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Indigenous Education
Squamish Language Education
Indigenous Knowledge
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18 Sḵemín
[ske min]
Geographical location: South side of Cheakamus River mouth. It is located where Squamish River and Cheakamus river part ways.
*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.
Sḵemín can translate to "underground house."Puḵwayúsm and Sḵemín are parallel to one another and are considered a village. It was mentioned in anthropological notes that the upper river villages used semi-subterranean dwellings. It was a good location for fishing and hunting.
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