Local Journalism InitiativeBy Alexandra Mehl Almost twenty years ago, Gregory Charleson Jr. fell in love with a song that his father, Quuia Charleson, would sing to him. Love Your Creator was a Christian hymn that Quuia learned in residential school. Quuia said that his son would ask him to sing the song in their language, Hesquiaht. However, he could not speak the language fluently. Gregory Jr. surprised his father, with the help of the late-elder Larry Paul, and a language teacher.

Source: CBC News January 27, 2023 10:47 UTC