Minnows in the Skeena River

Lax Spa Suunt (Arthur Island). The Sm’algyax name is often translated as “Place of Summer” but literately the translation is “On the home of summer” (lax = on; spa = home, place of, den of; suunt= summer) – Photo courtesy of Cynthia Bohn

Yaan, gyiloo baan. Walk, don’t run. – Seals in the Skeena River in Ha’lila̱x six’ẅa̱h (March) -photo courtesy of Heather Bohn

Many Kitsumkalum members attended the Methodist-run Port Essington Indian Day School. – Image b-05843 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

Lax’aws (sandy beach)

Image A-04170 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

Ga̱ba t’u’utsgm ol hoon da ḵ’a̱la̱ ‘aks. Black bears eat fish from the river.

Image h-07308 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

Sea lions in the Skeena River in Ha’lila̱x six’ẅa̱h (March) -photo courtesy of Heather Bohn