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#FlashbackFriday February 2023.

Welcome, to #Namgis #FirstNation territory.

#AlertBay #CormorantIsland #NamgisNation #Indigenous #BCFirstNations #CoastSalish #NativeCanada #NativeArt #Cultural #Art #BCFerries #WelcomeSign #KillerWhale #orca #FirstPeoples #Canada #CoastalBC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #IndigenousArt #signs #TourismBC #ExploreBC

#Namgis #FirstNation #BigHouse - #AlertBay #CormorantIsland. From my 2023 visit.

The Namgis #FirstPeoples use their big house for cultural #community events. #T̓sasała #Cultural Group uses the big house for sharing cultural teachings, songs & dances.

"You will see the next generation of #Kwakwa̱k̕a̱wakw sharing our culture to educate the world about our ancient songs, dances, teachings and values. These teachings are still being passed on today to the children of T'sasała.

You will witness the dances of the T̕seka, our red cedar bark ceremony. You will see the traditional dances that connect us to the land, sky, and sea. The #T̕seka will be followed by the T̕ła'sala ceremony - peace dances, then finally the #A̱mlala or fun dances where you will get a chance to join in."
https://www.tsasalaculturalgroup.ca/

#Indigenous #NativeLand #BCFirstNations #CoastalBC #NativeCulture #BritishColumbia #Canada #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WestCoast #CoastSalish #ExploreBC #SilentSunday #landscape #photography #RainyDay

#SilentSunday

#Beach gooseneck #barnacles find.
There's 3 different types of barnacles found in BC waters/on beaches - acorn, gooseneck & whale - the latter grows on whales' bodies. Barnacles are a longtime, year-round staple #seafood for coastal #Indigenous #FirstNations. In particular, the #Haida & #Kwakwakawakw & #Pacheedaht #FirstPeoples have several documented stories involving barnacles, including food prep recorded histories.

Barnacles are #ancient and can be dated to the middle of Cambrian period of Paleozoic because of Burgess Shale deposits in #BritishColumbia. They're #hermaphroditic #MarineAnimals.

#beachcombing #ectoparasites #MarineBiology #epibiotic #LookAndLearn #TraditionalFood #CoastSalish #shellfish #PortRenfrew #Kwakwakawakw #Haida #IndigenousFoods #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WestCoast #Canada #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Educational #CoastalBC #marine

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #ButeInlet #ImOnABoat #VancouverIsland #CoastalBC #BCCoast #Cascadia #Salishan #PNW #Comox #photography

#ThickTrunkTuesday

#Trees being actual #treehuggers 🌲❤🌲
Two separate trees becoming one.

#OldGrowth #AncientForest #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #WorthMoreStanding #protectOldGrowth #SacredForests #hug #treelovers #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #nature #inTheWoods #cedar #embraced #gemel #Supportive #entwined #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #TreeAppreciation #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #StopDeforestation #Cascadia #ProtectOurForests #Westcoast #CoastalBC

#SilentSunday

#abandoned #FishCannery front #door with #window - looking into #decaying interior & the ocean beyond.

*turn phone sideways for full view*

#monochrome #BlackAndWhite #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #CoastalBC #SmallTown #NamgisTerritory #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #Photography #RoadTrip #BCHistory #OldBuildings

#PortAlice in #monochrome 🦅
Taken in 2012.
Many of those mountains you see here have massive bald spots from gross clearcut logging now. Hurt my nature loving heart to see the damages recently.

#VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCSmallTowns #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNorthIsland #BCCoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Quatsino #landscape #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #BlackAndWhite #samsung8 #CellphonePhotos #Photography #SeeWhatISaw #scenic #mountains #ocean #coastal #scenery