Volume 11 • Issue 10
NOVEMBER 2015
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A PIT COOK, SALMON ROASTING, BUTCHERING A FIRST DEER… AND ZOMBIES! THE EIGHTH ANNUAL Vancouver Island Traditional Foods Conference was hosted by Kwakiutl First Nation in its two main villages, Tsaxis and Cluxewe in early October. The 300 participants from around the Salish Sea explored the villages and studied Kwakiutl’s food harvesting, preserving methods and Kwak’wala place names. Then there was the Zombie Apocalypse food challenge in which brave people were dared to eat raw seafood in order to keep them safe while being chased by zombies. Everywhere I looked and everyone I spoke to revealed the excitement of being involved in this year’s celebration of traditional foods. Many participants said attending gatherings like this reminds us all how connected we are as First Nations. 2 SALISH SEA SENTINEL
FOODS GATHERING 2015 Many valuable teachings and a wonderful variety of traditional foods from land and sea were studied and eaten over the two-days around the community of Fort Rupert, which is more than a fourhour drive north of Nanaimo. We explored the villages, rich in culture and history, and studied Kwakiutl’s food harvesting and preserving methods. Some of the Kwak’wala place names associated with gathering foods were told during a series of break-out presentations. Then there was the food. Participants had the opportunity to experience, hands-on, how to prepare a traditional pit for cooking, as well as salmon on cedar sticks for roasting over a fire. Many youth got their first experience butchering a deer. All this preparation led to a Kwakiutl traditional feast at the end of each day.
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FOODS GATHERING 2015 About 80 Kwakiutl youth played an important role during the cultural welcoming with dances in the big house. They then presented digital stories about their knowledge of traditional foods during break-out sessions. Hands are raised to Norine Messer, the most able conference coordinator, as well as to the event funders that include Vancouver Island Health Authority, First Nations Health Authority, VanCity credit union and the Vancouver Island Coastal Communities Indigenous Foods Network. The annual event aims to bring communities together to restore connections, encourage discussion and build on cultural teachings around traditional foods and food practices with a focus on nutrition, healing, safety and community. A video summary of the events is on the VISustainability channel on YouTube.
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ENNS NEW AT HALALT AUTUMN COLOURS formed the perfect backdrop for a photograph of Eli Enns at Halalt First Nation. He is the new director of operations for the nation and one of three First Nations people appointed to top staff jobs at mid-Vancouver Island member nations of Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council. The others are at Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) and Stz’uminus (Ladysmith). Born in Victoria, Eli’s roots are at Tla-oqui-aht First Nations, near Tofino, on his father‘s side and southern Manitoba on his mother’s. He earned his political science degree from Brandon University.
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He has become an internationally recognized expert in bio-cultural heritage conservation as well as a popular speaker and writer on a variety of subjects. Eli was a co-founder of the Ha’uukmin Tribal Park in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO biosphere reserve near Tofino.
He worked for almost seven years for Tlao-qui-aht in the roles of project director and coordinator as well as the tribal administrator. Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council assisted Halalt in interviewing candidates for the director of operations position.
AROUND THE SALISH SEA Valerie Cross-Blackett, NmTC’s governance coordinator, told the board of directors recently: “We agreed to use my previous experience and background working with Tsawwassen First Nation to assist with the selection process for Halalt. We reviewed 44 resumes and met with Halalt staff and NmTC director of finance Lisa Scott to short-list for interviews in September.” Eli said Halalt has a growing list of projects and issues to deal with, including sewer-system upgrades and ongoing discussions about protecting the Chemainus River aquifer from year-round pumping by the North Cowichan municipality.
Stz’uminus Admin Micheal Lascelles has filled the administrator position for Stz’uminus First Nation. Originally from the Oneida of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Micheal was previously band administrator for Quatsino First Nation on northern Vancouver Island. He comes to Stz’uminus with about 18 years of experience with First Nation communities and organiza-
tions across the country. The nation said in a community statement: “His experience as a band administrator as well as his earlier experience in other band functions makes him well suited to carry out his administrative duties and to help move the community and staff forward with the initiatives outlined by chief and council.”
Manson new exec Shana Manson is the new executive director for Snuneymuxw First Nation. In a statement to the community, the nation’s chief and council said: “Shana comes to Snuneymuxw with a wealth of knowledge, skills and abilities that will assist her to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of an executive… “Her formal education, qualifications, key competencies and high level work experience, together with her appreciation for traditional values, is a recipe to produce positive outcomes for our nation. We are confidant Shana will anchor herself within our current reality while seeking practical pathways to help our organization grow.” Shana – Lahalawuts’aat – is from the Coast Salish communities of Snuneymuxw and Lyackson. She has a Bachelor’s degree in political science and a Master’s in Indigenous governance from the University of Victoria. She previously was a commissioner with the BC Treaty Commission and a negotiator with the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group. She also served as a post-secondary instructor and has experience in public service, all while managing her own consulting business.
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COMING OF AGE IN COAST SALISH CULTURE AT SUNRISE, Halalt elder Joe Norris leads a traditional Coast Salish ceremony in which young boys are transformed into men. During the ritual, youth are led to a pond. They enter the water carrying a large rock and walk across the pool holding the rock underwater. When they emerge, they have left their childhood behind. Joe Norris shared the significance of the tradition. “The pond represents the coming-of-age that we witness when the individual’s voice changes and he becomes a man. Crossing the pond with a rock underwater, he leaves the little boy behind. “He becomes strong as a rock, lets the issues he dealt with as a boy go. Tomorrow he starts behaving differently. His whole life changes and he starts his life as a man.”
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After the ceremony, the young men have lunch with Norris while he talks to them about being men, about how to respect the family, women, children, all aspects of life – nature, plants, water, trees. “Afterwards, the young men are then ready to go out into the new roles that they have accepted today. When I speak to each one of them today, I will notice the change.” To watch a video of the ceremony, go to Si’em Media Society page on YouTube and scroll down to Coming of Age Ceremony – in the Pool in either Hul’qumi’num or English.
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IN BC SCHOOLS THE TRUTH about Canada’s Aboriginal history will be introduced into public school curriculum (K to Grade 9) across BC over the next three years. That’s the response from the province’s education system to the recent Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. The report concluded that Canada’s residential school system was a form of cultural genocide. History topics will now include inequality, oppression and the impacts of colonialism on the First Peoples in BC. Education Minister Peter Fassbender announced that a professional development day for teachers will focus on Aboriginal education. “The new curriculum does not shy away from Canada’s dark and racist history,” he said. “We will be sharing the truth of what happened in residential schools.” When asked why schools would focus on Aboriginal culture and not that of other ethnic groups in the province, Jo-Anne Chrona,
Students at S-hXiXnu-tun primary school at Stz’uminus nation learned all about Canada’s elections. They even had a candidate from the NDP visit them recently prior to the Oct. 19 vote.
curriculum coordinator for the First Nations Education Steering Committee, said: “This is the only place in the world that holds this knowledge... If it’s not taught and learned here, it will not be taught anywhere else.” “I’ve been in education for 18 years,” Chrona added. “I’m seeing so much more receptivity and excitement about the integration of First Peoples’ content and people recognizing that this is an important part of who we are as a country.”
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HONOURING
ABORIGINAL VETERANS
THUNDERBIRD REMEMBRANCE They Volunteered To Serve The Nation They Fought To Preserve Our Freedom They Gave Their Youth, Life, and Limb We Will Always Remember Them
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ON NOVEMBER 8, communities across the country will honour and thank Aboriginal veterans for their many contributions to Canada during wars and peacekeeping activities. Even though they were not considered citizens of Canada, Aboriginal participation in past wars “was proportionately higher than that of any other group of people” according to Veterans Affairs Canada. It estimates that one in three able-bodied Aboriginal men enlisted in the First World War and more than 7,000 ‘Status Indians’ fought in the two world wars. Some say that number would be closer to 12,000 if those without status were included. Aboriginal men and women fought alongside the military even before Canada existed – from the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the War of 1812 to the two World Wars and those in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. And that’s not to mention those who served with peacekeeping forces in places like Egypt and Cyprus. But stories of bravery are offset by other stories of Aboriginal veterans returning home and being refused pension and other benefits given to non-native veterans.
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Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver is remembering its veterans this month. Some are still with us, others passed on in decades past and some died as young men in the field of battle.
Private Lorne Thomas (born 1925)
Sergeant Reginald Dominic (1920-1945)
Private William Thomas (1918-1963)
Sergeant Reginald Dominic (19201945) volunteered at the age of 21 in 1941. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in England, France and Holland and was killed in the line of duty in 1945. He was the son of Alexander Dominic and Louisa George (Thomas). Louisa is the daughter of Joseph Thomas and grand-daughter of Katherine, who was the sister to Chief James. His siblings are: Sally Paul (Dominic) Jimmy George, Thomas George, Lorraine George, Helen Batt (George) and Paul George, Arthur George. Private Edward Ange (1923-1944) was the youngest child of Chene Ange and Alphonsine Virag (nee George). He served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and was a motorcycle dispatcher. He was killed in action. Private Oliver Ange (1920-1990) was the fourth child of Chene Ange and Alphonsine Virag (George). He served with the New Westminster Regiment of the Canadian Army Infantry Corps and passed away in 1990.
Private Lawrence Jack (1912-1990)
Private Oliver Ange (1920-1990)
Private William Thomas (1918-1963) was the fourth child of Samson Thomas and Susan Long (George). He volunteered at the age of 24 in 1942 and served with the Sherbrook 27th Armoured Division in France, Holland and Germany. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1947, the highest military award for gallantry in action, along with the Crimson Star. The inscription read: “For exceptional service rendered during the war for the liberation of France.� As a tank gunner, he saved a number of Allied tanks that were trapped in a Normandy orchard. Private Lorne Thomas (born 1925) is the fourth child of Felix and Maude Thomas (Nahanee). He was drafted in May 1944 and served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment in England, Holland and Germany. He was discharged in May 1946, having spent all his time in Europe. Private Lawrence Jack (1912-1990) was the son of Andre Jack and Madeline Jack (George). He served in the Westminster Regiment England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy and North Africa. He was awarded 6 medals. National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, Confederation Park. Artist: Noel Lloyd Pinay
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TFN YOUTH GET TO WORK... TSAWWASSEN FIRST NATION were given a kick-start for future success in the job market, thanks to a summer youth program. High school students were given onthe-job paid work experience, training and mentoring opportunities along with letters of reference when the program ended. They were also involved in the nation’s cultural events. Participants received hands-on training on motorized equipment, power tool certification and occupational first aid. Learning about heritage resources and cultural history were included in the mentoring activities. One example was a Coast Salish paddle-making workshop with
T’Sou-ke First Nation artist Mark Gauti, who is licensed by the Industry Training Authority and is an environmental consultant. Students also took part in cultural events, including a canoe journey welcome feast at the longhouse, the First Fish ceremony and work at the nation’s Farm School. The work experience program was offered through a joint venture between Tsawwassen and Wales McLelland Construction, GardaWorld Protective Services and Matcon Civil Constructors. A series of projects involving environmental research and development in Tsawwassen territory is currently being planned.
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...AND SAVE SPECIES AT RISK Aboriginal communities are no longer being left out of conservation efforts in their traditional territories. That’s one result of a recent partnership between Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council, Tsawwassen First Nation’s joint venture with Matcon Civil Constructors and the South Coast Conservation Program. The long-range goal involves identifying species at risk, as well as culturally significant species, while restoring threatened habitat areas in Tsawwassen and TsleilWaututh nations’ wetlands. The partnership offers stewardship practices workshops, traditional ecological knowledge, elders, species-at-risk specialists and mentors. The first project is
called: Addressing conservation knowledge and expertise gaps for the People of the Salish Sea. The partnership aims to build expertise among First Nations in identifying native plants, species at risk, and invasive plants, while bridging gaps between traditional cultural values and modern scientific approaches. Resources will also be provided for communities to become integral conservation partners. At Tsawwassen, the project will involve youth from the nation’s work experience program in conservation training.
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FIVE MONTHS from just about now – on April 5, 2016 – the Tla’amin final treaty agreement will become effective. Chief treaty negotiator Roy Francis recently summarized the huge amount of work underway at the nation, whose English name is Sliammon. He said there is a lot of progress being made and many changes taking place in preparation for nationhood. Surveys are being carried out to create legal descriptions for the land base, including the new treaty settlement lands. After April 5, they will become Tla’amin lands with the nation owning clear legal title. “Our Tla’amin government will be the authority over the entire land base,” Francis said. “Tla’amin laws will apply to everyone who resides on Tla’amin lands.” He said the nation has developed a financial administration law and added that the financial affairs of Tla’amin are “in very good shape… We intend to design a means to look after our immediate needs, but not lose sight of the needs of generations to come.” Francis said the history of good teamwork by Sliammon sports teams would have to be continued by all citizens of the new nation. “We are going to need a very strong team effort to complete the work we still have in front of us. We have established a relatively small work team in lands, governance and finance.”
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THE LEGACY OF HARRY XUL-SI-MALT MANSON LIVES ON. The Snuneymuxw First Nation soccer star died in 1912, but his memory was very much alive when a five-a-side soccer tournament was heldin his name on Oct. 17 in North Vancouver. Harry’s name in his language – Xul-si-malt means ‘One who leaves his mark’and he sure did. Sentinel readers were told about Harry’s induction into the Legends class in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in June, recognizing the star “for his leadership as a First Nations athlete and for breaking through racial barriers at the turn of the century.” Homeless players were on two teams in the tournament. And one team was made up of players from Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish nation as well as the City of Vancouver. “Everyone can play,” tourney organizer Robert Janning said. “No one is excluded. I truly believe those were Harry’s values.”
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MALAHAT VOTES, PREPARES FOR NEW COUNCIL AND LNG
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brought about by the sudden resignation of former chief Michael Harry in early August. Two other councillors resigned shortly thereafter. Since then, Malahat and its partner Steelhead LNG held an open house in mid-September. That was the first time that many Malahat members, and their
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Ocean Pointe resort hotel in Victoria. The $189,000 raised for the Kwunew Kwasun Cultural Society will be used for social programs, especially investing in children. That means about $420,000 has been raised by the nation since administrator Lawrence Lewis initiated the first gala in 2013. But the new Malahat council won’t have much time for celebrating. A number of issues have been on the table since the former council disbanded almost three months ago. The most prominent is the LNG facility, which has attracted criticism and discussions among the Saanich nations that border the inlet, as well as at the Cowichan Valley Regional District. During the recent election campaign, the successful NDP candidate Alistair MacGregor said, if elected, he would work
to revamp the National Energy Board that will rule on the project. And he also said: “Saanich Inlet is a very sensitive area for such a massive and complex project and I have deep concerns about environmental impacts and public safety issues.” The Gala photographs accompanying this article were used by permission © Film Cowichan and Phil Ives.
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FIRST WASABI HARVESTED “IT WAS A LONG DAY, BUT A GOOD DAY.” That’s how Colleen George summed up the first harvest of wasabi at T’Sou-ke Nation on Oct. 19. “Our first order wasn’t a huge one, but it was doubled at the last minute. “I really couldn’t picture it before,” she said of the harvest. “Now we have something to measure things by.” The 15,000 wasabi plants have been growing in three large greenhouses over the past 15 months. It’s a $300,000 investment by the forward-looking T’Sou-ke people and a vital part of achieving their vision of food and energy security along with economic and cultural sustainability for the nation. Colleen George said the first wasabi harvest was a learning experience. Photo courtesy of Christine George The tangy, delicious leaves will be harvested along with the rhizomes [stalks] over the coming months for delivery to restaurants and grocery stores. The leaves will be used for salads while the stalks are used to make the bright green condiment served with sushi. Colleen has worked with the wasabi for the past five months. “It has been quite a lot of learning,” she said. “But I have done a lot of gardening, so I understand growing.” The wasabi will be harvested on a per-order basis. Colleen and othBrought to you by er workers prepare special packs to keep the wasabi fresh and cold David Ellis, Bookseller during transport to customers. On the horizon, there are great expectations for selling wasabi to customers attracted by the plant’s medicinal qualities. Wasabi is it back, relax and let David bring his library to you. Whether claimed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-platelet and you are planning to restock your Band library, or searching other positive health effects, but the relative scarcity of the plant for a rare, out-of-print book, David Ellis would be delighted to bring means it is not in wide use. his unique collection of books to your community. Amongst his vast Meanwhile, Colleen is sure of her future as wasabi worker. “I won’t collection is a stock of Coast Salish language, history, art, “proof of ever go back to an office job,” she said on the day after the first harvest. claims” documents and First Nations children’s books.
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My name is Marcia Seymour – Sulsulxumaat. I am the daughter of Daniel and the late Alfreda Henry. I am married with three beautiful girls and reside at Stz’uminus First Nation. I was recently hired as the finance clerk at Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council’s head office at Halalt First Nation. I have a degree from Vancouver Island University in First Nation studies and a diploma in microcomputer business applications from Sprott Shaw. My family are all active canoe-paddlers with Rainbow Canoe Club. We enjoy living a healthy lifestyle and visiting our neighbouring communities.
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NAUT’SA MAWT TRIBAL COUNCIL
NOV
2015
TTH’AL’XWUMUTSUN “The time when the ground glistens
from frost or ice”
2-4 Comprehensive Community Planning Workshop hosted by Lil’wat and Squamish Nations and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler 16-18 Joint Gathering 2015 hosted by the First Nations Leadership Council and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Pinnacle Harbour Front Hotel, Vancouver 27-28 Aboriginal Education Conference hosted by the First Nation Education Steering Committee, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. www.fnesc.ca DEC
2015
SHTS’ULWE’SUM
“The time to put the paddles away”
2 The annual general meeting of Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council will be held in Snuneymuxw territory with the venue in Nanaimo to be selected soon. 16-18 North American Indigenous Winter Celebration 2015 hosted by The Vancouver Aboriginal Cultural Celebration Society at the Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver www.naiwc.ca
MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES… ENGINEERING…SALES AND MARKETING? Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council is looking for people from our eleven nations who want to know about our new Mentorship Program. We want to link applicants with our partners to provide a paid, professional work environment for up to one year. The idea is to help you realize your career and personal goals and eventually secure permanent, full-time employment based either in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island. We want to know if the NmTC Mentorship Program sounds interesting to you. Let us know by sending an email, including your resume, to jobs@nautsamawt.com
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WE BEAR THANKS! “Patty”
“Rocky”
WE PAWS FOR A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ROCKY AND PATTY AT ORFORD BAY, BUTE INLET We had a wonderful time fishing for salmon in the Algard and Orford River this year. We have had lots to eat and will now have to say goodbye for this year. We are going to our den’s now for a long nap, but wanted to thank all the humans that came to admire our family, and all my cousins, the Bute-iful Brown Bears of Orford Bay. We also wanted to raise our claws in thanks to all the tour providers who brought visitors here, and to our friends at Sonora Resort. Two Paws up to all the Homalco First Nation Tour Guides who kept us safe. They did a great job, went the extra distance and were always conscious of taking care of this place we call home. As bears, our environment is incredibly important to us, so we would like to thank our friends the Xwémalhkwu people for taking such good care of our shared territory.
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We give thanks to the lands, waters, fish, and wildlife that inhabit the Orford River for providing such a rich and lavish place for us to share with the Xwémalhkwu people, and their guests. It was particularly pleasing to hear the sounds of Salish songs and traditional drums again in the Orford, a sound we remember from long ago…a sound we will come back to listen to next season, for sure!
We are looking forward to seeing more of you next season! Emote!
From the Bute-iful Bears of Bute
“Out of this World” Cultural and Wildlife Tours
May to mid-October
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