TWN looks to expand reserve, move ahead on development

Above: TWN Chief Leah George-Wilson. File photo.

Tsleil-Waututh Nation is looking to expand its reserve by asking for the return 45 acres of its ancestral lands. 

The nation has filed an Addition to Reserve request with Canada, hoping to gain back official ownership … Read More

Snuneymuxw to host Tribal Canoe Journeys in 2020

Above: Tribal Journeys wrapped up at Lummi Nation in 2019. Photo by Todd Peacey. 

Snuneymuxw will host Tribal Canoe Journeys in 2020, as hundreds of paddlers from near and far are expected to make their final stop at the nation.  

The nation has announced it’s working … Read More

Cross-Pacific Indigenous art exhibit connects cultures, people

Photo: Tarah Hogue, Senior Curatorial Fellow of Indigenous Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery, speaks about the institution’s new “Transits and Returns” exhibit, which runs until Feb. 23.

An exhibit now on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery is showcasing Indigenous artists and curators from all corners of … Read More

VIFW opens with red dress event honouring MMIWG2

Photo: Lorelei Williams, front, raises a fist with a group of other Indigenous women during VIFW’s red dress event on Monday. Williams, who wore a dress by Ay Lelum, was one of the event’s MCs.

Photos and story by Cara … Read More

Blue cabin residency hosts Coast Salish weavers

Above: The Blue Cabin under construction. Photo by Henri Robideau.

Coast Salish weavers are making their temporary home in a floating seaside cabin as part of a yearlong art program in Vancouver. 

The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency involves five artists who will take turns working in a historic structure that was recently moved to the shores … Read More

VIU carpentry students help build homes at Malahat Nation

Photo: VIU

Carpentry students from Vancouver Island University are gaining real-world experience by building homes at Malahat Nation. 

The partnership between VIU and Malahat began in 2014 when Chief George Harry Jr. was a foundations carpentry student at the school’s Cowichan campus. 

Since the project’s inception, … Read More

Snuneymuxw language-keeper featured by Google Earth

Above: yutustanaat Mandy Jones at Hwsaaqw’um (Holland Creek) during the final stages of documenting for the Google Earth Voyager project. Photo by Brian Thom.

Yutustanaat (Mandy Jones) of Snuneymuxw First Nation is being featured by Google Earth as part of the UN’s International Year … Read More

Language, culture at focus of new Snuneymuxw school

By Julie Chadwick

An innovative new school that blends Snuneymuxw teachings with school district curriculum has opened its doors to K-7 students.

The Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh School welcomed both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in September with a focus on Hul’q’umi’num’ … Read More

Creating a Coast Salish Symphony with Rob the Viking

Above, from left: Rob the Viking, Sophia Seward-Good, William Good and Aunalee Boyd-Good in ‘the Chamber’ studio in Nanaimo. Photo by Raymond Knight.

By Aunalee Boyd-Good 

When my sister Sophia and I first embarked on a journey to create original music for our … Read More

Squamish choreographer brings Coast Salish stories to life

Photo: Sierra Tasi Basker (Gesuqwaluck) of Squamish Nation in a dress by Sans Soucie and earrings by Giggy’s Beads. Photo by Cara McKenna.

When Sierra Tasi Baker (Gesuqwaluck) was a child, she recalls going to a museum with her parents shortly after … Read More