Adam Gregoire can tell stories for hours. The 88-year-old Syilx Elder grew up on them.
He believes in both the Christian God and the God of his people, and can tell you how the Biblical story of the flood intertwines the two, how the Syilx spirit told the Christian God to send the water to the north for it to freeze, and for life to carry on on the land.
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