First Nations Pedagogy Dialogue

Aboriginal History of British Columbia

Includes many original photographs from various BC regions

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/main.htm

“In the days before the City of Vancouver grew on the land of the Salish, the narrowing of the inlet now marked by the Lions Gate Bridge was an area that was teeming with schools of herring and the orcas that chased them for food. The area was rich with eagles and salmon, and rich with the culture and traditions of the Salish people. It was, and still is, a site of great energy and enormous significance to the Salish.” - Susan Point

http://www.storyscapes.ca/multimedia.htm

Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre offers an interactive and informative introduction to the actual centre in Whistler, BC but also to the local First Nations history of the region.

http://www.slcc.ca/

Andrew Scott’s descriptive blog on the Aboriginal History (Musqueam, Squamish, Kwantlen, etc.) of Greater Vancouver, British Columbia

http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/aborigina-history.asp/

Excellent blog by Kat Norris on First Nations Activism in my neck of the woods, British Columbia.

http://indigenousaction.blogspot.com/

Heartwretching pictures ofFirst Nations people being driven from their land, Khatsalano - which is now “yuppieville” - the posh neighbourhood of Kitsilano. Imagine what it would be like now if PreColonial ways had been embraced instead of squelched by the colonizers!

PHOTO OF CHIEF ANDREW AND HIS SON READYING TO LEAVE THEIR BELOVED KHATSALANO (RIGHT).

FIRST NATIONS OF THE KHATSALANO AREA .. BEING SHIPPED AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. (LEFT BELOW)

(above) KITSILANO AFTER A FEW YEARS OF COLONIZATION (1920 or so)

(below) KITSILANO TODAY - WHERE DID THE SACREDNESS GO??