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.”
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.
#Indigenous #IndigenousDancer #MaskDancer #Quwʼutsun #Quamichan #Clemclemaluts #Comiaken #Khenipsen #Kilpahlas #Koksilah #Somena #CoastSalish #kwómetsen #CowichanValley #VancouverIsland #BCPoli #Duncan
The seven peoples are the #Kwʼamutsun, #Lʼumlʼumuluts, #Qwumʼyiqunʼ, #Hinupsu, #Tlʼulpalus, #Hwulqwselu, and #Sʼamunaʼ. The location is #Quʼwutsun, now called Cowichan Valley.
#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
#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
Band-aid solutions are not going to fix the #flooding problems in the #Chemainus River #watershed - Chief James Thomas from the #Halalt #FirstNation told #NorthCowichan council last month. He said the watershed and its #salmon are in #jeopardy mainly due to #logging practices that were conducted upstream in the watershed over the past 50 years.
Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2025/12/14/island-first-nations-chief-says-band-aids-wont-solve-chemainus-river-flooding/
#StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCForestryReform #environmental #ClimateAction #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Cowichan #CoastSalish #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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