Ntlakyapamuk

Myths often included animals such as bears, killer whales , beavers wolves and fish. These myths are what define their conception of the world.
 * =====**What were the characteristics of this conception? **=====
 * How was the sacred expresses in objects and activities?

People from our tribe expressed their sacred with animals. They believed sharing a relationship between humans and animals was a good way of ritual and that sacred ceremonies, vision quests, prayers and songs were a good way for people to thank sacred beings for the gifts they received and to get their assistance in future attempts. Objects that carried symbols of animals were used to call spirits. 1.They represented the world as a box so that is why their houses were box-shaped They imagined their house as the plan of the world.According to their beliefs, day & night were determined by the sun's position, The stars and the moon were formed by the light of the sun, senn through hloes in the roof of the World House.
 * When was the sacred expressed in the life of people?
 * Describe at least two of these beliefs. ATTENTION, these are often in the form of stories with metaphorical meanings.

2. They also belived that their soul would leave their body and start wandering. According to them, a soul that leaves a body then ties to escape through the smoke hole made in the roof of the house. in order to keep their souls in the house they would hang a soul catcher next to the smoke hole.

[] Since writing didn't exist before the europeans came they used oral tradition to transmit the tradition from generation to generation,But they also used arts and certain sculptures to preserve the material traces of their culture. (Megan Cameron)
 * How were these beliefs passed from generation to generation?

===**The role of men was to hunt, take care of getting food, carry down traditions and teach the boys. The women’s role was to take care of the house, cook the lunches and other things.** ===
 *  Who was responsible for sharing these beliefs? (catherine C. )
 *  What was the role of men and women in your tribe? (catherine C. )

**-Catherine Chondronicolas-**
=== ** My tribe falls under the Thompson language, but it is part of the great Salish tribe. Ntlakyapamuk is divided to the lower Thonlpsons living close to the Fraser River. They were also divided in four groups in the Upper Thompson, the groups were minor bands. The Lytton band, the Nicola band, the Spences Bridge band and the Upper Fraser band. In the upper Thompson they extend a short distance of Ashcroft on the Thompson, and all of Nicola Valley. Ntlakyapamuk is connected to one of the four great Salish tribe and they inhabited in the interior of British Columbia. It was really known to be called Thompson Indian, close to a river which a lot of them live. The river was named by the Whites and was very popular. They wouldn’t call it a leader, but a chief. The chief would have to be a man, the title of chief could not be passed down to their son. If the chief would die, he would choose the oldest son from his oldest sister to replace him. The political choices were made by the present chief and he would bring everyone together and he would show his power and how important he was by giving them a great quantity of food and gifts. The chiefs that were invited would have to give better gifts then they had received or they would lose their power and importance. So, the political choices were made by celebrations and current chiefs. **** Mylene Corbin :) ** ===