Name: Riverview KFN Language Translations Land Of The Great Blue Heron by BC Housing
Duration: 5 s

“This is the audio translation of the term səmiq̓ʷeʔelə, a hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ term meaning “Place of the Great Blue Heron.” It is spoken by Chief Ed Hall of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm Nation. This is the name that the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm peoples used for a 244-acre site in Coquitlam, B.C. that falls within their traditional and ancestral territories. Since 1904, the site has been a campus for mental health and substance use treatment – it was called “Riverview Hospital” until 2012. Prior to 1904 and since time immemorial, the area was known as səmiq̓ʷeʔelə and was stewarded by the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm peoples.”

Riverview KFN Language Translations Land Of The Great Blue Heron

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