#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

Gorgeous, #CoastSalish Supernatural Wolf carved cedar #sculpture by Joseph M. Wilson.
He is a member of the #Hulquminum speaking #Cowichan Tribes. Joe was born in #Koksilah.

Not to be confused with Namgis Nation artist/carver, Joe R. Wilson, born in Alert Bay.

#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousBC #PNWNativeArtists #BCNativeArtists #Art #Woodcarving #Handcarved #WoodArt #VisualArt

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

#SilentSunday - February 2023.

#Namgis #FirstNation #gazebo #lookout is steps away from their big house.

#AlertBay #CormorantIsland #NamgisTerritory #CoastalBC #BCIslands #CoastSalish #SalishSea #Seaview #shelter #Indigenous #NativeArt

#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

Looking out at #BroughtonStrait - towards #Sointula / #MalcolmIsland.
Shot from a #CluxeweResort cabin deck.

#Kwakiutl #PortMcNeill #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledPhotographers #photography #landscape #RoadTrips #Nature #ocean #Winter #snow #CoastalBC #WestCoast #panaroma #CoastalBC #CoastSalish #WestCoast

If you're up in #Namgis territory/ #AlertBay - you'll want to try & get some yummy bannock eats from #DuchessBannockAndDesserts. The hours are irregular, like most small businesses on #CormorantIsland. If you luck out - you'll find the Duchess of #Bannock & she will fill your belly while engaging in lively conversations!
I found out on my 2023 trip there, that she's an Auntie/relative to some of my Indigenous friends 💗

She gifted me a book, a magic hat bunny plushie & gave us free cheese bannock bites to eat on the ferry. We bought 3 different bannock goodies from her.

#NamgisNation #SupportSmallBusiness #IndigenousFoods #NativeSmallBiz #CoastSalish #BCIndigenousSmallBiz #NativeFoods #CoastalBC #IndigenousOwned #ExploreBC #BCBusiness #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #POCwomen #CulturalConnections #CulturalDiversity

#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 sent me another update photo of the #DugoutCanoe that some students at Wellington high school in #Nanaimo are working on. It's almost all finished. Lots of sanding done & just a bit more to do.

Please support BC Indigenous artists 🙏 https://www.beauwagner.ca/coast-salish-art/shop

He is off work from public schools this Summer & is open for #CoastSalish #ArtCommissions & cultural & native art workshop contracts.

#TraditionalNativeArt #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #SalishArt #ShopNative #BuyNative #SupportIndigenousBiz #canoe #NativeArtists #NativeMastodon #woodworker #woodcarving #Westcoast #BCNativeArt #Art #Indigenous #handcarved #Cultural #NativeCulture #SocialBC #IndigenousEducator #BoatBuilders #boat #Woodcarvers #MasterCarver #Cedar #HealingCanoe

A walk in the woods, with Beau's #cedar #woven #raven #hat.
Photos he sent me from his outing to Shawnigan Lake yesterday.

https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Kwakiutl #Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarTreeOfLife #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #weaving #CustomArt #CommissionedArt #handcarved #handwoven

Watching an Indigenous friend work on a small carving on piece of cedar scrap wood. He gets free cutoffs from some local mills & carves small artworks with them.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Handcarving #Woodcarving #Woodwork #NativeWoodcarvers #TraditionalArt #CulturalArt #Cedar #photography

#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

#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

Stitched vid clips from their set.

#MycSharrat performing with band at 4th annual #IndigenousMusicFestival at #HamptonPark 🎶🎵

https://youtu.be/Jv0fDo1t_FA?si=THLBdFnGB1ELfLil

http://mycsharratt.com/

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #LiveMusic #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

#MycSharrat performing their first song on closing set, at 4th annual #IndigenousMusicFestival at #HamptonPark 🎶🎵

https://youtu.be/H1j1Xa-D2lk?si=86r5QdmjsLtPZTa9

http://mycsharratt.com/

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #LiveMusic #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

Paint the Town Red performing Rez Life at 4th #IndigenousMusicFestival at #HamptonPark.

https://youtu.be/LUNEgfo7buI?si=omc62_IFl6_HWmG7

Paint The Town Red is a #HipHop group forged in the W̱SÁNEĆ territory, on the #W̱JOȽEȽP #Tsartlip reservation. The group laid foundations back in 2013, and in 2017 they became a trio: Brian Sampson, aka YellowWolf, Thomas Paul, aka Barndawg and Adelaide Elliott, aka Addie

https://livevictoria.com/artist/952864/view

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #LiveMusic #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

Paint The Town Red is a #HipHop group forged in the W̱SÁNEĆ territory, on the #W̱JOȽEȽP #Tsartlip reservation. The group laid foundations back in 2013, and in 2017 they became a trio: Brian Sampson, aka YellowWolf, Thomas Paul, aka Barndawg and Adelaide Elliott, aka Addie

https://livevictoria.com/artist/952864/view

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #LiveMusic #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

Clip of #MycSharrat performance with band at 4th annual #IndigenousMusicFestival at #HamptonPark 🎶🎵
http://mycsharratt.com/

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #LiveMusic #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

Having a great time!

On stage #MycSharrat
http://mycsharratt.com/

#Wsanec #Indigenous #MusicFestival #Saanich #MusicInThePark #SaanichParks #YYJ #OutdoorConcerts #IndigenousMusicians #LiveVictoria #FolkRock #YYJmusic #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #NativeMusicians #IndieMusic #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Concert #FreeMusicFestival #CommunityEvent #WeekendFun #SummerFestivals #YYJevents

Please come out & join me & my friends at the 4th annual #IYAḴT #Indigenous #MusicFestival! It will be great fun! Bring your friends & family!

A #free 2 night event for Indigenous & non-Indigenous folks. Celebrate #IndigenousPerformers from across #VancouverIsland who will be performing folk, rock, hip hop & more.
Craft & food vendors on site as well.

Location: #HamptonPark

Friday, July 26 from 6:00 to 8:00pm

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & #Esquimalt
#Drummers & Dancers
6:15-6:45pm A.N.S.W.E.R Drum Group
7:00-8:00pm OTR (Off the Reservation)

Saturday, July 27 from 4:00 to 8:00pm

4:00-4:20 Welcome & #Lekwungen #TraditionalDancers
4:30-5:30 Gary Petterson
5:45-6:30 Paint the Town Red
6:50-8:00 Myc Sharratt

#Wsanec #Saanich #IndigenousMusicians #IndigenousTalent #IndigenousLed #NativeMusicians #YYJevents #YYJFreeEvents #SaanichParks #FamilyFriendly #AccessibleEvent #AllAges #InclusiveEvent #VictoriaBC #IndigenousEvents #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #IndigenousCulture #VancouverIslandEvents #VanIsle #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FirstNations #YYJ #NativeCulture #Grassroots #CommunityCulture #IndigenousBC

"Tribes 101: About the Native nations that share geography with Washington state"

Great article in the Salish Current explaining tribal sovereignty in #WashingtonState and the 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision that upheld native treaty rights.

https://salish-current.org/2024/02/05/tribes-101-about-the-native-nations-that-share-geography-with-washington-state/

#Washington #CoastSalish #sovereignty #Lummi #Nooksack #Skagit #Swinomish #Samish #BellinghamWA

Please consider signing this petition from ReSources for Sustainable Community to support building a #Lummi #longhouse on #WhatcomCreek: https://p2a.co/CT6vHKA #CoastSalish #SalishSea #BellinghamWA #Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #LummiNation #SanJuanIslands

#Quwutsun #Elders will lead #Reconciliation : Journey of our Generation, a day-long #workshop offered since 2006, on #LocalHistory & the impacts of #colonization . It will take place at the Quw'utsun' Cultural & Conference Centre.

Register :

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reconciliation-journey-of-our-generation-workshop-duncan-june-20th-tickets-622703923197

#FirstNations #IndigenousLed #NativeLed #decolonizeYourMind #DecolonialEducation #VancouverIsland #vanisle #Cowichan #DuncanBC #PNW #PacificNorthwest #CoastSalish #Cultural #BritishColumbia #Canada #educational #EldersWisdom

#crows don't go to church but they do have many regular #corvid #community #conventions 😊

#ILoveCorvids #BlackBirds #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Winter #Cascadia #vanisle #Pacheedaht #CoastSalish #BritishColumbia #Canada #nature #MyNaturePhotos #FromMyArchive #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #birds #DisabledPhotographer #AsianMastodon #WomenInPhotography #MyPhotography