📣 Calling W̱SÁNEĆ Women! Join us for the next Women's Gathering on Galiano Island from October 4-6. 🦋 If you are interested, please fill out this short form to let us know: https://forms.gle/CUX2hMqYziNfXoUh9 Submissions are due by September 25th. We look forward to seeing you there! 🪞🕊️🤍✨ RECENT POSTS How are we doing? Leave Us Your Feedback Here
Youth Continued Revitalization of Reef Net Fishing in Summer 2024 For the fifth year in a row, W̱SÁNEĆ youth participated in the revitalization of reef net fishing (SX̱OLE) – a traditional fishing technology outlawed by the colonial government in the 1900s. Each year since 2020, youth participating in the program have worked under the mentorship of Knowledge Keepers including XEMŦOLTW̱ to revitalize SX̱OLE. This year’s reef net deployment took place on August 14th, 2024. Read More RECENT POSTS How are we doing? Leave Us Your Feedback Here
Noisy Children in Classroom Music to Teachers’ Ears BRENTWOOD, B.C. (CP) A steadily rising noise level was a measure of success for a four-week summer course for Indian children at Tsartlip school, near this community 15 miles north of Victoria. The sound of voices was music to the ears of the three teachers and six teen-age volunteers working on the program, because the first day the children did not make a sound, one teacher said. About 50 children participated in the program designed to accustom pre-schoolers, and some school-age children who have been doing poorly, to a classroom, to get [...]
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Design the WLTS Logo! We're looking for creative minds to design the new logo for the W̱SÁNEĆ Lands Trust Society. 🗓 Contest Dates: Aug 21 - Sept 23 🏆 Prize: $750 ✨ Winner Announced: Sept 27 Submit your design via email (wlc@remarkablecommunications.com) or text (250-999-1745). Preference given to Coast Salish artists and digitized artwork. For more details, visit supportlandback.com. Include a short bio, design description, contact info, and a 1000x1000 px PNG of your logo. Good luck! RECENT POSTS How are we doing? Leave Us Your Feedback Here
Chief seeks new direction for Tsartlip Don Tom wants his First Nation to move away from ‘managing poverty’ and become more sustainable. Growing up on the Tsartlip reserve in Brentwood Bay, Don Tom’s first audiences were his big family. At one Christmas gathering, his father Chris Tom recalled, the youngest Tom boy stood on a chair and gave a particularly dramatic speech. The years of theater camps, school plays and improv performances that followed might have been unusual for the trades-focused family, but they prepared Tom for his most important public role. Tom, 31, was elected Chief of the Tsartlip [...]
Youth Continued Revitalization of Reef Net Fishing in Summer 2024 For the fifth year in a row, W̱SÁNEĆ youth participated in the revitalization of reef net fishing (SX̱OLE) – a traditional fishing technology outlawed by the colonial government in the 1900s. SX̱OLE is a highly effective fishing technology whereby two anchored canoes suspend a handmade net in between them to catch salmon. SX̱OLE was practiced freely by generations of W̱SÁNEĆ people before the colonial government banned the practice. According to reef net expert, W̱SÁNEĆ Elder, and UVic Indigenous Education advisor XEMŦOLTW̱ (Nick Claxton), “the reef net did two [...]
This time of year is traditionally known as ĆENŦÁWEN. ĆENŦÁWEN ĆȽ ENÁ TÁĆEL TŦE SȽEMEW̱ĆEḴSOT TŦE STOLU ȻNIȽs LÁSETs TŦE STOLU E TŦE SĆÁNEW̱Ȼs TÍYELs. ȻNIȽs ŦOṈs TŦE ÁYET TW̱E ŚELEṈ E TŦE ȾEMEȻE ȻNIȽs ELXOTEṈs TŦE XIW̱E ṈÁLṈELs TŦE ȾEMEȻE. ȻȽ YÁ IȾȽOṈESET TŦE SȻÁĆEL ȻNIȽs YÁ,s TŦE SWO,EU,LES ŦOṈ EMNIEṈ E TŦE SMÍEŦ. NIȽs YÁ,s TŦE SȽENȽÁNI ELXOTEṈ TŦE KEXMIN ȻNIȽ ŚW̱HÁQs TŦE W̱ILṈEW̱E TŦE SMIȽE ȻȽ ENÁ, W̱ḰELWEȽ TŦE SJELW̱EṈ. ĆENŦÁWEN-THE COHO SALMON RETURN TO THE EARTH This moon marks the arrival of the Coho Salmon. WEATHER The first rains begin to break the drought [...]
Chief Don Tom Discusses WLC Updates & Initiatives In this series of insightful videos, Chief Don Tom shares important updates and initiatives, from the launch of the exclusive W̱SÁNEĆ Community Portal and the introduction of the W̱SÁNEĆ SQTO podcast to the inspiring revival of the Reef Net tradition led by W̱SÁNEĆ youth. These videos offer an overview of some of the recent efforts being made by the WLC. Dive into these videos to stay connected with the latest developments and the ongoing work of the WLC. Join the W̱SÁNEĆ Community Portal The W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council invites all [...]
Meet WILWÍ MI, EH (Sakora Morris), a proud member of the Tsartlip First Nation and a rising soccer star who is just weeks away from making her lifelong dream a reality! ⚽🌟✈️ 💬 “It’s always been my dream… When I was younger, I always wanted to be a pro soccer player, so having the opportunity to be recruited to go play in the UK is one of my biggest accomplishments.” ✈️✨ Learn more about Sakora’s journey and the support from her family and community that helped her achieve this milestone. Who are you, and where are you from? My [...]
