PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
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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
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On the grounds of the now demolished St. Michael's residential school.
#EveryChildMatters #Umista #NamgisNation #NamgisTerritory #ResidentialSchools #NeverAgain #IndigenousLivingHistory #OrangeShirt #NativeKids #Community #memorial #PayingRespect #BritishColumbia #Canada #PNW #BCCoast #PacificNorthwest
#everychildmatters #umista #namgisnation #namgisterritory #residentialschools #neveragain #indigenouslivinghistory #orangeshirt #nativekids #community #memorial #payingrespect #britishcolumbia #canada #pnw #bccoast #pacificnorthwest