Bear and Coyote - Spáth qes te Slílk'yap
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Hunting and Naming - Háwe
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Robin Red Breast - Skw'ékw'qáq
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Crazy Painter - Lets'lóts'tel
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Compared to your brother - Yeláwel éy
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Making a blanket - Tháyem te Léx̲wtel
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A Torch Lighting Story - Hálx̲eywa
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Chipmunk - X̲ex̲pítsel
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Weather 1 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Létse
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Weather 2 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Isá:le
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Weather 3 - Xwe'ít te swáyel Lhí:xw
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Story of the Cedar Tree - X̲pá:yelhp
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Weather 4 - Xwe'ít te swáyel X̲eó'thel
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Weather 5 - Xwe'it te swayel Lhq'á:tses
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Baby Bears - Ye Spipáth
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Sasquatch Story - Sásq'ets
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Baking bread - Tháyem te seplíl
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Basket , Basket How are you Made? - Sitel , Sitel Selchims kw’es Sthethi?
Basket , Basket How are you Made?
Smoking fish - Chá:lhtel
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Life On Herrling Island - Sta li te Smomoqwe
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Basket , Basket How are you Made? - Sitel , Sitel Selchims kw’es Sthethi?

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Sítel ,sítel selchím kw’es sthethíy?
Basket, basket how are you made?
Tsel kw’étslexw te x̱páy p'lhíq'sthóx.
I see Cedar beside me.
X̱páy, x̱páy stám kw’e ixw kw’étslexw?
Cedar, cedar what do you see?
Tsel kw’étslexw te skw’ówes kweláthóx.
I see a bucket holding me.
Qó, qó stám kw’e ixw kw’étslexw?
Water, water what do you see?
Tsel kw’étslexw te chálex kweláthox. Chálex, chálex stám kw’e ixw qétx̱t?
I see a hand holding me. Hand, hand what do you feel?
Tsel síswelmet te x̱páy yóyes sq’ó tl‘áltha.
I feel Cedar working with me.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
Sítel ,sítel selchím kw’es sthethíy? Basket, basket how are you made?
Tsel kw’étslexw te x̱páy p'lhíq'sthóx. I see Cedar beside me.
X̱páy, x̱páy stám kw’e ixw kw’étslexw? Cedar, cedar what do you see?
Tsel kw’étslexw te skw’ówes kweláthóx. I see a bucket holding me.
Qó, qó stám kw’e ixw kw’étslexw? Water, water what do you see?
Tsel kw’étslexw te chálex kweláthox. Chálex, chálex stám kw’e ixw qétx̱t? I see a hand holding me. Hand, hand what do you feel?
Tsel síswelmet te x̱páy yóyes sq’ó tl‘áltha. I feel Cedar working with me.

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