Other People’s Moccasins:
Joanne Arnott Interviews Wanda John-Kehewin
Wanda John-Kehewin, Chai Tea Rant |
Books, erratic posts by Metis/mixed blood writer, sometime activist, mother
Wanda John-Kehewin, Chai Tea Rant |
Film Night with Brian Campbell |
THE SCIENCE WORLD PRESENTS:
SAVING THE LIFE KEEPERS
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The new science of sustainable beekeeping At the Science World in Vancouver BC Free screening at 7PM Sunday April 28th 2013 Science World at TELUS World of Science 1455 Quebec St. | Vancouver, BC | Canada V6A 3Z7 Free registration link posted on this webpage: www.scienceworld.ca/greenmonth From the forests of Mexico to the farm lands
and cities of North America, learn how
successful beekeepers overcome challenges
and develop sustainable practices
to improve the quality and quantity of
honey bee populations.
Meet film producer Jocelyn Demers and
Local honey will be available for sale.
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The traditional winter shelter of the indigenous people of the headwaters of the Columbia River and that of all interior Salish peoples was the pit-house. Hundreds of house-pit depressions are found throughout the region. The archaeological reports confirm that Sinixt people lived in pit-houses while the Ktunaxa people did not.Obviously the indigenous people of the Arrow Lakes region were Salish in origin as can be determined by the place names in the region having their roots in Salish culture. The name for Nakusp itself is named after a sn-selxcin word (Lakes-Okanagan language), “nkwusp.” The town of Slocan is named after the sn-selxcin word, “slhu7kin,” translated as “speared in the head” in reference to the Sinixt tradition of spear-fishing in the region.The Nakusp Museum holds an impressive collection of local Sinixt artifacts from the region some of which were donated by Sinixt Nation Headman Vance Robert (Bob) Campbell Sr..Over the past 20 years Sinixt Nation has worked with schools in Nakusp, Trail, Nelson, Castlegar, Winlaw and more to share traditional stories with children such as the Frog Mountain (Mt. Wilton) Story. School District 20 has officially recognized the Sinixt Nation as the indigenous people of their region and Trail BC.Sinixt Nation hereby informs everyone of their obligations to indigenous and international laws and also that they have a duty to respect and recognize Sinixt Nation members inherent and entitled rights to our traditional territory. A map of Sinixt territory can be found online on our website.
Sinixt lands map by most witnesses show that the traditional territories are primarily north of contemporary Canada-US international boundary |
Trailer for the Feature length Docu-Drama The Sinix't, Bringing Home the Bones.
A film about a group of aboriginal peoples falsely declared extinct and disenfranchised from their right to enter and remain in their ancestral homeland within the country of Canada in order for a controversial damming system to be put in place without dispute on the Columbia river system in BC.
Here is the story of their struggle to shed this "ghost" status and return to the land where their ancestors bones lay, just 50 years after being declared extinct. The Sinix't people have been fighting their "extinction" for the last 25 years, as well as setting precedent for the return of their ancestors bones from museums throughout the province.map from among the many gathered on the Sinixt Nation website,
from M.P. Devika, Kamala Das as a painter-poet |
from M.P. Devika, Kamala Das as a painter-poet |