Elsie Paul has received a Clio award from the Canadian Historical Association for her book Written as I Remember It: Teachings (eems taeaw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder.

The award in Ottawa came along with the 2015 Aboriginal history book prize. The association said the award recognized Elsie’s “willingness to share her narrative with all of us”.

The book, which was featured in The Sentinel earlier this year, was written with Paige Raibmon and Elsie’s granddaughter Harmony Johnson. Elsie was born in 1931. Grandparents Jim and Molly Timothy raised her in Sliammon. She married William Paul in 1948 and the couple had nine children.

More information at www.cha-shc.ca