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Margaret Seguin Anderson research on Sm'algya̱x, 1968-2019

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Anderson, Margaret, 1945-
Title
Margaret Seguin Anderson research on Sm'algya̱x
Dates
1968-2019 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.88 cubic feet, (2 boxes)
2.54 gigabytes, (2 flash drives)
Collection Number
2696-159
Summary
Texts and conversations of Sm'algya̱x, a First Nations language from Hartely Bay, Canada
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access for textual materials. The enclosed materials will be distributed by the Wap Sigatgyet on USB drives, and are expected to be widely available to those interested in Sm'algyax language revitalization. The UW Libraries may permit access and copying of these materials for non-commercial use and study by individuals. Permission to access and/or copy for any other purpose may be requested from the TSLA, and users must acknowledge the source. Contact the TSLA, c/o Wap Sigatgyet, 317 Ninth Avenue West, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 2S6. Phone: 250 627-1536. Email: REdzerza@sd52.bc.ca

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Languages
Collection materials are in Sm'algya̱x, English and Tsimshian.
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Biographical Note

Margaret Seguin Anderson is an educator, scholar, and writer. In 1992, she joined the University of Northern British Columbia as Professor of First Nations Studies and was the founding Chair of that program. In 1994, she became Chair of the UNBC Northwest Region. Anderson was designated Professor Emerita at UNBC on her retirement, and continues to pursue her research, working with fluent speakers of the Sm'algyax language and developing learning resources with the Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Authority and School District 52. Anderson has authored and edited several books and a number of scholarly articles over her career, and has worked with her Ts'msyen colleagues to develop and maintain the Sm'algyax Living Legacy Talking Dictionary on the web.

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Other Descriptive Information

In 1978-1979, Margaret Seguin conducted research on Sm'algya̱x in Hartely Bay, Canada. Conversations were recorded with Cora Robertson, and others, about what life had been like in her village many years ago. In 2017, the Jacobs Research Fund provided funding to complement Robertson's original conversation and text with additional conversational material. Seguin recorded conversations with three fluent Sm'algya̱x speakers about topics that Robertson had talked about in her story. These speakers were Ellen Mason, Velna Nelson, and Beatrice Robinson. After the conversations were recorded, Seguin, Mason, Nelson, and Robinson jointly transcribed and edited the recordings. These materials, along with a conversation recorded in 1968, have been compiled and comprise this report of Anderson's Sm'algya̱x Conversational Texts research project.

During July 2018, two fluent speakers of Sm'algya̱x worked with three linguists and five advanced Sm'algya̱x learners to revitalize the text known as Adaawxs Asdiwaal: Ligi 'lii Nda'waadam la̱x Daaw, The Story of Asdiwaal: or The Meeting on the Ice.

The Story of Asdiwaal: or The Meeting on the Ice, was published in Haida Songs and Tsimshian Texts by John R. Swanton and Franz Boa in 1912. The story was initially written by Henry W. Tate, from Port Simpson, using the Ridley orthography, and Boas revised it with Archie Dundas, from New Metlakatla, Alaska. It was rewritten in 2004 in the contemporary Sm'algya̱x orthography by Dr. Anderson who worked with Clarence Anderson, Sampson Collinson, and Fred Ridley.

The group met for a ten-day workshop from July 16-25, 2018. Prior to the workshop, Dr. Anderson had prepared a draft version of the text in the FieldWorks Sm'algya̱x database. During the workshop, the group managed to confirm 900 lines of the text. The balance of the 1500 line text was completed by Dr. Anderson with the two fluent speakers during the fall of 2018. After the text was rewritten and re-translated, Dr. Anderson used the "analysis" function of the FieldWorks database to prepare an interlinear analysis, breaking the text down to the level of words and/or morphemes and linking each to the lexical database of Sm'algya̱x. The two fluent speakers of Sm'algya̱x recorded the text in 22 segments.

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Content Description

Recordings and transcripts of native Sm'algya̱x speakers. Includes five groupings of Sm'algya̱x texts and conversations, with introductions, archival texts, conversational materials, transcriptions, and morphological analysis. Audio files of conversations from 1968, 1979, and 2013 are included on a USB flash drive, along with digital files of all textual documents. Audio files of the entire Adaawxs Asdiwaal text recorded by Velna Nelson and Beatrice Robinson, along with digital files of all associated textual documents included on additional USB drive.

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Other Descriptive Information

Forms part of the Jacobs Research Funds linguistic research collection.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details. All intellectual property rights, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights are possessed by the Ts'msyen Sm'algyax Language Authority and will be retained to time immemorial. The UW Libraries may permit access and copying of these materials for non-commercial use and study by individuals. The enclosed materials will be distributed by the Wap Sigatgyet on USB drives, and are expected to be widely available to those interested in Sm'algyax language revitalization. The UW Libraries may permit access and copying of these materials for non-commercial use and study by individuals. Permission to access and/or copy for any other purpose may be requested from the TSLA, and users must acknowledge the source. Contact the TSLA, c/o Wap Sigatgyet, 317 Ninth Avenue West, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 2S6. Phone: 250 627-1536. Email: REdzerza@sd52.bc.ca

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2696-159-01, Margaret Seguin Anderson papers, 1968-2017
  • Accession No. 2696-159-02, Margaret Seguin Anderson papers, 2018-2019

Acquisition Information

Donor: Margaret Seguin Anderson (Jacobs Research Fund recipient, 2017-2018)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Tsimshian Indians--Languages
  • Tsimshian language
  • Tsimshian language--Translations

Geographical Names

  • British Columbia--Languages

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews
  • Records (Documents)
  • Sound recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Anderson, Margaret, 1945---Archives

    Corporate Names

    • Jacobs Research Funds


2018 (Last modified: 12/7/2022)

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