| No matter how real or true a
story may be, it is not a physical thing. You can think
aobut it but you can not hod it in your hands. Some
adaawak are very
long, they would fill pages and pages of any book. This
makes it hard to think about the whole story at once. Because it is so hard to think about all of an adaawak at once Nisga'a have ayukws. An ayukws is a "picture" of an adaawak. When a Nisga'a shows someone his ayukws people know there is a story to think about. If they have heard the story before they will remember it. |
Ayukws, Pdeek and Identity The crests of each pdeek give Nisga'a a simple way of thinking and talking about being a member of their pdeek. By saying, "I am a Wolf", or "I am a Eagle," a Nisga'a is saying something important about himself and his relationship not only to other Nisga'a but to all other First Nations people |
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