Chapter 1: Good Medicine Songs

Ey St'élmexw St'elt'ílém/Good Medicine Songs performers in concert. 

From left: Xótxwes Jonny Williams (in blue vest), Kevin Wright (cajon), 

Holly Arntzen (dulcimer), Lori Kelly (vocals.)

Good Medicine Songs (GMS) was formed in 2019, and has done four Songwriting Retreats annually. We have developed a process, a methodology for writing bilingual songs in Halq'emélem, the upriver dialect of the Stó:lō First Nations, and English. This methodology allowed us to work with the teachers and students at Imagine High, to collaborate to create Listen to the Stream/Xwelelam te Stótelō. This video gives background on GMS.