Hwulumuhw relationship with sea life

Since time immemorial, our Coast Salish people have lived on the shores of the Salish Sea and have harvested food and materials from the ocean, rivers, estuaries, and lakes. Because of this deep connection, we hwulmuhw mustimuhw | musteyuhw carry much Indigenous knowledge about the Salish Sea, monitoring the natural cycles of our world and developing knowledge that we use to guide our decisions and manage our resources. This knowledge includes where things grow and live, information about tides and weather, seasonal harvesting knowledge and much more. We have used this knowledge for millennia as a means to survive and thrive in our homeland on the shores of the Salish Sea. Ours is a deep connection with the Salish Sea, it is intertwined with our language, culture, identity, and way of life.

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’uy’ skweyul ’u kwust nem’ tsetsul’ulhtun’ | A good day fishing by Phillip Baines

A Paddler’s Alphabet for the Hul’q’umi’num’ language

A story about salmon fishing by Marlene Tommy

At the beach in Hul’q’umi’num

hwiil’asmut tthu tsuw’mun | Caring for our Beaches – Ancient Mariculture Practices

kwsus ’uw’ hwun’a’ ’i’ nem’ hi’wul’te’num’ | The first time fishing with a rod by Evangeline Guerin and Ruby Peter | Sti’tum’at

lhunu si’lu ’i’ tthu q’ullhanumutsun | My grandma and the killer whale by Evangeline Guerin and Delores Louie | Swustanulwut

nuts’a’ skweyul ’i’ ni’ tst tsetsul’ulhtun’ ’ula’ulh ’u tthu kesulin pout | A day fishing on the boat by Tara Morris 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

qi’mukw’ ’utl’ snuw’nuw’us | Octopus at Nanoose by Thomas Samuel Jones | Kweyulutstun

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

qw’iy’ul’ushtul’ thu qwuni ’i’ thu ’ey’x ni’ ’u tthu tsuwmun ’utl’ muq’e’u | Seagull dancing with crab on the shore at Neah Bay by Tara Morris | Suwsiw and Ruby Peter | Sti’tum’at

Salmon Parts Vocabulary

Sea creatures cards

tsetsul’ulhtun’ | Going fishing by Carol Louie | Tth’ets’sulwut

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