School District #73 (Kamloops/Thompson)

Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement

My name is Bear (Kenkéknem) .

My days are busy and full.

Sometimes I like to stop (estíl) and rest (méllelc).

This is Coyote (Sk’elep)

Coyote likes to run (cwíselc), wrestle(kwekwentwecwéye), roll (xleq ), and howl (awt).

I call him the "HOWLING hurricane".

Coyote's (Sk’elep's) days are busy and full.

Sometimes too busy and too full.

Then Coyote gets wild (qwmiws).

When Coyote (Sk’elep) gets like this I try and stay out of the way ....

But it doesn’t always work.

I really don’t like hurricanes.

I wish Coyote (Sk’elep) could calm down sometimes.

I wish I could show him how.

Then we could play together.

Coyote (Sk’elep) is fun when he is not a hurricane.

Maybe I could show him how to be still.

The next day....

"Watch this", I say.

Sit. (emút)

Close both eyes. (ct'equ7sús)

Breath. (súpem)     

B.. R.. E.. A.. T.. H.. E.. (súpem)

When I sit I can feel the ground beneath me.

I can hear the river sing where the

salmon (sqlélten) swim.

I can smell the ripe blackberries on their bushes.