Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Archeologist Christine Roberts’ work takes her up densely forested mountainsides and down coastal beaches as she delves into the lives of her First Nations ancestors.
Continue reading Delving into the lives of her First Nations ancestorsCanada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
British Columbia’s West Coast is a hotbed of activity when it comes to ancient aquaculture. First Nations cultivated clam gardens for millennia along the Pacific coast, modifying coastal beaches to create optimal habitat for the mollusks, boost production and feed their people, research indicates. But Indigenous clam production on Quadra Island — located between the B.C. coast and Vancouver Island in the territories of the Laich-Kwil-Tach First Nations and northern Coast Salish — was especially intensive, said researchers Dana Lepofsky and Christine Roberts.
Continue reading Quadra Island’s clam gardensEditor’s note: The Tlowitsis are a Kwakwaka’wakw nation, whose traditional lands are between Alert Bay and Sayward, on Vancouver Island, but also extend northward into the mainland inlets.
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tlowitsis First Nation has recorded 370 archaeological sites within their traditional territories spread around the coast of northern Vancouver Island, Johnstone Strait and mainland inlets
Continue reading Tlowitsis First Nation records 370 archaeological sites
Achaeology 102: the BC edition of the Science of Once and Future Things.
It’s fascinating to think about how human civilization evolved. In Archaeology 102: The Science of Once and Future Things BC edition professor and neighbour Dr. Brian Hayden, archaeologist, takes us through thousands of years of human history and what it can tell us about the peoples of BC.
Continue reading Archaeology 102: the BC editionthe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The pandemic highlights the need to be self-reliant for Jess Housty (‘Cúagilákv).
Continue reading Gardening & Self reliance among the Haíɫzaqv Nation
