Stem with modifying proclitic composed of: ła= olden times, gyigyet1 people
1. common noun. people of long ago; ancestors
Łooda łagyigyeda txa̱'nii yets'isga waaldida la̱x yuup ada txa̱'nii luwaalm ts'm aks. Our ancestors respected all animals that live on land and all things that live in the sea.
![Image of a house depression, courtesy of Vance Leask, when he was a Sm’algyax student at Charles Hayes Secondary School. missing: ../jpgs/chss-pics-2006/vance-leask-house-deprsn.jpg](../jpgs/chss-pics-2006/vance-leask-house-deprsn.jpg)
Image of a house depression, courtesy of Vance Leask, when he was a Sm’algyax student at Charles Hayes Secondary School.
2. common noun. tradition