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Glossary of Hal'qeméylem Terms Used in this Website:

Xexá:ls – “the transformers [or inscribers]”; the powerful transformer siblings (three bear brothers and a sister) who were the children of red-headed woodpecker and black bear.  After gaining power from the sun they travelled the territory “making things right” i.e. making them permanent and recognizable/predictable.

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