Children's Fiction Native American
Kwulasulwut II
II
- Publisher
- Theytus Books
- Initial publish date
- Aug 1997
- Category
- Native American, Other
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919441545
- Publish Date
- Aug 1997
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
This is Ellen White's sequel to Kwulasulwut: Stories from the Coast Salish. The new volume features four more freshly written and translated English versions of traditional Salish legends adapted for children.
About the authors
Ellen White is a Salish Elder from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is widely respected for her knowledge of Salish tradition, language and culture. Kwulasulwut II: More Stories from the Coast Salish is her second book with Theytus.
Dr. Bill Cohen is from the Okanagan Nation. He specializes in the areas of Indigenous knowledge, research, education, and radical, transforming pedagogy. Throughout his twenty-five year educational career, he has engaged in community driven, transforming projects, as volunteer, advisor, facilitator, director, professor, and parent.Billâ??s education comes from two areas: he was mentored by Sqilxw Elders and leaders throughout his life; and he graduated from the Enâ??owkin Centre School of Writing, University of Lethbridge with a Bachelor of Arts & Science with Distinction, Master of Education in Administrative Leadership from Simon Fraser University, and Education Doctorate in Policy and Leadership from the University of British Columbia.He has organized numerous community arts, language, and literacy projects involving fluent speakers, parents and children. For seven years was Education Director of Enâ??owkin Centre, where he implemented place and project based learning, involving elders and community members in adult and post-secondary programs (puppet theatre, publication of a history book etc). The first faculty member in the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) Indigenous Studies Program, he designed, developed and taught core courses in Indigenous and Okanagan Knowledge. He was instrumental in establishing the program and structure of UBCO Indigenous Studies. With other parents, he led the creation of the Okanaganâ??s first cultural and language immersion school in 2006, Nkmaplqs i Snmamayatn kl Sqilxwtet, a successful model of high student achievement in Okanagan language fluency, cultural knowledge, and provincial curriculum and world knowledge.He is serving a 4th term as Okanagan Indian Band Councillor and 2nd term as First Peoplesâ?? Heritage, Language and Culture Council board member.