Sxaaltxw-t Siyam

Sxaaltxw-T Siyam, Chief Louis Miranda was born in 1892 and served as a chief of the Squamish band for close to 50 years. He received an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University in recognition of his work on a two-volume study of the Squamish language. The present work is from an unpublished oral history of Moodyville transcribed and abridged by Squamish Nation Department of Education: Skwetsatenaat, Valerie Moody, Vanessa Campbell, and Snitelwet, Deborah Jacobs.