huckpestes
Huckpestes — the Nlaka'pamux concept of developing wisdom through experience.
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Language, place, history, and stories from Pukaist
A community site for Pukaist and its people, sharing public language, place names, history, and stories from along the Thompson River.
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Start with one section
Explore language, places, history, and stories from the Pukaist community and territory.
Each section leads to a different part of this community site, with its own material, sources, and level of detail.
These sections work best together. A place may connect to a word, a record, and a story across the site.
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Words, places, and stories in relation
These public entries offer a small doorway into how language, named places, history, and story sit together across the site.
Pokaist and Peymanoos
Pokaist, Peymanoos, and other place names recorded in historical sources and still in use.
Open place-name storyRivers, salmon, and travel
Travel routes along the Thompson and Nicola rivers, from Lytton to Spences Bridge.
Follow the river storyCommunity
Built for community use
This site is maintained by the People of Pukaist Society in Ashcroft, BC, to support language, history, cultural continuity, and careful public sharing.
Public pages can help people find a path into language, place, history, and story while keeping community-held knowledge in the right hands.
Why this site exists
To support the redevelopment of Pukaist cultural practices, traditions, and language, and to support community members from youth to elders.
Language, place, history, and story belong together. This is one public doorway into that living work.
What is public here
- Language, place names, history, and stories ready for public sharing
- Pages that connect visitors to source material and related context
- Clear limits where some knowledge remains with the community
Need context or a correction?
If you have a question, correction, or community context to share, visit the community page or contact the Society.
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