October 2024
From your Editors
Last month we put the call out for rainbow photos to accompany a submission. Oh my, that was fun – to open our in-boxes and always find rainbows! It was so much fun that we decided to make it a regular thing in XN. So, in addition to any Lasqueti-focused image you would like to see printed, we’re sometimes going to feature photographs focused on a particular Lasqueti theme. This month it’s apples. Next month will be mushrooms (contrary to our former mail out – gates coming soon!). Send photos our way and we’ll print them in B/W if we have room and in colour on the on-line version.
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People have asked how to pronounce Xwe’etay. The phonetic spelling is hwe-e-tie. The “e’s” are short, like in “sweater” and the tay is pronounced like “tie”; the beginning “h” is pronounced far back in the throat. Listen to Tla’amin Elder Dr. Elsie Paul pronounce it:
https://www.sfu.ca/rem/lasqueti/education-andresources/language.html
Oh! if you want this newsletter to continue, we need donations. Please contact us.
- The Yew Collective; xweetaynews@lasqueti.ca
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NOTE: Our web designer is away hosting her Fall Spiritual & Wellness Fair in Victoria so the October articles will not be available till she gets back BUT here is a downloadable .pdf version you can either read online or download and print out.
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Enjoy!
