Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…In this section Introduction Fishing Since Time Immemorial Coast Salish Harvesting Methods The introduction of canneries and a wage-based economy The creation of an Aboriginal “food fishery” Aboriginal fisheries…
Cedar
…Cedar is a well-known symbol of the Northwest Coast. For thousands of years, coastal First Nations in British Columbia have the versatile wood in many aspects of their lives.1…
Totem Poles
…example, some Kwakwaka’wakw families of northern Vancouver Island belonging to the Thunderbird Clan will feature a Thunderbird crest and familial legends on their poles. Other common crests among coastal First…
Global Actions
…Peoples to smaller organizations, such as the Coast Salish Gathering, that reunite cultural groups divided by political borders. The first major period of international organizing among Aboriginal populations occurred during…
Reserves
…on the reserve, which means band members do not “own” the minerals found there. Coastal waters and tidal lands do not form part of the reserve either in most cases….
Indian Status
…Interior, Annual Report for the year ended 30th June, 1876 (Parliament, Sessional Papers, No. 11, 1877), p. xiv. 3 Aboriginal Rights Coalition, What Have You Heard? Victoria: Aboriginal Rights Coalition,…
Oral Traditions
…Us,” in Be of Good Mind: Essays on the Coast Salish, ed. Bruce Granville Miller (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007), 82. 4 Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson, eds., The Oral History…
About Indigenous Foundations
…Learning Enhancement Fund. About the banner The banner features the image of a a paddle from the Heiltsuk Nation, based on the central coast of what is now British Columbia….
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…to plague us, reinforced by dominant cases that coalesce prostitution and Aboriginal women into a single entity. Contemporary Canadian society dismisses violence against Aboriginal women and girls today on the…
