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Home Research Themes Heritage & History Intangible Heritage Telling Stories: The Life of Chief Richard Malloway "Chief Richard Malloway (Th'eláchiyatel), a direct descent of the four original ancestors of the Chilliwacks; Th'eláchiyatel, Yexwpílem, Siyemchess, and Xwexwayleq, was an important and influential Stó:lo individual who lived in the Lower Fraser Valley from 1907 to 1987. Stories of his life are remembered and told frequently in the Stó:lo community today. The objective of this paper is to compile some of his stories in the voices of the people who told them."

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"I propose that there is an interesting relationship between the kinds of things people talk about in contemporary communities and the kinds of things considered important to discuss about their historical past. I hope to identify what these culturally constructed categories are. This will hopefully provide a richer understanding of some fundamental cultural issues may be achieved. This understanding may be intuitive for the participants in a particular culture, but is not necessarily obvious for an outsider (such as the anthropology student). By providing circumstantial accounts of how people talk about their own lives, and narratives about the life of this particularly important individual, we the listeners (or in your case the reader) may gain a broader understanding about important cultural issues in contemporary and historic Stó:lo society. However, my interpretations of these issues are also culturally constructed. My ethnographic stories are only partial truths which provide one of many ways that these stories and life experiences can be interpreted."


Creator(s)	Writing by: Brian Thom. Stories Narrated by: Mrs. Edna Malloway, Chief Frank Malloway, Chief Richard Malloway. Prepared for: Stó:lo Tribal Council. March 1994
Source Location	Canada

Date Published	1994-03
Language	English
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Copyright Holder	Brian Thom
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