Working with our elder late Josephine Good

Our language teacher is Mrs. Josephine Good. Her native name is Laha. She lives at Snuneymuxw First Nation, in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She was born on July 14, 1914, in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The language she speaks is called Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓. This is the dialect that is spoken in the Lower Mainland in the vicinity of Vancouver. We enjoy studying Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ with her and we hope you will too.
Credits and Thanks
Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language expertise and voice | Josephine Good. hay čxʷ q’ə siʔem̓. | |
Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ translation: | Josephine Good, Barb Joe, Donna Gerdts | |
Story preparation | Barb Joe, Donna Gerdts, Charles Ulrich | |
Interviewers for this project | Donna Gerdts, Barb Joe, Victor Guerin, Dustin Rivers, Delores Louie, Kevin Baetscher, Thomas Jones, Debbie Miller, Charles Ulrich, Elena Barreiro | |
Transcriptions | Donna Gerdts, Mercedes Hinkson, Barb Joe | |
Proofreading | Delores Louie, Ruby Peter, Mercedes Hinkson, Barb Joe, Kevin Baetscher, Victor Guerin | |
Editing, sound recording & editing | Donna Gerdts | |
Editor’s RA | Kaitlyn Cunningham | |
Website programming, data management, sound editing | Bill Poser, Michelle Parent | |
Funding | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Partnership Grant and Insight Grant), Tsawwassen First Nation, Katzie First Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation | |
Administration and Governance | Marianne Ignace, Chrystalynn Gurniak, Debbie Miller, Gabe George, Rita Parmar, Mark Campbell, Anna Wyse |
Also thanks to Josephine’s family, helpers and Geraldine Manson for facilitating and monitoring visits.
hay ce:p q’ə, si:ʔem̓
Please send comments and corrections to gerdts@sfu.ca.