Fotoeins Friday: Coast Salish place names, three
Civilization, before colonization
On 18 June 2018, the City of Vancouver changed the name of the north plaza at the Vancouver Art Gallery:
• s虒x史茮虛蓹n蓹q in the h蓹n虛q虛蓹min虛蓹m虛 language of the Musqueam people.
• Xwtl鈥檈7e虂nk瘫 in the Sk瘫wx瘫wu虂7mesh language of the Squamish people.
Both words mean “a place for (cultural) gathering or ceremony.”
The correct pronunciation for these names can be found on YouTube.
I’m grateful to the x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), skwxw煤7mesh (Squamish), and s蓹lil虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩 (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples on whose lands I was born as guest. I made the photo above on 29 May 2021 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime with the following settings: 1/500-sec, f/13, ISO800, and 18.5mm (28mm) focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-lf4.
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