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Keeping watch over the birthplace place of Tseshaht
A thick layer of fog wrapped around the Broken Group Islands on an early morning in late-July. It acted like a veil, withholding the beauty of the islands’ white sandy beaches, rocky outcrops, and the surrounding turquoise waters.
The region is a mecca for kayakers and boaters alike who…
2021 Nuu-chah-nulth Graduation Celebration
In recognition of this year's graduates, here is the 2021 Nuu-chah-nulth Graduation Celebration for Secondary and Post-Secondary students. (Mike Watts video)
Carving a totem pole for Opitsaht
Most families from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation had four totem poles displayed in front of their homes before European settlers arrived on the west coast in the late-1700s.
When a woman married into a tribe, a totem pole was raised to depict her family’s history. It would stand next to…
Maaqtuisiis Secondary School celebrates class of 2021 with 20 graduates
Excitement was in the air as Ahousaht’s graduating class of 2021 prepared for the first indoor celebration since the pandemic struck more than a year ago.
The Commencement Ceremony took place on the school track, allowing more people to enjoy the celebration in the larger, outdoor space…
Event for Lisa Marie Young
On June 26 dozens of people – most wearing orange shorts in recognition of residential school survivors and victims – progressed from the RCMP detachment to Maffeo Sutton Park at Nanaimo’s waterfront. The Indigenous dance group Butterflies in Spirit held a performance, followed by speakers…
Children discovered in Kamloops honored at former Alberni residential school site
News of the remains of 215 undocumented children unearthed at the Kamloops Indian Residential School continues to reverberate through Nuu-chah-nulth communities, prompting the Ditidaht Ha’wiih to venture to another former site to make a statement.
‘Bring peace to Lisa’: Police continue with investigation using new techniques
Although Lisa Marie Young went missing 19 years ago, Nanaimo police have encountered new information into her disappearance over the last year and a half.
A press conference was held today at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, where family members of the Tla-o-qui-aht woman and police…
Tla-o-qui-aht team shapes a new generation of surfers
A group of youth from the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation waded into the ocean along the beach in front of Esowista, near Tofino. Clad in wetsuits, some clumsily gripped onto surf boards while others proudly carried boogie boards overhead.
The waves were choppy and inconsistent, but the youth…
Ahousaht to search grounds of former residential school for unmarked graves
The grounds of the former Ahousaht Indian Residential School are now cleared of all buildings as the first nation begins prepping the site for a new healing center. But in the wake of news of hundreds of undocumented remains found at the former Kamloops residential school site, the nation will…
Land-based learning integrates into schools along the west coast
When reflecting on this past school year, Nancy Logan said COVID-19 gave her students at Haahuupayak Elementary School an added bonus of “survival education.”
Located within the community of Tseshaht First Nation in Port Alberni, many of the school’s students are dealing with…
Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks thanks Tofino businesses for becoming allies
As Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardians sang and drummed outside Gaia Grocery in Tofino, owner Amorita Adair was swept by emotions.
Through tears and a wide smile, she watched as the guardians thanked her for becoming a Tribal Parks ally in January.
“You helped us through our COVID…
Children discovered in Kamloops honored at former Alberni residential school site
News of the remains of 215 undocumented children unearthed at the Kamloops Indian Residential School continues to reverberate through Nuu-chah-nulth communities, prompting the Ditidaht Ha’wiih to venture to another former site to make a statement.
Since the discovery was announced by the…