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

Cattails. #CoastSalish (Twana)

16. Twilled; inner bark of red cedar #Kwakiutl

17. Food Mat, Plailed and twiled innar bark of red cedar. #Nootkan (Kyuquot; мита

18. Used for bedding or for wrapoing packages Plaited, inner bark of red cedar. Noofkan (Clayoquot) e

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

Gill Net. #Caribousinew. As salmon attempted to withdraw, gilis caught in mesh of net. #Tlingit (Taku)

4. Netting Needle. Served as bobbin. #CoastSalish (Cowichar), at

5. Mesh Gauge. Maple wood. Coast Salish (Cowichan

“I felt called to this adventure and really connected to it and really protective of the materials that they gave me and wanting to do right by them.”

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #books #myths #legends #magic

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/revealing-old-stories-modern-way-called-multimedia-artist

Revealing the old stories in a modern way called to multimedia artist

Writer and multimedia artist Andrea Grant considers her newest literature offering, Modern Natives, An Illustrative Collection of Reimagined Coast Salish Myths, a “calling.”Almost a decade ago, Grant was gifted “amazing archival information” from her Coast Salish tribe, the Pune'luxutth'. The tribe primarily lives on lands in the Southern Gulf Islands and on Vancouver Island, B.C. The main community of Spune'luxutth is located on Penelakut Island.

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