Yearly Archives: 2022

This Time 17 Years Ago – December 2005

2022-12-16T22:47:32+00:00

Aboriginal hunt closes portion of park Residents of Sidney Island concerned over unsupervised hunt of fallow deer BY LARRY PYNN CanWest News Service    A portion of a national park has been closed to the public for the first time in B.C. specifically to allow an aboriginal hunt for fallow deer, an imported species that is damaging vegetation on Sidney Island.    A 160-hectare portion of Sidney Spit. within the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, is closed to the public through Feb. 28 to allow the aboriginal hunt.    Nineteen native Indian bands lay claim to portions of the Gulf Islands, ranging from [...]

This Time 17 Years Ago – December 20052022-12-16T22:47:32+00:00

WLC advocates for Hunting rights through community consultation & position paper

2023-06-15T07:14:10+00:00

WLC continues to advocate for Hunting rights through community consultation & position paper The W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council (WLC) has finished many months of work gathering the stories, perspectives, and experiences of W̱SÁNEĆ people who exercise their right to hunt. All of this data has, for the first time, been collected and outlined in a position paper.   This document, the W̱SÁNEĆ Position Paper on W̱SÁNEĆ Hunting Rights, was developed in conversation with community and includes stories from the W̱SÁNEĆ Hunters Committee and Hunters Conference, interviews stored in databases, and historical research into infringements on Douglas Treaty rights. This Hunting Position Paper [...]

WLC advocates for Hunting rights through community consultation & position paper2023-06-15T07:14:10+00:00

W̱SÁNEĆ Hunters Reclaim Traditional Land Management Activities on Sidney Island

2024-06-17T20:44:16+00:00

W̱SÁNEĆ Hunters Reclaim Traditional Land Management Activities on Sidney Island  The W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council is hosting several hunting trips to Sidney Island as part of an ongoing effort to restore the Island’s native species. Shown above: Knowledge Holders and Youth during a Hunting Trip on Sidney Island this fall. W̱SÁNEĆ Land Management Practices Maintained Ecological Balance Prior to colonialism, W̱SÁNEĆ people practiced numerous land management practices as part of the sacred responsibility to care for plant and animal relatives. Practices such as Traditional Hunting & Fishing, and Prescriptive Burns all helped to ensure the land, plants, animals and subsequently [...]

W̱SÁNEĆ Hunters Reclaim Traditional Land Management Activities on Sidney Island2024-06-17T20:44:16+00:00

Meet Eryn Rogers

2022-12-07T21:54:45+00:00

Meet Eryn Rogers, the new Policy and Negotiation Analyst for the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council Read the transcript below to learn more about Eryn and the work she'll be doing to change legislation and policies to better reflect and create space for Indigenous rights and self-determination. Interviewer: Can you tell me a bit about who you are and where you're from? ÍY SȻÁĆEL, my name is Eryn Rogers. I am of English, Scottish and Welsh Heritage, but was born and raised in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the rohe (traditional territories) of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Ahiwaru - Waiohua, [...]

Meet Eryn Rogers2022-12-07T21:54:45+00:00

W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council releases 5-year Strategic Plan

2024-09-14T00:07:00+00:00

W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council releases 5-year strategic plan On May 7, 2018, the leadership of Tsartlip, Tseycum, and Tsawout* came together to form the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council Society (WLC) in order to strengthen their position on shared issues within W̱SÁNEĆ territory. On July 14th, 2022 WLC further reinforced the collective vision and intentions through the creation of a 5-year strategic plan. Prior to the formation of the WLC, multiple layers of government and corporations benefited from the artificial separation of W̱SÁNEĆ people through the reserve system. Accordingly, the resulting infringements on W̱SÁNEĆ territory and breaches of Douglas Treaty Rights were [...]

W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council releases 5-year Strategic Plan2024-09-14T00:07:00+00:00

This Time 38 Years Ago – November 1984

2022-11-23T22:51:51+00:00

Council reneges on deal, charges Tsawout leader By Grania Litwin    The Tsawout Indian band wants Central Saanich Council to follow through on a deal made in 1968.    “The Indian people should be able to make a living off our land just like our non-Indian neighbors do,” said band councilor Gus Underwood Jr.    “Or is it the municipality’s intention to force the Indians to a lifestyle of welfare and unemployment?”    He was referring to a decision to stall a 92-unit trailer park development proposed by his father, Gus Underwood.    Council’s Committee-of-the-whole voted to ask for a comprehensive development plan for the [...]

This Time 38 Years Ago – November 19842022-11-23T22:51:51+00:00

This Time 57 Years Ago – November 1965

2023-06-15T07:17:34+00:00

Supreme Court Rules Douglas Treaty Valid Rights of Indians Upheld Game Laws Do Not Apply By PATRICK O’NEILL Island Editor B.C. game laws do not apply to Indians on Vancouver Island, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday.    This is a complete victory for Island Indians, in a case that has travelled the long road on the highest court in Canada from a Nanaimo magistrate’s court trial of two Indians.    And the men who started the whole process, Indian hunters Clifford White and David Bob, were among the last to learn the supreme court’s decision.    Mr. Bob at Nanoose, and [...]

This Time 57 Years Ago – November 19652023-06-15T07:17:34+00:00

Meet Shelly Selivanov

2022-11-24T20:54:45+00:00

Meet Shelly Selivanov, the QENTOL, YEN / W̱SÁNEĆ Marine Guardians' new SRKW Marine Biologist Learn more about Shelly and the work she'll be doing with the Marine Guardians to help save the KELL̵OLEMEĆEN. Click play to view the short video, or read the transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swiYpGeR1NA Interviewer: Can you tell us a bit about who you are and where you’re from? My name is Shelly Selivanov and I was born in Israel, but at a young age my family moved to Ontario where I lived in Anishinaabe territory till I was about 18 years old. And since I was little, [...]

Meet Shelly Selivanov2022-11-24T20:54:45+00:00

The W̱LC invites you to attend an upcoming Urban Forests and Biodiversity workshop

2022-11-22T22:19:17+00:00

The W̱LC invites you to attend an upcoming Urban Forests and Biodiversity workshop. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Tsawout First Nation Auditorium. Those interested in attending are asked to please register by filling out the form below: Click here to register! RECENT POSTS Leave Us Your Feedback Here

The W̱LC invites you to attend an upcoming Urban Forests and Biodiversity workshop2022-11-22T22:19:17+00:00

The W̱LC invites you to attend the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation Hunters Meeting

2022-11-17T19:37:20+00:00

The W̱LC invites you to attend the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation Hunters Meeting on Tuesday, November 29th. The meeting is being held at the Saanich Fairgrounds Poplar room (upper level) and will run from 5 pm - 8 pm. Dinner will be served. RECENT POSTS Leave Us Your Feedback Here

The W̱LC invites you to attend the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation Hunters Meeting2022-11-17T19:37:20+00:00
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