Event Title
Our Island Relatives
Presentation Abstract
STOLȻEȽ (John Elliott) & W̱SÁNEĆ Clam Garden Traditional Knowledge Working Group This session will feature a W̱SÁNEĆ elder and knowledge holder who will speak about our Island relatives and the importance of language to who we are. Language connects what we believe about the islands, what we believe about clams, and what we believe about all the fishes in our territory. This session will include stories and describe our sacred connections to land through language, beliefs, laws and how it relates to aboriginal rights and title and treaty rights.
Session Title
Strengthening Connections to Place in Changing Times: Clam Garden Knowledge, Research, and Stories
Conference Track
Food and Food Security
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Indigenous peoples--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Traditional ecological knowledge--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Mariculture--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Our Island Relatives
2016SSEC
STOLȻEȽ (John Elliott) & W̱SÁNEĆ Clam Garden Traditional Knowledge Working Group This session will feature a W̱SÁNEĆ elder and knowledge holder who will speak about our Island relatives and the importance of language to who we are. Language connects what we believe about the islands, what we believe about clams, and what we believe about all the fishes in our territory. This session will include stories and describe our sacred connections to land through language, beliefs, laws and how it relates to aboriginal rights and title and treaty rights.
