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July 21, 2025, 10:25 PM

FROM PAGE 85:

"...many objects or beings sacred to the Tsimshian are associated with light, including

abalone shells

quartz crystals

copper plaques, and even

the irridescent quality of salmon skin."

"Tsimshian Nation of Northern British Columbia: Goypah or Goypax = light = "mediator with universal potency, a manifestation of the divinity called HEAVEN that pervades everything."