The southern tip of Vancouver Island (including Victoria and Langford), the San Juan, and the Gulf Islands are the traditional territories of the Lkwungen (Lekwungen) peoples. This chart is a guide to the pronunciation of British Columbia First Nations. “I’m proud to be Songhees.
Listen to the audio pronunciation of Lekwungen on pronouncekiwi. Songhees Point; 3. Animism was practiced by everyone. The site markers are placed at seven culturally-significant sites to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations along the Inner Harbour and surrounding areas, which are as follows: 1. the Lower Causeway in the Inner Harbour; 2. The transformer or creator, a person of legend, visited the existing world and changed things – though sometimes failing. The world was perceived as a place (with powers) that could be controlled by individuals who had gained special powers, or knew the proper ritual sayings. I am proud of our community’s strength, integrity and vision. If they were actually using the English word then it would be "chinaman town" with an accent, but its čeymən tawen which is pronounced differently (and approximately as indicated above "chaymuhn tahwayn"). Lkwungen means […] Its not just "Lekwungen accented English", its the Lekwungen loanword adopted into their language. Laurel Point; 4. the site of the south west bastion of the Hudson Bay Company's fort (on the north side of the Malahat building, on Wharf Street); 5. the entrance to the Royal BC Museum; 6. near City Hall on Pandora Avenue; and 7. the Beacon Hill "Lookout". LKWUNGEN GREETING AND WELCOME Esquimalt and Songhees Nations welcome visitors to their traditional territories with the following: A’si’em nu’shwala’kwa The Anti-Violence Project would like to acknowledge the Communities and Nations in whose territories we work and live: the Lekwungen (Chekonein, Chilcowitch, Swengwhung, Kosampsom, Whyomilth, Teechamitsa, Kakyaakan, Songhees, Esquimalt) and W̱SÁNEĆ (SȾÁUTW/Tsawout, W̱JOȽEȽP/Tsartlip, BOḰEĆEN/Pauquachin, WSIḴEM/Tseycum) Peoples. Sign in to disable ALL ads. Where Indigenous Perspectives Society is located was an area rich with resources shared with the neighbouring relations of Schian’exw (Beecher Bay), Ts’ouke (Sooke), Elwa Klallam and Makah. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. Christian First Nations peoples have tried to morph the transformer into a God-like figure to demonstrate that they believed i… Territory acknowledgement - University of Victoria - YouTube
We are Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən People.