{"id":1192,"date":"2019-03-22T19:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T23:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/knowinghome2\/?post_type=front-matter&p=1192"},"modified":"2019-03-22T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T23:53:10","slug":"territorial-acknowledgement","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/knowinghome2\/front-matter\/territorial-acknowledgement\/","title":{"raw":"Territorial Acknowledgement","rendered":"Territorial Acknowledgement"},"content":{"raw":"

We gratefully acknowledge and honour the territory and the lands on which the project originated: the Lekwungen (Songhees), SXIME\u0141E\u0141 (Esquimalt), and\u00a0WS\u00c1NE\u0106 (Saanich)<\/em><\/h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_919\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]\"image\"<\/a> XAXE T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1, \u023dTE TE\u1e48EW\u0331. XAXE T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1, \u023dTE S\u1e30\u00c1L \u2013 Our land is sacred. Our language is sacred<\/b><\/em>. Artwork by David Underwood (2018).[\/caption]\r\n

About the artwork<\/h1>\r\nS\u00c1MI E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. U, SDOYEMs T\u0166E SWE\u023bE\u023d I, T\u0166E \u015aW\u0331KITES. NI\u023d \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, XAXE \u0166I\u0166E\u023d SI\u00c1M. SU JIJE\u023d \u023dTE T\u0166U, NI\u023d X\u00c1LS.\r\n\r\nL\u00c1,TE\u1e48 T\u0166U MEQ ST\u00c1\u1e48 E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. L\u00c1,E T\u0166U MEQ E T\u0166E TO\u0166EL\u1e48EW\u0331 I, T\u0166E S\u0106\u023aNEW\u0331 I, T\u0166E \u023e\u00c1LE\u023eEM. L\u00c1,E U, L\u00c1,E T\u0166E TE\u1e48EW\u0331 I, T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1CEL I, T\u0166E \u015a\u1e30ENO, T\u0166U MEQ. T\u00cdYELs T\u0166E S\u0106\u023aNEW\u0331 Y\u00c1, \u0106SE L\u00c1,E T\u0166E \u015a\u1e30ENO,. QELE\u1e48SEN T\u0166U, NI\u023d \u015aW\u0331KITES. STES \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, E T\u0166E S\u1e30EL,\u1e30ELs E\u1e6e X\u00c1Ls. I, SWE\u023bE\u023d T\u0166U, NI\u023d S\u023b\u00c1\u0106EL I, T\u0166E TE\u1e48EW\u0331 I, T\u0166E \u015a\u1e30ENO,. L\u00c1,TE\u1e48 \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, T\u0166U MEQ ST\u00c1N E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. \u1e48OS T\u0166E \u015aW\u0331,L\u00c1LEs E T\u0166E S\u1e30E,\u1e30EL. \u1e48ES,\u00c1NW\u0331 \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, \u015aW\u0331,L\u00c1,Es T\u0166U NI\u023d S\u1e30E,\u1e30EL. I,\u1e30E,\u1e30ELE\u1e48 T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1\u0106EL I, U, SOSESs E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS E T\u0166E S\u1e30E,\u1e30EL. T\u00c1,\u023bI\u1e48E\u023d T\u0166U, MEQ ST\u00c1\u1e48 E\u023bs \u1e30O,\u1e30ELs E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. S\u023b\u00c1,TE\u1e48 \u023dTE TI\u00c1, S\u1e30AL.\r\n\r\nS\u00c1MI E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. I, SDOYEMs T\u0166E \u015aW\u0331KITES. NI\u023d \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, \u015aW\u0331JIJE\u023d \u023dTE T\u0166E XAXE.<\/a>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe creator wears a blanket, a wool blanket and a W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 head dress. It is because the creator is sacred, high up and honourable. So we give thanks to the creator.\r\n\r\nThe creator made everything here: the animals, the fish and the birds. There they all are on the land, in the sky and in the sea. The salmon go upstream from the ocean. Eagle is the creators head dress. It is because eagle is close to the messages from the creator. The wool blanket is everything. It is the land, the sky and the sea. The creator made it all. There are four places of the sun, because the sun moves along the horizons of the rising and setting suns across the four seasons. The sun is the face of the creator, shinning light on everything with sacred words. We are gifted this language.\r\n\r\nThe creator wears a blanket and a W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 head dress. This is because we give thanks to sacredness.","rendered":"

We gratefully acknowledge and honour the territory and the lands on which the project originated: the Lekwungen (Songhees), SXIME\u0141E\u0141 (Esquimalt), and\u00a0WS\u00c1NE\u0106 (Saanich)<\/em><\/h1>\n
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XAXE T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1, \u023dTE TE\u1e48EW\u0331. XAXE T\u0166E S\u023b\u00c1, \u023dTE S\u1e30\u00c1L \u2013 Our land is sacred. Our language is sacred<\/b><\/em>. Artwork by David Underwood (2018).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About the artwork<\/h1>\n

S\u00c1MI E\u1e6e X\u00c1LS. U, SDOYEMs T\u0166E SWE\u023bE\u023d I, T\u0166E \u015aW\u0331KITES. NI\u023d \u023bE,\u0106\u00c1, XAXE \u0166I\u0166E\u023d SI\u00c1M. SU JIJE\u023d \u023dTE T\u0166U, NI\u023d X\u00c1LS.<\/p>\n

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The creator wears a blanket, a wool blanket and a W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 head dress. It is because the creator is sacred, high up and honourable. So we give thanks to the creator.<\/p>\n

The creator made everything here: the animals, the fish and the birds. There they all are on the land, in the sky and in the sea. The salmon go upstream from the ocean. Eagle is the creators head dress. It is because eagle is close to the messages from the creator. The wool blanket is everything. It is the land, the sky and the sea. The creator made it all. There are four places of the sun, because the sun moves along the horizons of the rising and setting suns across the four seasons. The sun is the face of the creator, shinning light on everything with sacred words. We are gifted this language.<\/p>\n

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