Ceepee and the Fish Camp

Written by Huble Homestead/Giscome Portage Heritage Society | Illustrations by Cliff Mann and Jennifer Annaïs Pighin

Dakelh translations by Edith Frederick

Ceepee and the Fish Camp tells the story of Ceepee, a young Lheidli girl, and her family through the seasons as they travel around their territory gathering food and resources.   

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This work incorporates Dakelh vocabulary words from Lheidli Elder Edith Frederick. 

Coming Soon: Audio clips of the pronunciation from Edith Frederick

Dakelh Vocabulary & Pronunciation Guide

bets’ukaih (dip net)  

beh-tsu-ka-uh

bulh-tus 

bulh-ut-si 

bulhutsi (her brother)    

bulhtus (her sister)     

daa-ket

dak’et (fall)    

kay-yoh

keyoh (territory)   

ghu-uhee

khui (winter)   

Lheidli (where two rivers flow together)    

llate-lee

lluh-tak-oh

Lhtakoh (many waters flow into one)      

lhukw ba nits’unih (fish camp)        

luhk-wih  bah-knee-tsuh-nee 

nuh-wus

nuwus (soapberries)     

oh-lulh

’olulh (spring)

shen

shen (summer)   

ta-luck-wuh

talukw (salmon)  

talukw nadleh (salmon run)  

ta-luck-wuh nad-lay

tsee

uh-bah

uh-loo

ts’i (canoe)  

’Uloo (Mother)   

’Uba (Father)   

’Utsoo (Grandmother)     

ut-see-yan

ut-soo

yus

’Utsiyan (Grandfather)   

yus (snow)