Climate and Our Way of Life

Wila waal laxha ada goo wila loom (Climate and our way of life)

Sityaawksm laxyuup, aks, ada laxha (Changing lands, seas, and skies)

Naa int sag̱ayt dzog̱a gwa’a (Those who share this home)

Goo dmt in diyaa nag̱oog̱m (Our future)

wila waal laxha (climate)

sityaawks (change)

Goo wila loom (Way of life)

Wila sityaawksa laxha (Climate change)

wila waal laxha (weather)

K’ala aks (River)

gyiitga aks (flood)

dziilks (melt)

‘yaanat’u’utsk (rusting - oxidization resulting in orange-ish color)

daaw (ice)

legi (algae - hairy seaweed used to collect herring eggs)

Gyemgm aks (warm water)

Gwelgm gyihawli (Wildfires)

waas (rain)

Maadm; mooks (snow)

Aksyaa na gyemga ha (rising air temperature)

lax süülda (sea)

ḵ'oos (plant/bushes)

maay (berries)

iimgmg̱an (lichen - witch’s hair)

smg̱an (tree -red cedar specifically)

t’ał (grow - plants)

güüdisk; güül (harvest/collect)

suwiliinsk (hunt)

Łoomsk (respect)

txalhoksk (connected)

Wila loo (tradition)

yets’isk (animal)

hoon (fish)

k’a̱lmoos (crab)

üüla (seal)

t’iibn (sea lion)

łbuun (whale - humpback)

‘neexł (orca)

Mooksgm ol (polar bear)

wudzii (caribou)

wudzii (moose)

sts’ool (beaver)

gyibaaw (wolf)

ganiwaal (subsistence)

łaagyigyedm (our ancestors)

Sityaawksa txa’nii goo da kwduunm (Our environment is changing.)

Łooda laxyuup ada aks (Respect for land and water)

K’ooł (year)

gyemk (a season or a month)

Goomsm (winter)

Ksuut (fall)

Suunt (summer)

gooym (spring)

Ndehł la waal laxha (How is the weather?)

Sag̱a gyemk (It is sunny.)

Yaa waas (It is raining.)

G̱oobag̱a laxha (It is cloudy.)

Ts’üü baask (It is really windy.)

Yaa maadm (It is snowing.)