What Was Said To Me : The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman (FNCR 2022) Non-Fiction This is a special picture

This is a special picture book that brings the truthfulness of oral history to an elementary audience

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Sherry Farrell Racette illustrates this 40-page book in her brilliant and colourful style

What Was Said To Me : The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman (FNCR 2022) Non-Fiction This is a special pictureA narrative of resistance and resilience spanning seven decades in the life of a tireless advocate for Indigenous language preservation.Life histories are a form of contemporary social history and convey important messages about identity, cosmology, social behaviour and ones place in the world. This first person oral historythe first of its kind ever published by the Royal BC Museumdocuments a period of profound social change through the lens of