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Sechelt Dictionary
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Language Name
Sechelt.
Alternate Language Names
she shashishalhem, shíshálh.
Region
British Columbia, Canada.
Who
Ronald C. Beaumont.
Others Involved
Cecile August, Eliza August, Sarah Baptiste, Mary Craigan, Jamie Dixon, Madeline Dixon, Jennie Erickson, Beatrice Hewens, Mary Jane Jackson, Benny Joe, Carrie Joe, Clarence Joe, Ernie Joe, Gilbert Joe, Mary Martha Joe, Phillip Joe Sr., Andrew Johnson Sr., Sam Johnson, Arnold Jones, Chris Julian, Ethel Julian, Johnny Louie, James Paul, Joe Paul (language consultants); Alvin August, Val August, Edna Boudreau, Iris Gillis, Shelly Hoehne, Lloyd Jackson, Ron Jeffries, Hubery Joe, Terry Joe, Clifford Johnson, Sonja Jones, Burt Julius, Phyllis Marks, Chick (Lawrence) Page, Myrtle Page, Daphne Paul, Melvin Paul, Gertie Pierre, Jeanette Watters, Robert Williams (Elders); Richard Bolivar, Valerie Bourne, Candace Campo, Jamie Dixon, Lori Dixon, Donna Joe, Andrew Johnson Jr., Leah Julius, Shirley Kusik, Kevin McEvoy, Blake Paul, Daphne Paul, Rita Polson (teachers); Margaret Joe Dixon, Beatrice Hewens, Violet Jackson, Theresa Jeffries, Diane Joe, Yvonne Joe, Stella Johnson, Albert Louie, Anne Quinn, Bernadette Sound (language consultants and teachers); Lenora Joe, Donna Joe, Beverly Craigan, Raquel Joe (Sechelt Indian Band Education Department); Sechelt Elders Club, Sechelt Indian Band, Enmaz, Lehigh Northwest Materials Ltd., Longbow Properties, Morrow and Co. (funding); Margaret Friesen (bibliographic assistance); Henry Myers (technical assistance).
Publishing Information
Published 2011, by the Sechelt Indian Band.
How People are Cited
People are cited by name in the Acknowledgements section of the dictionary.
How Information is Cited
Information is cited in the Preface, Acknowledgements, and Selected Bibliography sections of the dictionary.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from speakers, the author's field notes from 1970 to 2010, and the author's previously published grammar, she shashishalhem: The Sechelt Language (1985). Other previously published resources utilized include Franz Boas' Sechelt vocabulary (Sisiatl Vocabulary [in Seechelt-German], 1886), the Sechelt language material published by Charles Hill-Tout ("Report on the Ethnology of the Síciatl of British Columbia, a Coast Division of the Salish Stock," 1904), the word lists compiled by Randy Bouchard in the 1970s, and Timmers' unpublished Sechelt stem-list (1978), among others detailed in the Selected Bibliography.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as both a physical and digital book.
Access
The physical book is available through libraries. The digitized version of the dictionary is open access through the University of British Columbia library.
According to the language section of the shíshálh nation website "the Sechelt Dictionary can be purchased via the Education Department and at the tems swiya Museum. Dictionary cost is $25 for Nation members, $50 for non-Nation members".
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Sechelt; Sechelt to English.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by English in the English-Sechelt section, and alphabetically by Sechelt in the Sechelt-English section.
Entries in the English-Sechelt section consist of the headword, Sechelt translation, and an example sentence, while entries in the Sechelt-English section only include the Sechelt headword and an English translation.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | In the Introduction |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | In the English-Sechelt entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
External Links
Reference the Sechelt Dictionary on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/711936651
This dictionary is open access through University of British Columbia Open Collections: https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubccommunityandpartnerspublicati/52387/items/1.0107947
More about the digitization of this dictionary as part of the UBC Open Collections can be found here: https://about.library.ubc.ca/2024/04/09/ubc-library-digitizes-indigenous-language-dictionaries/