{"id":425,"date":"2015-05-02T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perrierdesign.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:52:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T21:52:05","slug":"man-turned-to-stone-txwelatse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perrierdesign.com\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"Man Turned to Stone: T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Man Turned to Stone: T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse brings to life a remarkable story of loss and repatriation. At its heart is a message of collaboration and cooperation between cultures and communities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the spring of 2011, the Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford in collaboration with the St\u00f3:lo Research & Resource Management Centre, artists David Campion and Sandra Shields created this exhibition that told the story of Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse.<\/p>\n

\"T'xwel\u00e1tse<\/a><\/p>\n

Their was a strong desire on the part of this team to get the information and images from the exhibition out to the public. Through grants provided by Heritage Canada, The Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council, there were funds to produce a book about the exhibit. My first role in this project was to help in the designing & printing of the book. It is a 11\u2033 x 14\u2033 paperback (ISBN 978-0-9879661-0-0) and gives you the history behind T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse and his message which is still pertinent today \u201cWe must all learn to live together in a good way\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"T'xwel\u00e1tse<\/a><\/p>\n

After the book was published, we moved onto designing a website that was basically a mirror image of the book but worked like a virtual book that can be updated as times change and more information becomes available. I have built ebooks, but this is the first time that I\u2019ve turned a book into a\u00a0website<\/a> and it was a valuable experience. Aside from the text and images included in the book, you\u2019ll also be able to view the film \u201cT\u2019xwel\u00e1tse Is Finally Home\u201d and more videos that help to convey the history and meaning of T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse\u2019s story. You can download a free copy of the printed book by clicking on this link<\/a> (25 mb file).<\/p>\n

There was one more thing to be done to complete the project and that was to do some advertising to let people know about the exhibit, book and the virtual book website. To that end we created a press release, with the writing skills of the talented Naomi Pauls of Papertrail Publishing (who also did the editing on the book). The press release<\/a> was sent out on August 2, 2012 to the lower mainland BC media as well as aboriginal media across Canada. We also designed and published ads on websites that we thought would give the best exposure to the project.<\/p>\n

I get such pleasure from the interesting people I meet through my work. I\u2019ve been fortunate in working on quite a few projects revolving around the rich history of our aboriginal people and always feel so lucky to be a part of passing their history on\u2026 this project was no exception. Many history books in the past were written from a European point of view, so it\u2019s wonderful to see the history of the people who have been here from time immemorial being shared with the general public. Here is a quote from the book and website that explains T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse\u2019s transformation:<\/p>\n

\u201cT\u2019xwel\u00e1tse and his wife were on the riverbank arguing when X\u00e1:ls happened upon them. X\u00e1:ls, the great Transformer being given the responsibility by Ch\u00edchelh Siy:\u00e1m for making things right as he travelled through our lands, asked this man and woman if they would consider not arguing and that there were better ways of resolving conflict and resolving problems. As a result of his intervention X\u00e1:ls and T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse, who was a shaman, decided to have a contest. They tried to transform each other into various things\u2014a salmon, a mink, a twig. Finally, X\u00e1:ls was successful in transforming T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse into stone. X\u00e1:ls then gave the responsibility of caring for Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse to T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse\u2019s wife. Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse was to be brought home and placed in front of their house as a reminder to all of the family that we have to learn to live together in a good way. And the family\u2019s responsibility from that point in time was caring for Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse\u2014given to one of the women of our family. They were to be the caretaker of Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse throughout their lifetime and would pass it on to one of their daughters or granddaughters, who would then be responsible for caring for Stone T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse for that generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014As told by T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse (Herb Joe), 2003<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I encourage you to visit the website, to read about \u201cMan Turned to Stone: T\u2019xwel\u00e1tse\u201d and watch the videos. I can\u2019t think of anywhere else where you could read the story of a man turned to stone, but who is still considered to be a living being. It\u2019s an unique opportunity to learn and explore this fascinating story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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