first friday of summer 2025
https://dgivista.org/2025/06/27/first-friday-of-summer-2025/

#dundarave
#westvancouver
#SquamishNation
#beach
#summer

Celebrating Indigenous history and making connections, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/paddling-to-understanding

#LionsBayWatershed #Local News #BritishColumbia #SquamishNation #IndigenousHistoryMonth #LionsBay #ESS

A head's up that next Friday, CBC's Early Edition will broadcast from the Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), tonight in The Watershed:

https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/cbc-to-broadcast-from-squamish-nation

#LionsBayWatershed #SquamishNation #SettlerEducation #LionsBay

One of the most significant pieces of work I am currently doing is helping the Squamish Nation develop their Constitution by supporting large in person community gatherings. It's hard work and important work for the Nation and I'm really happy to be a part of it.

https://constitutionproject.net/event/constitution-gathering-2/?link_id=4&can_id=4f52094b8f1a67fe20b2e4425abc8052&source=email-re-zoom-link-to-join-todays-gathering-online&email_referrer=email_2544182&email_subject=re-firstname-title_case-default-friend-heres-what-happened

#SquamishNation #Facilitation #FirstNations #CCLinks

New #book to enjoy #reading & #learning from!

Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness
By Leigh Joseph.

Author Leigh Joseph, an #ethnobotanist, member of the #SquamishNation & founder of #SkwalwenBotanicals, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to #Indigenous #PlantKnowledge.

#Plants can be a great source of #healing as well as #nourishment & the practice of growing & harvesting from trees, flowering herbs & other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land.

The #IndigenousPeoples of #NorthAmerica have long traditions of using #NativePlants as #medicine as well as for #food. Held by the Land honors & shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to:

Harvesting herbs & other plants & using them topically.
North American plants that can treat common ailments, add nutrition to your diet, become part of your beauty regime & more.
Stories & traditions about native plants from the author's #Squamish culture.
Using plant knowledge to strengthen your #ConnectionToTheLand you live on.
Early chapters will introduce you to responsible ways to identify & harvest plants in your area & teach you how to grow a deeper connection with the land you live on through plants.

In the plant profiles section, common plants are introduced with illustrations & information on their characteristics, range, how to grow & harvest them & how to use them topically & as food.

Special features offer recipes for food & beauty products along with stories & traditions around the plants.

This beautiful, full-color guide to #IndigenousPlants will give you new insights into the power of everyday plants.

https://skwalwen.com/products/held-by-the-land-a-guide-to-indigenous-plants-for-wellness

#Bookstodon #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousBooks #decolonization #IndigenousPlantEducation #Educational #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativePlantsEducation #NativeWriters #NativePlantsGuide #FirstNations #NonFiction #NatureBooks #PlantsBook #NatureGuide