwoilili lived before there was a light on earth. They heard the voice of the creator (God), who said they were to go and find a place they could claim. They were in their animal form-wolf. The two brothers and four children came first to Kingcome Inlet. The older brother picked a site up the Gwa'yee River as his own. Qwolili did not want to share the same area as his brother, and so he moved on to look for his own place. He traveled on until he found Wakeman River. He stayed there for a long time before visiting his old brother. Quolili asked Kawadilikala, "What did the birds say at his location?" Kawadilikala said, "the birds say dzawadali, dzawadali, and so Qwolili said, "Your people will be called Dzawada'enuxw. Kawadilikala then asked his brother, "What did the birds of Wakeman say?" Quolili answered, "They say ha'hwa-la. So, since then, the tribe of Wakeman has been called the Ha'huamis. Giger, D. (1998). Canadian Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and intervention. St. Louis: Mosby Inc. |
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