Small Number in the Wet'suwet'en Language
This page contains films with the Small Number stories narrated in the Wet'suwet'en Language.
The narrators are Rita George and Shirley Cook of the Wet'suwet'en Nation. The transcripts in the Wet'suwet'en language compiled by Gary George of the Wet'suwet'en Nation are contained in the booklet "Adventures of Small Number: Collection of Short Stories" that is accessible HERE.
The main character in all stories is called Small Number. Small Number has an impressive aptitude for mathematics and also a proclivity for getting into mischief.
Testemonials Collected by Gary George
Affirmations from fluent Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n speakers and those just learning. The compliments include learners of other indigenous languages. The comments sent to Gary George in November 2024 after the release of Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n narration of "Small Number and the Big Tree" story:
- D.D.鈥擳hat鈥檚 amazing Gary. Beautiful collaboration. Tabi Missiyh for sharing. Is that you singing at the end? Sound great!
- M.B.G.鈥擶ow, that鈥檚 nice!
- C.P.鈥擨t鈥檚 beautiful! Love it! History in the making
- A.L.鈥擳hank you for sharing the story!! Such great work!!
- M.S.鈥擶ow how amazing is this, Rita sounds so good, I love how she speaks-good job!
- B.M.S.鈥擮h my鈥 love this so much鈥hank you!!
- K.T.鈥擳his is a beautiful story
- J.M.鈥擜wesome, good job to all of you, always good to hear stories from elders and singing, tabi messih aniwh desnee
- L.B.鈥擳hat is totally awesome. We just loved it鈥nd it is awesome to hear your mom鈥�
- V.A.鈥擜mazing! Way to go! We just need to keep doing our best to preserve our languages
- R.M.鈥擳his is so cool Gary!!! Gave me goosebumps鈥�
- P.T.鈥擧ow amazing, I love hearing our language. Congratulations on the beautiful storytelling. It鈥檚 really great work! I shared it with my daughter.
- C.M.鈥擳his is so cool! I even recognized a few words here and there
- A.C.--That鈥檚 cool!
- A.B.鈥擨 listened to the video, very well done and you鈥檙e the man when it comes to drumming!
Non-Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n speakers feedback:
- D.W.鈥擳hat鈥檚 really nice鈥s it for teaching children the language and math (get them into the math groove?)
- J.B.鈥擨t is very beautiful. Are you humming and playing the drum?
- K.P. - This is so cool. Was It read by your mom? Wow! So amazing and heartwarming, I will share with my team.
- D.C.--Wow! This is quite the accomplishment. How great to hear you mom narrating and your drumming and singing towards the end. It鈥檚 great to have the English translation on the website, it 鈥渂itso鈥� the word for grandmother? So this is designed for use in teaching math? Thanks for sharing鈥�.
- D.W.鈥擳hat鈥檚 a wonderful story鈥�
- J.P.鈥擮ur country needs more kind and gentle Rita Georges-Go Rita!
- P.R.鈥擟ongratulations to all of you!!! I recognize the singing!!!
- K.T.鈥擳his is beautiful!
- H.S.---Oh wow, that is so awesome!