Chris AlemanyToday's sunset over Arbutus Ridge in #portalberni #nuuchanulth #tseshaht 
#Hupacasath 
Only 20 or so more days of it moving down the ridge line....
(the plume is mostly steam from the paper mill)
Ms. Que Banh#ThrowbackThursday
Warming up one of the #Indigenous drums that I've been gifted in the recent 10 years. All my other gifted drums prior to past decade were stolen by RCMP colonial terrorists at past protest raids. I only have one #handmade #deerskin #drum left from the three that were gifted to me during the last decade. One was broken by hereditary Namgis Chief Alfred on past wild salmon flotilla & another was stolen from me, by RCMP CIRG, on a past roadside support camp raid near Gitxsan territory.
#CoastSalish #Nuuchanulth #GiftDrum #Decolonization #POCComrade #AntiColonial
check that. I think there may have actually been over 1000 people walking. They are still coming into the hall and they stretch all the way down road still
Final post a song #portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
"WE ALL"
"MATTER!!"
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
"MATTER!!"
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
stretching all the way down the hill! #portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
a few hundred strong đȘ #portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
here they come!
here we are! đ§Ą
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
here we are! đ§Ą
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
The marchers are almost here.
Lots of birds around. A seagull making more awake than he should lol. A bald eagle. And a Raven watching us from across the river
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
enjoying the rivers edge while we wait for the march. It started up river about 2km from here at the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School.
The area across the Somass/Tsu'amaas River is a large estuary. Huge salmon habitat (chinook, coho, sockeye). It was also the location of the first settlers to get here (both Spanish and British)
#portalberni #ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
Walked from my house to about the halfway point of the full march waiting for them to arrive. This is Victoria Quay, the Welcoming Figures and the Whaling Sculpture.
These are at the foot of Johnston Road / Highway 4 in #portalberni at the Tsu'amaas (Somass) River.
It smells of the ocean, and the end of the salmon run which might sound unpleasant, but it's not. :)
more details in the image Alt descriptions.
#ReconciliationDay #EveryChildMatters #tseshaht #Hupacasath #nuuchanulth
