Captain Chickite, of #WeWaiKai First Nation, and wife, were kind enough to charter the flotilla trip for us, from #CampbellRiver through the Discovery Islands.
Leading the fish farms out of BC waters flotilla:
#Laichwiltach hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse (George Quocksister Jr.).
https://www.nationalobserver.com/podcast/salmon-people/occupation
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laich-kwil-tach
Chiefs who came to support:
#Homalco Hereditary & Council Chief Darren Blaney (Married to MP Rachel Blaney).
https://www.homalco.com/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-landslide-science-tsunami-earthquake-1.6075933
Bill Wilson(Kwak'wala name, Puglaas) hereditary Chief of the #Musgamgw #Tsawataineuk & part of Laich-kwil-tach, which are part of the #Kwagiulth & #Kwakwakawakw First Peoples. Married to 2nd wife, Bev Sellars, a Chief of the #Xatsull First Nation. Father of Jody Wilson-Raybould, lawyer & former MP. Bill was the first Indigenous BC Chief to travel to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Trudeau (Pierre) to negotiate & draft 1st & only amendment to Canada's constitution in 1982(Section 35).
He helped found BC First Nations Congress, which led to creation of BC Treaty Commission (signed by Wilson, Harcourt & Mulroney).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(chief)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawataineuk_First_Nation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jody-wilson-raybould-reconciling-history-1.7364336
#RedHuckleberry grows from dead tree stump.
#Kwakwakawakw ppls boiled #huckleberries w/salmon spawn in cedar boxes & sealed tops of boxes with eulachon & skunk cabbage leaves to preserve berries for months.
#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion
From last Friday.
#Bison #meatballs with #pasta & #GarlicBread from https://naxidpub.ca/
#PortHardy’s #NaxIdPub is located on the #traditional lands of the #Kwakwa̱ka̱wakw - owned & operated by the #GwasalaNakwaxdaxw #FirstNations
My friend and old neighbor, Jamie Gentry, just won an award for her work as a beader and moccasin maker. Her work is absolutely gorgeous, and she deserves all of the recognition and promotion!
#IndigenousArtist #kwakwakawakw #beading #moccasins #Indigenous