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4 Sen̓áḵw
[sen akw]
"Kitsalano" Geographic location: False Creek\Granville Island\Vanier Park.
*Please note: Before contact we did not navigate within our territory by means of an outlined/defined map. We navigated from knowledge of the land and the seasons.
Sen̓aḵw can be translated "inside at the head of" False Creek. A good location for elk, beaver, salmon, ducks, smelts, bog cranberries and cedar. Muskrats used to be in the swamp areas. At Granville Island we used to use a fish corral (large stationary fish trap). Sturgeon once were caught in False Creek. We had 2 large longhouses here that were used for hosting large gatherings. This is the infamous village that was in headlines in 1913. Our people were loaded on to a barge with their gatherings and moved to Xwmelch’sten Village.