Names can have significance to Indigenous people that isn’t obvious to westerners
The school’s name is “SĆIȺNEW̱ SṮEȽIṮḴEȽ”, which means “salmon children” in the SENĆOŦEN language.
A common message from all the speakers at the event was acknowledging that naming a school in a language other than English could be challenging for some to pronounce, and acknowledging some folks might get nervous or feel uncomfortable trying.The event reminded me of the several trips and many days I spent working with shíshálh Nation on the Sunshine Coast. The community members speak English with many she shashishalhem words emerging throughout every conversation.
I feel honoured to share the small part of the language and culture I was exposed to, because I have a better understanding of the community. Sc’ianew First Nation spoke of the name being gifted to the school district, gifted to the community and gifted to the students.
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