Others, like politician Rosemary Brown, artist Emily Carr, and Olympic sprinter Barbara Howard, achieved fame during their lives. Some, like Cougar Annie and shipwreck heroine Minnie Paterson, became legendary in popular culture, long after their deaths. These women represented all ages, walks of life, and backgrounds. Through charming illustrations and concise biographies, Her Courage Rises features social activists and politicians, artists and writers, scientists and healers, pioneers and prospectors, athletes and entrepreneurs, teachers and cultural tradition keepers. This fascinating, informative, and charming book introduces young readers to a diverse group of women who changed the face of history in unexpected ways and defied the expectations and gender norms of their times. The experience is physically demanding, but Andy learns much about his people’s culture, and he gains a sense of belonging as part of a canoe family." - Canadian Teacher Magazine, Spring 2023 Issueħ2 Pages | 8" x 10" | Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-77174-600-7Ī beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring life stories of fifty extraordinary historical women from BC and the Yukon. The paddlers must train and prepare for the journey, which takes several days through variable conditions. People from different communities paddle to a host Nation for cultural celebrations in this annual West Coast event. "In this graphic novel, Andy gains insight into his own heritage and identity when he joins a group of youth who are participating in a Tribal Canoe Journey. Follow along as Andy navigates physical and emotional challenges and finds an answer to the important question: “Who am I?” Join Andy as he experiences a Tribal Canoe Journey for the first time and learns what it’s like to belong to a canoe family. But when Grandpa Rick tells him that he will be participating in a canoe journey instead of enjoying his usual summer activities, Andy feels he is being punished. The name given by earlier sources for this language is Tahkaht that name was used also to refer to themselves (the root aht means "people").Andy has had a rough school year and is ready for summer vacation. The provenance of the term "Nuu-chah-nulth", meaning "along the outside " dates from the 1970s, when the various groups of speakers of this language joined together, disliking the term "Nootka" (which means "go around" and was mistakenly understood to be the name of a place, which was actually called Yuquot). The dictionary, however, is a subject of controversy, with a number of Nuu-chah-nulth elders questioning the author's right to disclose their language. It is based on both work with current speakers and notes from linguist Edward Sapir, taken almost a century ago. Nootkan words in Chinook Jargon include hiyu ("many"), from Nuu-chah-nulth for "ten", siah ("far"), from the Nuu-chah-nulth for "sky".Ī dictionary of the language, with some 7,500 entries, was created after 15 years of research. It is thought that oceanic commerce and exchanges between the Nuu-chah-nulth and other Southern Wakashan speakers with the Chinookan-speaking peoples of the lower Columbia River led to the foundations of the trade jargon that became known as Chinook. The Nuu-chah-nulth language contributed much of the vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon. He made an effort to learn the language, and in 1815 published a memoir with a brief glossary of its terms. Jewitt, an English blacksmith, was held captive by chief Maquinna at Nootka Sound. In the 1780s, Captains Vancouver, Quadra, and other European explorers and traders frequented Nootka Sound and the other Nuu-chah-nulth communities, making reports of their voyages. It is the first language of the indigenous peoples of the Cascadian Coast to have documentary written materials describing it. Nuu-chah-nulth is a Southern Wakashan language related to Nitinaht and Makah. Nuu-chah-nulth, also known as Nootka, is Wakashan language historically spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound in British Columbia by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples.
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