haan’ | pink or humpback salmon – Hul’q’umi’num and the Salish Sea

Hul'q'umi'num' name:

haan’

English Name:

pink or humpback salmon

Scientific Name:

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum)

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Description

Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution

The English name humpback salmon comes from the fact that the spawning male of this species has a very prominent humped back

Language

Hul'q'umi'num' Name

haan’

Hul'q'umi'num' Name 2

hunun’ (Snuneymuxw)

Speaker

Bill Seward

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qux stseelhtun | Lots of fish by Thomas Samuel Jones | Kweyulutstun

qux stseelhtun | Lots of fish by Thomas Samuel Jones | Kweyulutstun

A story about salmon fishing by Marlene Tommy

A story about salmon fishing by Marlene Tommy

nuts’a’ skweyul kwuts tsetsul’ulhtun’ kwun’atul’ ’u lhunu sqe’uq | A day of fishing with my sister by Evangeline Guerin and Ruby Peter | Sti’tum’at

nuts’a’ skweyul kwuts tsetsul’ulhtun’ kwun’atul’ ’u lhunu sqe’uq | A day of fishing with my sister by Evangeline Guerin and Ruby Peter | Sti’tum’at

nuts’a’ skweyul tsetsul’ulhtun’ | A Day Fishing by Laura Antoine | Lhqumtunaat

nuts’a’ skweyul tsetsul’ulhtun’ | A Day Fishing by Laura Antoine | Lhqumtunaat

Salmon Parts Vocabulary

Salmon Parts Vocabulary

tsetsul’ulhtun’ ni’ ’u tthu hun’utum’ Reni’s Wharf | Fishing at Reni’s Wharf

tsetsul’ulhtun’ ni’ ’u tthu hun’utum’ Reni’s Wharf | Fishing at Reni’s Wharf

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