K'inādās is the Tahltan word for walking on the land. The image below was taken by James Teit, in 1910. It is the Tahltan river as it turns to meet the Stikine River. Right by the river bridge, there are four community smoke houses that have been in consistent use by Tahltan community members for the harvesting/preparation of salmon for winter. Two of the four smoke houses are still in use today. One of them belongs to Peter’s Great Grandmother Louise.
There are parts of me that live
in the person I used to pretend to be
I don’t think he ever existed
but when I yell his name in the canyon
something echos back
something echos back
and it sounds of grapevines dying in the winter
bringing nothing but light
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