July 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
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Still Moon Arts takes youth on a caravan along the Fraser
by Lucas Chan
Youth from the Still Moon Arts Society spent a week in June traveling along the Fraser River watershed in the 2nd annual Wild Salmon Caravan! The Wild Salmon Caravan, taking place from June 6 to 11, was a journey from Mount Robson to Vancouver celebrating the spirit of the wild salmon through indigenous communities in Chase, Adams Lake, Kamloops, Lillooet, Lytton, Chilliwack and Abbotsford. “The journey was really about celebrating, recognizing and honouring the spirit of the wild salmon, and how it is interconnected with First Nations culture as well as the rest of the environment,“ said Henry Lau, one of the youth from the Still Moon Arts Youth Team. The spirit of the salmon is something that influences across cultures and communities, representing more than just the ecological health of the land or water but also the relationships communities have with nature and each other. Groups from across British Columbia joined the Wild Salmon Caravan in this travelling collective of culture, art, drumming, music and storytelling. It sought to connect with people and express the significance of salmon to the well-being of our cultures, communities, food systems and nature from an indigenous perspective.
The Still Moon Arts team started of at Mount Robson, the headwaters of the Fraser River. Photo courtesy of Still Moon Arts
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