Tem'tem Slulum tina7 ta Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh (Snowbird Song from the Sḵwxwú7mesh people)

Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh slulem kwakwín smilha7 slulum na tl'a chewash ta Chief Billy. ta Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh swe'ham chet an x_aý stl'alkem smilha7 slulum. Na tl'a Puýam úxumixw. na ta tem'tem slulum.

[This song is a old Sḵwxwú7mesh-ulh (Squamish) song from the wife of Chief Billy. It comes from our ancestors. It is a very sacred song. It comes from the village of Puýam. It is the "Snowbird" song]

This was filmed April 4th, 2009 at the Joe Mathias Centre for the Tribal Journeys Canoe Meeting, where the Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish people) hosted different canoe families from nearby in planning for the Tribal Journeys to Suquamish, Washington.

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[godsdrinkinpal94]

@4eh1 from what ive been told sombody sat down with an elder and spelled the language out but our language was ment to be spoken not writen down thats why its so crazy haha

[godsdrinkinpal94]

I love bein squamish nation

[adsabine1]

Beautiful!

[salishbaby1983]

Hey that was the day i had my BEST hair day LMAO im in the red and thats my lil baby in the brown the smallest girl MWAH i am so freakin proud of her she loves to dance and drum and she is three years old and knows how to keep any beat...

[blindedronin]

hey I see my cusin lol.

[hjmndj]

It's amazing that the first nations always have the best singing voices in the world! XD

[rosellekiona]

This is one of the bestest..... I love this song........

[ziyou1969]

I love it that people of all ages, even the little ones are part of the ceremony and celebration. What a beautiful beautiful song!

[Chakotaysmack]

gets the juices flowing!

[4eh1]

Where does the Sḵwxwú7mesh spelling come from? I was at a trivia night in Ottawa recently where one of the questions was to spell the PC version of Squamish. No one got it. ;)