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Beau is working on weaving a headband for a cedar woven hat that he just sold.

Please support #Indigenous artists.
https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #Stzuminus #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Weaving #cedar #FirstNations #Ladysmith #Chemainus #Nanaimo #Art #FibreArts #NativeMastodon

Close-up of a person's hands weaving a basket from pliable strips of natural material that is soaking in a water bath. The tightly woven basket is in progress with the base held secure by a black clip. The surrounding area has visible dried pieces of the weaving material.

Beau is still working on the shawl.
This was an earlier update on my #SocialBC account:
https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity/113909421140288899

It's come a long way since that update! Looking really beautiful!

Please support my companion. Mixed #Indigenous artist & knowledge keeper/educator.
www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #Stzuminus #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Weaving #cedar #wool #FirstNations #Ladysmith #Chemainus #Nanaimo #Art #FibreArts #NativeMastodon

Medium shot of Indigenous weaving piece hanging taking up the center of the frame. The top of the hanging is suspended by twine from a gray metal pole, likely part of a tent frame or awning structure. The hanging comprises a thick, woven band, from which hang alternating strands of thick, white rope with fluffy tassels and narrower strips of tanned leather and knotted brown cord. The visual texture is varied due to the different materials. The backdrop is a cluttered outdoor scene, including a partial view of a large RV to the right, and a workbench with various camping supplies, tools beneath and to the left. The lighting is natural daylight, with some areas in shadow.

BTS shot from the past #OllieAndEmma #TelusOptik #RomCom #Webseries #FilmProduction that I managed & wore a few different crew hats on. This photo was taken from #Songhees Wellness Center, where some scenes were shot.
2016.

https://ollieandemma.ca/

#YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BCFilm #YYJFilm #Filmmaking #FilmProducers #WomenInFilm #VancouverIslandFilm #FlashbackFriday #IndigenousBC #IndigenousInFilm #BehindTheScenes #POCInFilm #AsianMastodon #RepresentationMatters

Medium shot of five people posing in front of a beige brick wall, evenly lit. A man, off-center to the left, is making a comical face. Four women surround him, all smiling broadly. Composition suggests a candid, informal setting. The text "Ollie & Emma BTS - Songhees" is superimposed on the bottom center of the image, providing context.

A walk in the woods, with Beau's #cedar #woven #raven #hat.
Photos he sent me from his outing to Shawnigan Lake yesterday.

https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Kwakiutl #Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarTreeOfLife #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC #weaving #CustomArt #CommissionedArt #handcarved #handwoven

A photo showing a cedar woven Coast Salish hat adorned with a carved raven's head perched atop a wooden pole, displayed outdoors, with a blurred background of a forest environment. The hat is light brown/beige & densely woven, with cedar strip strands fringed on both sides of the raven head face carving. The raven carving is pale pinkish beige, with an open beak & an intricate Coast Salishan eye design.

Close up of cedar woven Coast Salish hat adorned with a carved raven's head perched atop a wooden pole, displayed outdoors, with a blurred background of a forest environment. The hat is light brown/beige & densely woven, with cedar strip strands fringed on both sides of the raven head face carving. The raven carving is pale pinkish beige, with an open beak & an intricate Coast Salishan eye design.
Front facing the camera.

My friend Beau's latest creation.
A gorgeous #cedar #weaved #hat with a #raven head. Custom made for a #Kwakiutl educator, (from the Raven Clan) in Campbell River.
First photo is of the hat on a worktable.
Second photo is of the hat with a starry skies edit by me.

https://www.beauwagner.ca/

#Indigenous #Art #WearableArt #NativeArt #FirstNations #Woodcarving #CedarWoven #handmade #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #IndigenousArt #VanIsle #Canada #IndigenousBC

A cedar raven head carving attached to a woven cedar hat is on a table. Around it are scattered tools & materials, including scissors, a file, sandpaper, a wooden bowl & some colorful papers.

Low-angle close-up shot of a Coast Salish Indigenous cedar wood carving against a deep blue night skies background. The subject is a detailed raven's head & face. The raven is tan with a visible wood grain texture. It is attached to a cedar woven hat with some woven fiber fringe that drapes around the raven's head. The blue background includes a faint layer of white clouds right above the horizon. Sprinkled throughout the blue is an effect of twinkling stars in different sizes.

A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to their traditional territories and financial compensation.

Chief Mike Maquinna, a descendent of #ChiefMaquinna who met British explorer Capt. James Cook in 1776, says the claim in #BCSupremeCourt seeks to return decision-making, resource and ecological stewardship to the #Mowachaht / #Muchalalaht First Nation.

He says the province has been acting as the sole decision-making authority in the #GoldRiver / #Tahsis areas of northern #VancouverIsland especially with regards to the forest resource, without the consent of his nation.

Hereditary Chief Jerry Jack says the claim filed today seeks title to about 66,000 hectares of land from #FriendlyCove to Tahsis in the north and #ButtleLake in the east, and an undisclosed amount of financial compensation.

https://cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-first-nation-whose-ex-chief-met-capt-cook-files-claim-against-b-c-1228788/

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #IndigenousBC #BCFirstNations #NativeCanada #BCNDP #IndigenousCanada #IndigenousRights #HumanRights #GovernmentOfCanada #NoConsent #Landback #FirstNations #TruthBeforeReconciliation #Reparations #Decolonization #Colonialism #IndigenousJustice #UNDRIP #Legal #BCLaw #CanadianLaw #Lawsuit #Justice

*White men speak with forked tongues*

The federal government is blocking First Nations leaders in British Columbia from participating in consultations to address the badly backlogged Jordan's Principle children's program, CBC Indigenous has learned.

The move came shortly before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) chiefs' meeting in Ottawa last week, where he touted his past pledge to find "a new way of working together" that includes "welcoming you to be part of the conversations."

However, federal lawyers had just withheld consent for the B.C.-based First Nations Leadership Council to take part in the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal-ordered talks, citing what the government called "practical reasons" — prompting some leaders to condemn the disconnect.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7406446

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #IndigenousBC #BCFirstNations #NativeCanada #IndigenousCanada #IndigenousRights #HumanRights #GovernmentOfCanada #NoConsent #IndigenousChildren #NativeKids #JordansPrinciple #FirstNations

Watching an Indigenous friend work on a small carving on piece of cedar scrap wood. He gets free cutoffs from some local mills & carves small artworks with them.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #Handcarving #Woodcarving #Woodwork #NativeWoodcarvers #TraditionalArt #CulturalArt #Cedar #photography

A close-up image of a shirt-less man, wearing a wood beaded necklace and carving a detailed Coast Salish Indigenous design into a small wooden cedar plank. The artist uses a small carving tool while holding the wood steady with their fingers. Their hands show signs of experience, with a tattooed red star visible on one hand. The background is outdoors, in an open natural area.

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #NativeCanada #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #IndigenousCanada #handmade #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #ButeInlet #ImOnABoat #VancouverIsland #CoastalBC #BCCoast #Cascadia #Salishan #PNW #Comox #photography

A cedar woven hat sits on a surface, featuring a prominent eagle feather attached at the top, with beading around the brim & wrapped around eagle feather tip.
Several carved cedar paddles of varying shapes and sizes are arranged in front of the hat. The background includes hints of a fishing boat environment with ropes and containers.

Tsahaukuse, George Quocksister Jr. is a #HereditaryChief of the #Laichkwiltach Nation and the son of Elizabeth and George Quocksister. He is a passionate advocate for the protection of #WildSalmon as a crucial part of his culture and the food security of his people, and is working to ban the practice of #SalmonFarming on the west coast. He lives in Campbell River, BC.

This is from our 2020 #DiscoveryIslands flotilla protest & restocking patrol with George & 2 other BC Indigenous Chiefs(Darren Blaney & Bill Wilson) from North Island regions.

The fight to get fish farms out of BC waters started in the late 80s & continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/video-appears-to-show-disfigured-farmed-salmon-1.4261637

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #SalmonPeople #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmental

George holding up a bright neon sign that reads:

When the salmon return to rivers to spawn the bears, eagles, lots of critters bring the carcass into forests to feed on. This creates a nitrogen cycle which makes the forest grow. Which creates the air we breathe. Without the salmon Earth will die. There is a lot of science proof out there that says just that.

Homalco Chief Darren Blaney & George Quocksister Jr, on fishing boat, facing the ocean & islands, wearing their Wild Salmon forever long-sleeved shirts. Darren in red, holding a wood salmon sign that reads, Test Me For Piscine Reovirus. George in black, wearing his cedar weaved hereditary Chief hat with beaded brim & eagle feather & holding a wooden salmon sign.

With #Namgis #FirstNation crew at 2022 #WildSalmon #flotilla #protest in #Tofino. This flotilla was led by Namgis Chief, Ernest Alfred - in the middle of photo.

Our boat captain is on far right, Willie Mitchell, Indigenous former #NHL player. I was invited to join Namgis leaders boat for this flotilla.

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #monochrome

Black and white photo.
Group on boat wearing Indigenous ceremony attire & holding up fish farms out protest signs

Captain Chickite, of #WeWaiKai First Nation, and wife, were kind enough to charter the flotilla trip for us, from #CampbellRiver through the Discovery Islands.

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #Indigenous #VanIsle #Kwakwa̱ka̱wakw #Kwakiutl #CapeMudge

George Glocksister Jr, Bill Wilson, Darren Blaney & Captain Chickite. On the Chickite family's commercial fishing boat - The Marinet.

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

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #IndigenousSovereignty #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCTreatyCommission #BrokenPromises #BrokenTreaties #IndigenousRights #DemandMPAs

One of the new Indigenous friends that I made at the ribbon skirt workshop this weekend, Kecia, is a fellow weirdo Aquarian & from Namgis First Nation in Alert Bay. Although we just met, I've met some of her family from her birthplace prior - it was really cool to chat about those unexpected connections.

Kecia brought this bag that her niece, Brianna Dick, made. It's a gorgeous #PurpleCamas #CoastSalish design.
Brianna has an #OnlineStore where you can see/buy some of her #handmade #Indigenous #ArtsAndCrafts
https://briannabearart.bigcartel.com/

#BriannaBearArt is an Indigenous - owned and founded, #Canadian #artist store established in 2020 by Brianna Bear. Based in the traditional territory of the #Lekwungen, place to smoke herring lands of the #Songhees and #Esquimalt nations in #VictoriaBC.

Brianna started first as an artist with more than fifteen plus years of experience. She began learning under her grandfather Skip Dicks younger brother, Butch Dick. Afterwards she branched out into discovering her roots and design through her #cultural connections to Songhees & #Namgis formline design.

Today, working as one of a few Indigenous female artist within her traditional territory of the Songhees people, she has worked on murals, logos, small business designs, small event designs and more!

Brianna believes in telling stories through her design as you will see through this site."

#NativeArtists #YYJ #IndigenousArt #SupportIndigenousWomen #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #VancouverIsland #Camas #VanIsle #Cascadia #Purse #CanvasBag #Stylish #FloralArt #NativeArt #PacificNorthwest #Botanical #PNW

Coast Salish purple camas floral art design on canvas bag.

Friendship welcome #TotemPole carving at #Stólõ #FirstNations reserve office. 2022.

#Stolo aka #Staulo, #Stalo or #Stahlo & commonly referred to in #ethnographic literature as #FraserRiverIndians or #LowerFraserSalish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the #FraserValley & lower #FraserCanyon of #BritishColumbia, #Canada, part of the grouping of #CoastSalish nations. Stó꞉lō is the #Halqemeylem word for "river", so the Stó꞉lō are the #RiverPeople.

#BCFirstNations #Indigenous #Totem #Woodcarving #CedarCarving #PNW #Monochrome #photography #BWphoto #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #WorldInMyEyes #NativeCulture #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #TraditionalArt #IndigenousBC #IndigenousCulture

Friendship welcome totem pole at Stó:lõ First Nations reserve office. 2022. The totem is of a Stó:lõ Indigenous man with right hand extended out. Wearing a weaved skirt & a cone shaped hat. It stands in front of an office building.
Black and white photo.

Please come out & join me & my friends at the 4th annual #IYAḴT #Indigenous #MusicFestival! It will be great fun! Bring your friends & family!

A #free 2 night event for Indigenous & non-Indigenous folks. Celebrate #IndigenousPerformers from across #VancouverIsland who will be performing folk, rock, hip hop & more.
Craft & food vendors on site as well.

Location: #HamptonPark

Friday, July 26 from 6:00 to 8:00pm

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & #Esquimalt
#Drummers & Dancers
6:15-6:45pm A.N.S.W.E.R Drum Group
7:00-8:00pm OTR (Off the Reservation)

Saturday, July 27 from 4:00 to 8:00pm

4:00-4:20 Welcome & #Lekwungen #TraditionalDancers
4:30-5:30 Gary Petterson
5:45-6:30 Paint the Town Red
6:50-8:00 Myc Sharratt

#Wsanec #Saanich #IndigenousMusicians #IndigenousTalent #IndigenousLed #NativeMusicians #YYJevents #YYJFreeEvents #SaanichParks #FamilyFriendly #AccessibleEvent #AllAges #InclusiveEvent #VictoriaBC #IndigenousEvents #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #IndigenousCulture #VancouverIslandEvents #VanIsle #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FirstNations #YYJ #NativeCulture #Grassroots #CommunityCulture #IndigenousBC

Location: Hampton Park

Friday, July 26 6:00 to 8:00pm

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & Esquimalt
Drummers and Dancers
6:15-6:45pm
A.N.S.W.E.R Drum Group
7:00-8:00pm OTR (Off the Reservation)

Saturday, July 27 4:00-8:00pm

4:00-4:20 Welcome & Lekwungen Traditional Dancers
4:30-5:30 Gary Petterson
5:45-6:30 Paint the Town Red
6:50-8:00 Myc Sharratt

https://indiginews.com/news/parents-win-battle-to-have-sons-kwakwala-name-on-birth-certificate?fbclid=IwAR3935SFs_t3IRulSYQ_ChNpqIpUvwgV_x-ZvDV_Y9LBOjlAfJg_x-v0V3Y&mibextid=Zxz2cZ My partner and I had the honour of attending the naming ceremony and feast for this little one and others, including an adult friend receiving her traditional name. Her comment “You witnessed something that changed history for all indigenous people” still brings me to tears. Canada MUST do better. #indigenousbc

Global News BC: Resource firms move ahead with UNDRIP compliance as B.C. legal changes lag https://globalnews.ca/news/9546112/resource-firms-undrip-compliance-bc-legal-changes-lag/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #B.C.AssemblyOfFirstNations #KitasooXai'xaisFirstNation #ConumaResources #BCFirstNations #TahltanNation #UnitedNations #Perspectives #IndigenousBC #Canada #UNDRIP #BC

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