#coastsalish — Public Fediverse posts

Jay is part of #TSouke #FirstNation.

Learn how the T’Sou-ke First Nation on #VancouverIsland has become a leader in the #innovative use of #RenewableEnergy in Canada and how it became the most #solar intensive community in #Canada.

There's an info video on their website:
https://tsoukenation.com/

#Indigenous #BCFirstNations #SolarPower #VanIsle #Sooke #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #CoastSalish #NativeBC #IndigenousInnovation #IndigenousLeadership #BritishColumbia #Climate #EndFossilFuels #SustainableEnergy #SolarEnergy

#Peaceful #tranquility 💚 #W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary.

#Wsanec #CoastSalish -> wh-my-eh-then: Place of the Deer🦌🙏

#Nature #MonochromeMonday #FavePlaces #NatureConservation #Lake #monochrome #BWphoto #landscape #ecosystem #ecological #stewardship #environmental #Saanich #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity

Beautiful, informative #GarryOak #ecosystem #InterpretiveNature #signs.
At the nature trails entrance to #UplandsPark.
Created by Briony Penn, naturalist/activist/educator/artist.
https://www.brionypenn.com/
The seasons art sign is based upon #Wsanec / #CoastSalish #13Moons teachings.

#Nature #biodiversity #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #flora #fauna #educational

Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗

#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish

Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗

#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish

Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗

#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish

Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗

#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish

Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗

#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish

I met Harold Joe, a #Cowichan based #Indigenous knowledge keeper/teacher, actor & film producer, in 2015. He had come to Victoria to audition for a lead role in the Telus Optik webseries that I worked on for a few years. We casted him.
He's now co-owner & producer at Orca Cove Media with my old film production executive producer, Leslie Bland.

There's two #IndigenousFilm screenings at #UVIC in March with 2 films from Ocra Cove.

https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106012-film-screening-the-great-salish-heist

https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106018-film-screening-sweet-summer-pow-wow

Check out these public #FilmScreenings if you're interested in watching more #NativeFilms & you can meet the producers at the screenings too.

#YYJFilm #IndigenousBC #IndigenousCanada #FirstNations #FilmDiversity #InclusionInFilm #VictoriaBC #Saanich #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish #IndigenousActors #IndigenousMovies

#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

#RoyalRoadsUniversity recently unveiled its new #Indigenous #MedicineGarden – a project designed to give #students and #community members a chance to learn about #plants that the #Lekwungen speaking peoples have used since time immemorial.

Solara Goldwynn, Royal Roads' farm and #FoodSystems lead, and Kenneth Elliot, #EthnoBotanist and #CowichanElder, chose the garden’s colourful mix of plants, most of which grow naturally in the traditional territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples (southern #VancouverIsland and the #SanJuanIslands and #GulfIslands

https://www.sookenewsmirror.com/local-news/new-indigenous-medicine-garden-blooms-at-royal-roads-university-7473608

#NativeMedicine #IndigenousGarden #NativeGarden #YYJ #CoastSalish #VanIsle #Cascadia #NativePlants #PacificNorthwest #PNW #LandBack #decolonialism #Educational #biodiversity #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousPlants #Colwood #Langford #Metchosin

23 years ago, Andrea Collins (nee Bertorelli), Phil Collins' 1st ex-wife, published a fundraising calendar to help save #SaltspringIsland from more #deforestation. Before she moved to Ireland, she spent many years on SSI, doing wildlife #photography, running an art gallery & being involved in #EnvironmentalActivism.

Howard Fry spent 3 decades as a commercial #photographer in #Vancouver. In 1998 he retired to Salt Spring & became embroiled in a battle to save part of the island from development.

Salt Spring Island residents may be laid back, but they are dead serious about their #trees. They organized a fundraising campaign to buy close to 2,000 acres & turn it into a park.

35 #women between 18 & 74, including high-profile residents such as Andrea Collins, ex-wife of rock star Phil Collins, Birgit Bateman, photographer & wife of Robert Bateman, author & #environmentalist Briony Penn (who also rode Lady Godiva-style through downtown Vancouver) appear tastefully naked in the calendar.

Fry shot all the beautiful #BlackAndWhitePhotos & retains copyright. #Calendar sales of $19.95/unit raised over $200,000 in 2001 & received widespread media attention.

The price tag for the land was $15.9 million. The islanders raised $1.5 million & the provincial, regional & federal governments kicked in the rest.

https://evelazarus.com/howard-fry-and-the-salt-spring-island-calendars-20th-anniversary/

https://andreacollins.ie/

https://www.howardfryphotography.com/

#ArtisticNudes #FineArtNudes #NudePhotography #ActivismArt #EnvironmentalActivists #Saltspring #FemalesForForests #WomenForWilderness #PreserveAndProtect #SaltspringIslandWomen #BritishColumbia #BCactivismHistory #GulfIslandsPreserve #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #Canada #PNW #Penelakut #Xwaaqwum #Stqeeye #CoastSalish #CowichanNations #WsanecNations

#SwinomishPeople aka #PeopleOfTheSalmon , make up the federally recognized #tribe comprising the #CoastSalish people who are #descendants of the original tribes that lived in the surrounding areas. Their #culture is centered around saltwater resources, local flora, and fauna.
In 1991, the Tribe & BNSF signed an #agreement that #required the #railway company to #inform the #Reservation #community of the type of cargo contained on any #train
https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/pop-culture/bnsf-train-derailment-who-swinomish-indian-people-revealed-diesel-spill-strengthens-legal-case-railways

#Indigenous #FirstNations #PNW

#VancouverIsland #vanisle #yyj #Wsanec #Wsanec #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC I'm seeking leads to more #Indigenous / #NativeMastodon #Water #protectors for an upcoming independent print & online magazine (with mostly Indigenous & POC writers) article. I'd be doing the interviews & out in the field journalism, photography & writing the article for next issue. I can do interviews in person or online.

Please contact me if you have leads for this. Thank you very much! Please boost.

#Recommended #documentary #film to #watch - #Potlatch #Keepers

https://youtu.be/XhOXhC2iF7Q

#KingcomeInlet #Culture #Indigenous #FirstNations #BritishColumbia #Canada #NativeCulture #WatchAndLearn #Educational #DocFilm #PNW #PacificNorthwest #CoastSalish #TraditionalWays