Rudy Reimer A Squamish Nation/Coast Salish Sense of Time

Dr. Rudy Reimer/Yumks, an Indigenous Archaeologist from Skwxwu7mesh Uxwumixw (Squamish Nation) considers the typical categories used in the archeological record and compares them to Skwxwu7mesh categories of time, from Sxwexwiyam (time immemorial) to Xaay Xays (transformers bringing stabilization) to Syets (recent time). He shares cultural stories that have been passed down to him from Elders and family members about Sinulhkay (a two-headed serpent) and Xwechtaal (a warrior from the village of St'á7mes) to demonstrate that Indigenous teachings, worldviews, knowledge systems, and pedagogies are embedded within and continue to inform a Coast Salish sense of time.