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Indigenous Place Names: təmtəmíxʷtən
In honour of BC’s beautiful forests and shorelines, I’m sharing an addition to our blog posts on Indigenous place names! təmtəmíxʷtən — also known as Belcarra Regional Park — is a traditional village site of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. It’s located along the shoreline where Rocky Point Inlet joins with səlilwət/Burrard Inlet, across the water from Whey-ah-Wichen/Cates Park and Deep Cove. Whey-ah-Wichen is also a traditional village site, which I hope to highlight in a future p
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Mar 3
Healer of the Water Monster
For Part Two of our Indigenous Children’s Book Series, I am excited to highlight Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young. Brian Young is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and received his Master’s from Columbia University. Since graduating, he has worked as an author, filmmaker, and personal trainer. Published as Young’s debut novel in 2022, Healer of the Water Monster follows a young Navajo boy named Nathan on an unexpected journey to save a Water Monster. As s
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Feb 9
The Hopeful Defiance Of Rita Joe, Poet Laureate of The Mi’kmaq People
" Poetry is a particularly compelling literary form for comforting the ruptures of history and the fragmenting effects of settler colonialism. Poetry distills the rage, pain, and defiance of indigenous people, who remain under ideological and physical assault by the settler population that so often insist that our continued existence is an effort and an impossibility.” - Daniel Heath Justice, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter Through this quote, Daniel Heath Justice discuss
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Feb 2
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