Ms. Que BanhNov 28, 2024

#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

Show threadMs. Que BanhNov 1, 2024

Leading the fish farms out of BC waters flotilla:
#Laichwiltach hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse (George Quocksister Jr.).
https://www.nationalobserver.com/podcast/salmon-people/occupation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laich-kwil-tach

Chiefs who came to support:
#Homalco Hereditary & Council Chief Darren Blaney (Married to MP Rachel Blaney).
https://www.homalco.com/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-landslide-science-tsunami-earthquake-1.6075933

Bill Wilson(Kwak'wala name, Puglaas) hereditary Chief of the #Musgamgw #Tsawataineuk & part of Laich-kwil-tach, which are part of the #Kwagiulth & #Kwakwakawakw First Peoples. Married to 2nd wife, Bev Sellars, a Chief of the #Xatsull First Nation. Father of Jody Wilson-Raybould, lawyer & former MP. Bill was the first Indigenous BC Chief to travel to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Trudeau (Pierre) to negotiate & draft 1st & only amendment to Canada's constitution in 1982(Section 35).
He helped found BC First Nations Congress, which led to creation of BC Treaty Commission (signed by Wilson, Harcourt & Mulroney).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(chief)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawataineuk_First_Nation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jody-wilson-raybould-reconciling-history-1.7364336

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #IndigenousSovereignty #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCTreatyCommission #BrokenPromises #BrokenTreaties #IndigenousRights #DemandMPAs

The Occupation

Alex and Hereditary Chief George Quocksister Jr. used GoPro cameras and divers to record what was happening underneath the fish farms. When the footage was shown to First Nations communities, there was shock and sadness, then anger.

Canada's National Observer
Catherine BabaultFeb 3, 2024

A graphic novel that shares the history of the Homalco First Nation (HFN), as remembered by Elders, is on track to release later this year.
https://www.cheknews.ca/graphic-novel-depicting-history-of-vancouver-island-first-nation-nears-completion-1187646/

#Homalco #GraphicNovel

Graphic novel depicting history of relocated Vancouver Island First Nation nears completion

A graphic novel that shares the history of the Homalco First Nation (HFN), as remembered by Elders, is on track to release later this year.

CHEK News
Laurie MacBrideDec 11, 2022

Mountains host about half the world's biodiversity hotspots & provide fresh water for half of humankind. #MountainsMatter

Today is the UN's International Mountain Day - a reminder to cherish & protect these imperiled habitats. Here's an image from #Homalco territory on the #BCcoast (early morning, August 2022).