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Hearing Order OH-001-2014 Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) Application for Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Project) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and related approvals under the National Energy Board Act. WRITTEN EVIDENCE of the Intervenor, THE STÓ:LŌ COLLECTIVE Appendix 6 - Sxwōxwiyá:m – Oral History Relating to Stó:lō Jean Teillet, IPC Pape Salter Teillet LLP 460-220 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 2M9 Phone: 604 681-3002 ext 1152 Fax: 604 681-3050 Email: [email protected] Submitted by legal counsel for the Stó:lō Collective Appendix 6: Table of Contents Sxwōxwiyá:m – Oral History Relating to Stó:lō ........................................................................................... 3 Xa:ls, Transformation, and Stó:lō Territory .............................................................................................................. 3 Xa:ls Travels ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Site Specific Stone Transformations ........................................................................................................................ 4 Unspecified or Unknown Locations ......................................................................................................................... 7 Body Transformations ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Into Plants and Animals .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Into the Sky ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 From the Sky .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Origin .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Direction of Travel ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Geographical Extent of Travel ................................................................................................................................. 10 Teachings .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Representations ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 MiscellaneoUs ................................................................................................................................................................. 11 T'ixwelátsa ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 The Origin of T'ixwelátsa ........................................................................................................................................... 11 The Transformation of T'ixwelátsa: ...................................................................................................................... 12 The transformation of T'ixwelátsa by Xexa:ls among the Chilliwack .................................................... 13 Excerpt from Stone T’xwelátse Repatriation Report (Schaepe 2005:19) ............................................ 13 Transformer Tales ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 As told by Mrs. Louis George .................................................................................................................................... 14 Franz Boas 1895 ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 As told by Old Pierre of Katzie ................................................................................................................................. 16 The Sxwóy:xwey Mask ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 The Abandoned Boy .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Animal Stories ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 The Origin of Salmon ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Beaver Story .................................................................................................................................................................... 21 The Bear ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22 The Deer ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 StUrgeon ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Creation of the StUrgeon ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 The Skwówech “StUrgeon” ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 Leq’á:mel StUrgeon Story ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Xepá:y “Western Red Cedar” Origin ..................................................................................................................................... 25 CultUral Artifacts ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 The Origin of the Sts’iyáq (Siyak) ........................................................................................................................... 25 Places - MoUntains ............................................................................................................................................................. 25 Coqualeetza Legacy ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Coqualeetza - The "Cleansing Place" .................................................................................................................... 26 Women Changing the Men ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Legend of Mount Cheam ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Lhílheqey .......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Elements ................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Matq, or the Fire Myth ................................................................................................................................................ 31 From Wilson DUff Field Notes ................................................................................................................................. 32 Flood Story ....................................................................................................................................................................... 33 The True Story of the Big Flood: ............................................................................................................................. 34 Stalo River story ............................................................................................................................................................ 36 2 Appendix 6 - Sxwōxwiyá:m – Oral History Relating to Stó:lō Sxwōxwiyá:m is the true history of Stó:lō that applies to the review of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and its impacts to