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North Shore News

Squamish elder dies at age 97

THE SQUAMISH Nation lost one of its most highly
respected elders Saturday with the death of hereditary Chief

Louis Miranda.

He was 97.

Squamish Chief Philip Joe said
Tuesday Mr. Miranda, Chief Joe's
great-uncle, helped ensure the
survival of the Squamish language
and was one of the last living
members of the Squamish Band
who had direct contact with band

with European civilization.

Mr. Miranda, who was born in
1892 and served as a chief of the
Squamish band for close to 50
years, was a major curato: of the
Squamish language and culture.

“He was one of our most
respected elders,’’ Chief Joe said.
“He wrote the Squamisii language.

He knew every ancestral name. He
knew all the legends. He taught the
language and he taught the lan-
guage to the teachers who are
teaching our language in schools
today.’’

Mr. Miranda received an honor-
ary doctorate from Simon Fraser
University in 1981 in recognition
of his work on the two-volume
Squamish Language study, which
was published in the late 1960s.

He also dedicated 60 vears of
service to the Roman Catholic
Church.

Mr. Miranda is survived by his
wife Jessie, to whom he was mar-
tied for 63 years, and his son
Frank.

A memorial service was held
Wednesday for Mr. Miranda at St.
Paul’s Catholic Church on the
band’s Mission reserve in North
Vancouver.

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