PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1600 followers · 19954 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgAnyone with any information at all - please notify authorities. Carsyn is the niece & granddaughter of #Namgis #FirstNations friends & a well known teen around #Cowichan & #Lekwungen tribes area communities. Many of us are grieving with her loved ones.
Please #donate if you can to #help her family w/ #MemorialFund
https://www.gofundme.com/f/carsyn-memorial-fund
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/carsyn-mackenzie-1.6854875
#namgis #firstnations #Cowichan #lekwungen #donate #help #memorialfund #mmiwg #mutualaid
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1194 followers · 9908 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Part of the old #Namgis #BurialGrounds - there's a new one, in different area of island. When the memorial totems fall down, they're left there because BC coastal #FirstNations believe it's part of the natural cycle of returning ancestors to their lands; post physical deaths.
#AlertBay #CormorantIsland #BCCoast #BCNorthIslands #TotemPoles #Memorial #PayingRespect #TobaccoDown #NamgisTerritory #PNW #BritishColumbia #Canada #PacificNorthwest #FirstNation
#namgis #burialgrounds #firstnations #alertbay #cormorantisland #bccoast #bcnorthislands #totempoles #memorial #payingrespect #tobaccodown #namgisterritory #pnw #britishcolumbia #canada #pacificnorthwest #firstnation
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1193 followers · 9889 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
#Gilakasla - #Welcome đŸ¦…
#AlertBay has a boardwalk along #waterfront with 5 #roofed #lookouts - called #awakas - each has a #painted #carving overhead that represents a #Namgis ancestor.
#Kwakwaakaawakw #NamgisNation #NamgisTerritory #BCCoast #PNW #CormorantIsland #BCFirstNations #IndigenousEducation #IndigenousNations #IndigenousSovereignty #NativeLanguages #BCNorthIslands
#gilakasla #welcome #alertbay #waterfront #roofed #lookouts #awakas #painted #carving #namgis #kwakwaakaawakw #namgisnation #namgisterritory #bccoast #pnw #cormorantisland #bcfirstnations #indigenouseducation #indigenousnations #indigenoussovereignty #nativelanguages #bcnorthislands
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1191 followers · 9861 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
#NamgisNation #NamgisTerritory #Umista #longhouse - on grounds of #FirstNations #Cultural centre.
#AlertBay #CormorantIsland #Namgis #TotemPoles #NativeArt #NativeCulture #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousSovereignty #culture #IndigenousArt #RespectAncestors #FirstPeoples #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCCoast #GalentinesWeek #RoadTrip
#namgisnation #namgisterritory #umista #Longhouse #firstnations #cultural #alertbay #cormorantisland #namgis #totempoles #nativeart #nativeculture #indigenousculture #indigenoussovereignty #culture #Indigenousart #respectancestors #firstpeoples #britishcolumbia #canada #pnw #pacificnorthwest #bccoast #galentinesweek #roadtrip
Dr Sara E Cannon · @surlyscientist
284 followers · 28 posts · Server ecoevo.socialFinally Kelly Speck (#Namgis First Nation) explained how #TraditionalKnowledge about #CulturallySignificant sites has empowered her Nation to work with industry in support of #salmon #conservation https://www.watershedfuturesinitiative.com/kelly-speck-presentation
#namgis #traditionalknowledge #culturallysignificant #salmon #conservation #ids #idsov