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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

Beau is working on weaving a headband for a cedar woven hat that he just sold.

Please support #Indigenous artists.
https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #Stzuminus #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Weaving #cedar #FirstNations #Ladysmith #Chemainus #Nanaimo #Art #FibreArts #NativeMastodon

Beau is still working on the shawl.
This was an earlier update on my #SocialBC account:
https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity/113909421140288899

It's come a long way since that update! Looking really beautiful!

Please support my companion. Mixed #Indigenous artist & knowledge keeper/educator.
www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #Stzuminus #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Weaving #cedar #wool #FirstNations #Ladysmith #Chemainus #Nanaimo #Art #FibreArts #NativeMastodon

My friend Beau's latest creation.
A gorgeous #cedar #weaved #hat with a #raven head. Custom made for a #Kwakiutl educator, (from the Raven Clan) in Campbell River.
First photo is of the hat on a worktable.
Second photo is of the hat with a starry skies edit by me.

https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC

Friendship welcome #TotemPole carving at #Stólõ #FirstNations reserve office. 2022.

#Stolo aka #Staulo, #Stalo or #Stahlo & commonly referred to in #ethnographic literature as #FraserRiverIndians or #LowerFraserSalish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the #FraserValley & lower #FraserCanyon of #BritishColumbia, #Canada, part of the grouping of #CoastSalish nations. Stó꞉lō is the #Halqemeylem word for "river", so the Stó꞉lō are the #RiverPeople.

#BCFirstNations #Indigenous #Totem #Woodcarving #CedarCarving #PNW #Monochrome #photography #BWphoto #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #WorldInMyEyes #NativeCulture #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #TraditionalArt #IndigenousBC #IndigenousCulture

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