Hagwil Yaan

What would Niyaa (Grandfather) say?

Nsiipntut diduulsu (I love my life)

Misoo dm gabu dzigidziip (I am going to eat fish tomorrow)

Nüün kyinamasga Smoighet Laxhaga da k'am (you are a gift from Creator to us all)

Hasagu dm gyilks amaniisgu 'waatga da goodu (I want to take care of myself from my heart)

'Nii wila waalt (this is the way)

Wayi 'nii nii gwii (it is what it is)

Please check out First Voices to learn more Kitsumakaum Sm'algyax phrases and words. Phrases | kitsumkalum sm'algyax | FirstVoices

Eats with Ts'iits (Grandmother)

Scallop Chow Mein

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
• 2 ribs celery, thinly sliced
• 5 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
• 2” x 2” piece of ginger, thinly sliced into sticks
• 1 red Thai chili, thinly sliced
• 1 green Thai chili, thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons hoisin
• 4 large fresh scallops, quartered
• 250g chow mein noodles
• 90g dried scallops, smashed and crumbled
• ½ cup thinly sliced scallions

Instructions

1. Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a boil.
2. Drop in the chow mein noodles and while they are cooking start sauteing the vegetables.
3. Place a large frying pan on high heat and add the vegetable oil.
4. Once the oil is hot, add the onion and sauté for 1 minute.
5. Add the carrots and the celery and sauté for another minute.
6. Add the garlic, ginger, red, and green Thai chilis and sauté for another minute.
7. Remove the chow mein noodles from the boiling water and add them to the pan.
8. Add the soy sauce, hoisin, and the fresh scallop pieces and sauté for another minute. Remove from the heat.
9. Dump the noodle mixture out onto a plate and top with the dried scallops and scallions.

Scallop Chow Mein - Recipes - Chuck and the First People's Kitchen. Chuck travelled to Kitsumkalum to learn how to make scallop chow mien.

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Indigenous Reads

Tsimshian Treasurers: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection

"Spectacular and celebratory-a visually stunning homage to the historic repatriation of 36 Tsimshian masterpieces collected in northern British Columbia in the late 19th century and now returned home courtesy of generous Canadian donors. Produced in conjunction with a five-gallery national tour, this book features 38 full-colour plates and five essays on 36 of the most significant pieces from the Dundas Collection of Northwest Coast American Indian Art auctioned in Fall 2006 in New York. Considered the last known field collection privately owned, the Dundas Collection was first acquired by Reverend Robert James Dundas of Scotland in 1863 in the Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, located near Prince Rupert. It had been passed down through Robert Dundas's family until its latest owner Simon Carey - Dundas's great-grandson - decided to put most of it-80 or so pieces-on the block. Now, more than 140 years later, 36 of the most spectacular artifacts in this collection return to Canada, among them a stunning Tsimshian wooden face mask which fetched a record-setting US $1.8 million at auction in New York. Other highly prized items include a wooden bowl and a decorated wooden food dish. (All told, the 80 plus items in collection sold for US $7.03 million at auction, a record for the sale of first-nations art.)."-- Provided by publisher.

‪Tsimshian treasures : the remarkable journey of the Dundas collection / Donald Ellis, editor ; Steven Clay Brown ... [et al.].‬‎ - ‪Record details‬‎ - ‪EBSCO Discovery Service‬‎ This book is available at the Terrace CMTN Library.

Indigenous in the Media

Stan Bevan of Terrace Named to the Order of British Columbia

Master carver, educator, and cultural leader Stan Bevan (Satsan) is being honoured with the Order of British Columbia, the province’s highest honour. Bevan, who is Tahltan-Tlingit and Tsimshian, has spent over four decades shaping and sharing the rich traditions of Northwest Coast Indigenous art. In 2006, he co-founded the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art at Coast Mountain College with fellow artists Dempsey Bob and Ken McNeil. Over the next 16 years, Bevan mentored more than 150 students, helping to create a thriving space where Indigenous artists could learn traditional formline design and express their cultural identities. His efforts helped secure key funding from the Cargill Foundation and led to more than 70 alumni works being displayed throughout the college. Internationally respected, Bevan’s carvings — including over 100 monumental sculptures — can be found across the globe. In 2023, he collaborated with Māori artist Lyonel Grant and Tahltan-Tlingit artist Dempsey Bob to raise a totem pole for Emily Carr University. Humble and community-focused, Bevan often credits his students as the true legacy of his work. He was officially invested into the Order at a ceremony on September 16, at Government House in Victoria. Bevan was one of 15 recipients recognized for extraordinary contributions in fields ranging from the arts to climate science, medicine, diplomacy, and Indigenous governance. https://www.cfnrfm.ca/2025/08/04/stan-bevan-of-terrace-named-to-the-order-of-british-columbia/

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