xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Guide

TIP: If you limit your search to Location: X̱wi7x̱wa Library, you do not need to use keywords like "Indigenous" because our collection centres Indigenous scholarship and perspectives. 

IMPORTANT: you may need to use, or encounter, outdated, sometimes offensive, terminology to find resources.

Keyword Searching

Combine keywords about your topic AND keywords relating to the concept of Indigenous identity, for example:

AND

Tips:

1. The Library catalogue normalizes (ignores) punctuation and has limited ability to handle special characters which can make searching language terms difficult. Try removing special characters. Example: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ or hən’q’emin’əm becomes "henqeminem"
2. Use quotation marks to search for a phrase Example: "Coast Salish", "First Nations"
3. Use a question mark to truncate a term, i.e. search words with the same stem. Example: aborig? searches aboriginal, aboriginals, aboriginality, etc
4. Combine terms by using AND to join them together. Example: "First Nations" AND Vancouver

Subject Headings

Call Numbers

X̱wi7x̱wa Library uses a unique Classification Scheme. See call numbers beginning with BJM for materials on Musqueam. Come by X̱wi7x̱wa to browse the shelves or search BJM on our online catalogue.

See also XFC for hən̓q̓əmin̓əm language materials.

Musqueam has been the centre of many anthropological and archeological studies in the past century. The work of these researchers will likely contain more information on Musqueam.

Try searching:

• Franz Boas
• Charles Hill-Tout
• Harlan Ingersoll Smith
• Charles Edward Borden
• Jesup North Pacific Expedition