ᑖᑦ ᑎᕕᕋᐃᔅ, G̱iiihlgiiga (ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ "Heath-gee-ga"), ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒋᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᓇᓃᓕᕐᒪᖔᑦ. ᓄᕕᖅᓴᖅᑎ ᕼᐄᑕ ᒍᕙᐃᒥᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒥ, B.C., G̱iihlgiiga ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᓯᓕᖅᑎᖦᖢᒍ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᕿᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 1960-ᓄᑦ ᓯᑰᑉᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕕᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ "28-ᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ." G̱iihlgia ᕿᓂᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ 1996-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ, "ᓇᓂᙵ."
"[ᐅᕙᖓ] ᒪᓂᓴᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᓗ."
ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᕼᐊᐃᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖏᒻᒪᖔᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕈᓐᓇᖏᒻᒪᖔᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᐅᓗᐊᖏᒋᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕋᔾᔨᐅᖅᑎᒥᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᕿᒪᑦᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᓕᖅᐸᑦ, ᒋ̱ᐄᓕᒌᒐ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ.
ᖃᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ, ᑎᓯᖃᕐᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᓕᐊᕈᒪᓕᕐᖢᓂᓗ ᑲᒪᓕᕐᖢᓂ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ "ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᖅ." ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᖄᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᑭᑎᒐᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᕼᐄᑕ ᒍᕙᐃᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ.
"ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ, 'ᑕᐃᒪᓕ, ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᖅ.'"
G̱iihlgiiga ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ "ᐊᕐᓇᑐᖃᖅ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᓕᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅ" ᕿᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓅ−ᓵᓪ−ᓄᓪᑦ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᕚᓐᑰᕙ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᕐᕕᕕᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᓂᕕᙶᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᓄᕕᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ.
ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐅᓪᓴᓐ, B.C., ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᓂᖅᖠᐊᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖖᒋᖦᖢᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᐅᓯᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ.
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᑎᕋᒥ ᕼᐊᐃᑕ ᒍᕙᐃᒧᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓄᑦ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ Hᐃᑕ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐳᖅᑕᕈᑎᖄᕐᔪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᒥᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ.
"ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔪᒪᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ, ᐃᓚᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᑎᑦ, ᒃᓛᓐ. ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓᓗ ᓄᕕᖅᓴᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᒃᓛᓐᒥ," ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒋ̱ilgiiga.
ᑕᐃᒪᓕ, ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᐅᕆ ᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᖦᖢᓂᐅᒃ ᓇᓴᓕᐅᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ.
"ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, 'ᓂᕆᐅᒃᑐᖓ ᑕᒫᓃᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐆᑮ.' ᐅᓪᓗᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᓇᓴᕋ."
ᓯᐅᕆ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᑐᐊᖑᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᑭᑦᓯᑲᓐ, ᐊᓛᔅᑲᒧᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓᓗ ᑲᑎᓯᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓲᑦᓯᐅᓪᒥ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ.
"ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑖᖓ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒥᑕᕐᓇᒥ ᑭᐳᒥ. ᐴᕐᒥᒃ ᐴᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, 'ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓇᔭᖅᐲᑦ?' ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑦᔨᓕᐅᕋᔭᖅᑕᕋ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓐᓇᔭᙱᖦᖢᓂᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᒃᓴᕐᓂᕈᒪ ᐴᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᓐᓂᒃ," ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒋ̱iihlgiiga.
ᕚᓐᑰᕗᒨᕋᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓯᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᕆᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓵᓪᒪᓐ ᐸᓛᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 6-ᓄᑦ, ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᖁᓕᕐᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᕕᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ.
2016-ᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑎᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ 2016-ᒥ ᑐᓂᓪᓗᓂᐅᒡᓗ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑎᓂᒃ. 16-ᓂᒃ ᓄᕕᖅᓴᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᓄᕕᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ.
ᓄᖅᑲᓕᕐᖢᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓᓂᒃ ᓵᓪᒪᓐ ᐹᓐᒃᒥ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᑲᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕙᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᖅ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ, ᐱᐅᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᕆᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕋᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂ. ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ, ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒦᖃᑕᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ.
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