Temtl’i:q’es

Temtl’i:q’es - A time when ice forms  

Chris Silver, Semá:th First Nation shares: 

“This is a time when the ice forms and is the harshest part of the winter. It is letting you know that when the ice comes, and you feel that really crisp arctic wind winter is ending. Some of us still live in our traditional longhouses, we don't have the accessibility of heat. You are going to feel the crispness when you wake up in the morning. You might get 10 days of that and once you feel it in the air, it is over with. It's like you have won the fight. That's what it was like for our ancestors. They had to really hunker down by the fires and live off of what they had.”