Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, 2003, pp. 155-161
Description
Story of two nurses, one an Indigenous Australian registered nurse, and the other a non-Indigenous community health nurse, both from Southern Australia and their travels meeting Indigenous people in Canada.
The Shushwap Vocabulary. This issue is a collection of Shushwap words with explanations in English and Chinook shorthand for how to pronounce Shushwap words. Includes discussion of how the word for beaver is now used for money and adaption for actual words for beaver, as well as a brief discussion regarding gender of siblings and kin relationships.
Our English Pages describes visits by Right Reverend Bishop Dontenwill, movements of other Reverends in the region, and the opening of churches in Kamloops and Vancouver. Holiday rates offered by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Description of book received entitled The Thompson Indians of British Columbia by James Teit. Quotes passage related to Indian Agent Irwin's report on Indians. Very positive account of Indian agriculture and complaints of Indians about "halfbreeds" and white men selling liquor and stealing horses.