#coastsalish — Public Fediverse posts

#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

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

#CoastSalish #murals #art outside of #AlterArts #ArtHub at the #QuadraCommunityCentre.

#Lekwungen #Indigenous #FirstNations #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishArt #NativeArt #Cultural #PublicArt #paintings #OutdoorArt #CommunityArt #VisualArt

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

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

I love the wild #Westcoast on the island. Once you pass Sooke township area, there are tons of wilderness access trails into/through forests & access to several isolated beaches. This is a few kms past French Beach area.

*Flip phone sideways for full view*

#VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #Trees #ocean #BeachAccess #ecosystems #ecological #environment #JuanDeFucaTrail #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #GreatOutdoors #biodiversity #WildBC #WorldInMyEyes #hiking #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCCoast #CoastalBC #CoastSalish #PacificOcean #VanIsleLife

#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

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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

#HappyThanksgiving everyone in #BellinghamWA and in particular on our #SubduedSocial Mastodon instance. In recognition that we live on the ancestral lands of our neighbors the #Lummi, #Nooksack, and other #CoastSalish peoples, I made another voluntary #LandTax donation to the Lhaq'temish Foundation equivalent to 10% of our hosting costs and domain registration fees over the past 6 months.

https://nativegov.org/news/voluntary-land-taxes/ https://www.lhaqtemish.org/

#Thanksgiving #NativeLand #NativeAmericanHeritageDay

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

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

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

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

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

#Kwunatsustul #Counselling & #Cowichan #Hospice Society are hosting a two-day #workshop on #Honouring #Community #Grief . Friday, June 16 will be a drop-in day for community members who wish to access support from counsellors, hospice volunteers, Elders & wellness workers.

Please register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf77uO8iziE4qQG8lSL-kDPpPHF-Dm6zIfA60kfeg_elg3Mgw/viewform

#VancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #SupportServices #vanisle #CoastSalish #NativeLed #therapy #counsellors #HealthAndWellness #HealingServices #SocialServices

Want to learn more about the #PointElliottTreaty here in #Whatcom County? Check out this great video from the #Ferndale, WA public school district, which has observed #TreatyDay since 2020: https://youtu.be/AVCo2Mp2di0
#Lummi #Nooksack #CoastSalish

Want to learn more about the #PointElliottTreaty here in #Whatcom County? Check out this great video from the #Ferndale, WA public school district, which has observed #TreatyDay since 2020: https://youtu.be/AVCo2Mp2di0
#Lummi #Nooksack #CoastSalish

Want to learn more about the #PointElliottTreaty here in #Whatcom County? Check out this great video from the #Ferndale, WA public school district, which has observed #TreatyDay since 2020: https://youtu.be/AVCo2Mp2di0
#Lummi #Nooksack #CoastSalish

Want to learn more about the #PointElliottTreaty here in #Whatcom County? Check out this great video from the #Ferndale, WA public school district, which has observed #TreatyDay since 2020: https://youtu.be/AVCo2Mp2di0
#Lummi #Nooksack #CoastSalish

Want to learn more about the #PointElliottTreaty here in #Whatcom County? Check out this great video from the #Ferndale, WA public school district, which has observed #TreatyDay since 2020: https://youtu.be/AVCo2Mp2di0
#Lummi #Nooksack #CoastSalish