Thursday, January 19, 2017

Special Guest - Xwalacktun

So last Friday's class was really exciting because we had guests. Remember I told you  I was waiting to get permission to use some photos and info.
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/01/guests-wisdom-design-and-carving.html

http://www.xwalacktun.ca


Our Special Guest was:
 Xwalacktun
http://www.xwalacktun.ca/

Have a look at some of the AMAZING work that he creates. http://www.xwalacktun.ca/wood/

We were in for a very special treat! It was great. He was so honest and open and he had us laughing so hard we cried  and inside I was crying about some of the things he said. He had it very hard in public school but it obviously is being expressed through his art now.

Here is some info from his bio

"Xwalacktun was born and raised in Squamish. He carries with him the rich ancestries of his father’s (Squamish Nation) and mother’s (Kwakwakw'wakw Nation) of the Coast Salish clans. His father, Pekultn, carried a hereditary chieftainship from Seymour Creek in North Vancouver. He would like to acknowledge Capilano College and Emily Carr College of Art for teaching him the skills to have a start in his career. His endurance and commitment through trial and error helped propel him forward as an artist."

"Healing, growth and raising an awareness of the environment are central themes in Xwalacktun’s work. By focusing on how the traditional stories relate to his own life, he suggests to us how to use this ancient knowledge to help heal ourselves and our community. The giving out of positive energy and seeing it come back through the young people is the reward that continues to feed his spirit so that he can give back to others"

Here's his bio. http://www.xwalacktun.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/xwalcktunLongBio.pdf

Here's a few photos from class.

http://www.xwalacktun.ca

http://www.xwalacktun.ca


Xwalacktun was rushing off to Germany for BAU 2017 the World's Leading Tradeshow in Architecture, Materials and System .  He was delivering some very special  doors that were going to be displayed. I was grateful that he stopped in to visit and talk with us about our project.
 http://bau-muenchen.com/index-2.html

Contact:
http://www.xwalacktun.ca/contact/ 

This is a really great interview. 
Below are a bunch more. Have a listen! 




Xwa-lack-tun (Rick Harry), Opening Doors Project, 2015 from Emily Carr University on Vimeo.



Water Is Life!! Thanks! You have the best day too!!!
I love watching him carve in this video and the story of the bear was very touching. Thank you for sharing Xwalacktun.





I really love this video where he's carving at the end. It's very calming and relaxing.






Xwa-lack-tun - Traditional Welcome to Coast Salish Territories from Emily Carr University on Vimeo.














Images for Xwalactun - Google Images




Related Links:
http://www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca/Gallery/ArtistPatrons/Xwalacktun/Pages/default.aspx
http://www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca/Gallery/Collection/FrontDoors/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/xwalacktun
https://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2015/master-carver.html
http://www.sfu.museum/time/en/panoramas/beach/xwa-lack-tun-rick-harry/
https://shop.slcc.ca/learn/xwa-lack-tun-rick-harry/
https://harmonyarts.ca/xwalacktun-prints-sale 

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Design Ideas - Abundance-Sustainable- Eco-System-Balance





So last week we were all gathered together and we were discussing the design we are going to create and carve.

We were all taking turns voicing our ideas.

I had some ideas and so I was anxious to share.

It was my turn. I had tried to listen patiently and not just think of what I was going to say when my turn came...but then you know what happened...

When it was my turn a million ideas and thoughts started jamming the airwaves in my mind...and were all forcing there way to the front...I could feel myself searching my mind as I tried to find the exact words to try to describe what I was seeing in my mind.

It was useless. I stopped. I felt annoyed with myself, discouraged.

Then I came home and I have been on a mission ever since to express what was in my mind that day.

First, I drew what was in my heart, got a piece of  wood  and then I carved it https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/01/how-i-spent-my-sunday-carving.html

Then the drawings came fast and furious, I was just looking at things, photos, pictures and drawing. It was like it wasn't me...it was the ancestors. My Gr.Gr grandma Theresa Enos and my Great Grandma Mary Ann Poirier, they were drawing.

Drawing has never been so easy and I was enjoying it so much I just didn't want to stop. It was late at night and everyone was asleep and they were bugging me to quit, turn off the lights and go to sleep to.

 As soon as I woke I went right to work and finished putting the ink on them and then started to paint.

"Paint faster"  voices in my head said. I think it's my grandmothers', they want me to hurry and tell the story....show people the way....

They are guiding me that's for sure and I am doing my best to listen.

"Paint faster" I hear and I tell them "I am going as fast as I can!!" and giggle, tired but happy, content.

It's all good.

Anyways, I photographed each stage and then I put them in Photo Shop and edited them, then put them in Movie Maker and made a little video with music.

I hope you like it. It's just some ideas that I have for a carving we are doing.

My idea just focuses on what Justin has been talking about, "Abundance" and I have been hearing it other places. Indigenous peoples had true sustainable environments. We need to go back and learn how to reap the bounties with out destroying and over harvesting. We must learn to live in harmony. People need to  recognize and give great credit because Indigenous peoples, both men and women, but especially the women were hardworking, strong, that maintained there eco-system through resourcefulness, hunting and gathering and by passing the knowledge and wisdom on to their children. Something that was destroyed by the hate in the Residential Schools and the greed and  ignorant effort to assimilate everyone to colonialism.

So my Great Great Grandmother on my mother's side was (Songhees)- Theresa Elisa Enos - unfortunately I have not yet been able to trace her maiden name- her Indigenous name. My Great Grandmother also on my mother's was Mary Ann Poirier and her Grandmother was Marie Ann Maranda dit Le Frise (Iroquois & Kalapuya ) https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/enos-poirier-ancestry-kalapuya-iroquois.html

Now she was an AMAZING woman..
Early documents in our possession read “… I was married there to Joseph BrulĂ©, a French Canadian and went to Cowlitz and later to Victoria, British Columbia. Lived there till he died and had six children by him … only two are living now, Ellen and Cecile. Two years after my husband died, I married Jean Baptist Vautrin, a Canadian … by Mr Vautrin I had nine children … "
http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/303481881.html

 
There was abundance!!
"The Salish cornucopia includes a great abundance of roots, greens, berries, nuts, apples, seeds, flowers, honey and tree sap, tree bark, fresh plant sprouts, spruce tips, deer, elk, bear, pheasant, ducks, geese, freshwater eel, bullheads, trout, bass, and sea foods including seaweed, crab, seal, whale, sea urchins, mussels and clams, salmon, cod, halibut, and the small fish they call the oolichan. Together these foods and medicines provided a healthy balance of nutrients. "
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/salish-feast-ancient-roots-and-modern-applications

But please read about how they maintained the eco-system and their families and birthrate. See link below.

"As a semi-nomadic people, the Kalapuya(s) lived in permanent winter homes and migrated throughout the Willamette Valley during the warmer months. They traded regularly with their Molalla and Cayuse neighbors as well as other Northern California, Oregon coast, and Columbia River tribes." (Kalapuya, page 4)

Food -The Kalapuyas were hunters and gatherers. Women did most of the gathering, while men were the hunters. Salmon, trout, and eels were part of their diet as were birds, small game, deer, bear, and elk. Grasshoppers and a type of caterpillar were considered delicacies. Other food items included hazel nuts, berries, tarweed seeds, and wapato. (Zenk, page 547-548)

Camas root was the Kalapuyas' most abundant and important staple. This "bulbous root plant resembles an onion in shape and consistency but is considerably more bland in taste," according to "Cooking up Camas," an article in Historic Marion. A member of the lily family, "camassia quamash" still grows in the Willamette Valley; it is known for its beautiful blue spring time blooms.

Kalapuya women dug the camas with forked wooden sticks and then roasted and dried the root in pit-ovens. This mixture was also pressed into cakes or loaves for later use as food or as a valuable trade item. http://www.salemhistory.net/people/native_americans.htm



Hey are you on Instagram. I post stuff there, why don't you come check it out.
https://www.instagram.com/zipolita 
This is a sample of the things I post there. 



Here's a few photos but please watch the video above.

Moontime- Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Camas Root-- Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Herring Eggs- Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Ooligan Oil---Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Cedar - Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Cedar--Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Berries & Baskets- Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Baby -in Cradleboard- Papoose
 Here's someone whose making cradleboards because it is an endangered tradition
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limon/cradleboards-to-preserve-our-past-and-protect-our

#Women
#Child
#Indigenous
#Culture
#Motherhood
#Sisters
#Sisterhood
#Life
#Lifecycle
#Love
#Light
#Knowledge
#Wisdom
#Generations
#7generations
#Moontime
#Grandmothers
#Aunts
#Unity
#One


Related Links:
Enos & Poirier Ancestry- Kalapuya, Iroquois, Portuguese, Songhees, Metis https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/enos-poirier-ancestry-kalapuya-iroquois.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/03/my-portuguese-and-songhees-heritage.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/my-heritage-and-7-generations.html

http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.ca/search/label/joe%20silvey
http://portuguesepioneersofbc.blogspot.ca/search/label/john%20enos 

Sunday, January 15, 2017

How I spent my Sunday Carving...

Yep, this is it. I carved all day. It was lovely but I am tired and my hands are sore. 

I want to work on the mountains more, I was working on rounding my moon but I definitely want to define the mountains and maybe put a little snow on it.

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
Wow, the lighting really messes with my eyes on these. How about you?

Guests, Wisdom, Design and Carving

We had SPECIAL GUESTS yesterday in class (I will share more about this in another post.).
That was really fun. 

Wow, we cover so much in the day and a lot of it is subtle, so I just try to absorb as much as I can.
Someone asked me what stood out for me yesterday so here's a little list, no random or importance

-We attached a frame to the panels- actually I arrived a little late, so I watched and took photos! ha! ha! still I tried to remember for if I have to one day.

-We talked about the rings in the boards in the panels. We talked about how old they actually be..possibly 500 more or less

- Talked about old growth wood and what it is and how it grows, how in the forest the young trees race to the top of the canopy but then they are spindly and then the thicken over many years and the lower branches drop. How people thought the could reproduce forest but they can't...the new lumber just isn't the quality

-Talked about grain, which way does it go, how to feel for it, ... how cutting a board is so different than splitting cedar...and how cedar was just shipped to Europe almost as junk. So so sooooooooooo sad.

-Talked about what kinds of sand paper I should use on my knives and about the stone I bought.

-Talked about cedar, where to buy it and things like that.

Shane shared special things with us.

Our special guests shared powerful moving stories about their lives that touched my heart and motivated me, inspired me,  saddened me, made me laugh. Made me laugh so hard my cheeks hurt. 

Yes, it was a great day.. and emotional day. I never get through a day in this class without a lot of energy and emotion...

Emotion, that's what stood out, there was great emotion when we were close to deciding on how to design the panel. We are getting so much closer all the time. It's getting really exciting.

Anyways, here's what I did today. We decided that we are going to have one large circular image in the centre, split between two panels and then 9 circles each side.

That is the plan so far and so, what we are doing is designing and carving a piece of our own and it will be attached. When we finish our pieces we can help on the big panels. So this is just for fun, all I actually have for an assignment is to create a new design, so here is an idea and them for fun and practice my attempt at carving it.

So today I went and bought a piece of yellow cedar and here is my attempt and my new design.

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017


Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017




Thursday, January 12, 2017

Who Are You Joseph? Who am I? Who are WE?



So to be honest, I didn't know who Joseph Boyden was before all this started. I still haven't read any books, writings or heard any speaking or debates etc. It was only through this video that I heard about the ballet and I recalled sharing info on that in Facebook.

I think he cleared up a lot. I could relate to many things, I was sad that someone called up his 85 year old Catholic mom and asked  her a bunch of questions without him knowing..that I could totally relate to and I'd be upset. That said it sounds like they've all been pulled closer and many people reached out.

This is a huge issue on Turtle Island- "currently so called Canada" and I think he cleared up the money stuff, said he shared that prize money of $5000 with the others, which is nice...

and I know how hard it is to document this info about Indigenous ancestry, it's hard. It has taken me 10 years to find my family the information in the archives. I totally understand about wanting to protect family and privacy and I think anyone should be able to understand that.

I have don't have the blood quantum and I was using label wrong.
 https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/10/labels-thanksgiving-truth.html

I am not connected to a band, or nation even though I want to be, that's why I signed up to the Reconciliation Carving Cohort at Langara, was to make more connections.

There's a lot of pain and denial in our family, names were changed to protect them from racism but it was a way of assimilation. Read this page about marriage à la façon du pays


""One of the problems of searching the native families is that they didn't always use the same name and the clergy didn't always record the name the same way each time. Hence Barra is sometimes Barry, Berra, Burra etc.

Fur trade society developed its own marriage rite, marriage à la façon du pays (after the custom of the country), which combined both First Nations and European marriage customs." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~goudied/



Joseph Boyden admitted he spoke out of turn and that he had no place to speak about the Missing and Murdered Women...I don't know what he said. People make mistakes and get caught up in things.

I try to be careful, I don't want to make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. We learn best from our worst mistakes sadly. We need to be forgiving.You need to be on a higher level and help others get up there with you. Don't let the pull you down, reach out a hand and help them up if you can.

https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/forgiveness-signs-double-rainbows.html



It's complicated though.

I find it interesting how this whole thing is bubbling up! Great ready because it's going to blow! It has to right?

So we have to see the whole thing for what it was, was it about labels, blood quantum, money, funding, Indigenous rights, inequality, suicide, art, love, family, ....yes and so much more.

It's a good interview above, you should definitely listen to it. I send out love and light to his mom and his family and to him and the people who reached out to him.

We are all struggling with the colonialist legacy and it's not an easy ride.

If you got to the party late, read the rest of these important articles on this related link, where I tried to gather them together to give a true, fair, opportunity to get the full story and form your own opinion.

Indigenous Identity - the Joseph Boyden saga continues-Updated!!
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/01/indigenous-identity-joseph-boyden-saga.html


Here's what I can trace of my ancestry and it was really really hard. Sadly I still do not know my Gr. Gr. Grandmother Theresa Eliza Enos's maiden name- her Indigenous name. These things take time but sometimes the info just isn't to be found. Time will tell.
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/enos-poirier-ancestry-kalapuya-iroquois.html


Well I think this a question we are all asking ourselves really? Don't you agree?



Well, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
'Cause I really wanna know (who are you? who, who, who, who?)

I have all these questions when I create my art and my stories and I think about what people will say and if they'll ask the same questions that are being asked.

Like when I wrote down my vision and painted and made a little video...is that all cool.
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2017/01/my-vision-salmon-woman.html 



Or when I painted "Tail of Tears"
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/10/tail-of-tears-painting.html


See I rarely sell any of my work, most of it is gifted. This painting I have actually forbidden it ever to be sold.

That said when I painted all these other works I questioned where I stood in all of it. https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/10/mama-spirit-bear-cubs.html

After I painted it, I fell in love with it and couldn't sell it. I feel she watches over me. That said part of me questioned whether I am allowed to refer to her as Spirit bear...

Many of my works were created thinking that I could split any money made with the people, group, band, nation for the which the project/art was created...but I just haven't because I have so many questions...
http://savemycoast.blogspot.ca
http://zipolitazcv.blogspot.ca
Forest Fairy Tale
Pow Wow Photographic Project 


This is video is over an hour but it well worth it!



And here's another weird thing, it's there so many times when I ask myself the same question, am I Indigenous ENOUGH to apply for this...what ever it is, a job, a course, funding, art residence, ....

I don't think I really ever thought much about my ancestry until Angel went to school. On the paper it said something about did I want her to be taught Aboriginal studies and asked what are ancestry. Supposed to check a box but I just check here and there and wrote that we were Metis, Songhees but nothing to prove it. This happened every year and no one ever really explained the differences...I don't think most people know..

That's why I wrote this blog post. "This isn't Dances with Salmon you know!!"



So many questions about labels, rights, cultural appropriation. It is all so relevant and important because it's all connected.

Everything is connected.



OTHER important links I would like you to look at please.

https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/forgiveness-signs-double-rainbows.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/reconciliation-through-indigenous.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/cultural-appropriation.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/10/more-on-cultural-appreciation-and.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/01/16/oh-please-joseph-boyden-not-the-victim-in-indigenous-ancestry-saga-paradkar.html 


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Siwash Rock Legends- Clean Fatherhood & More

 I must admit I read the legend recorded by Pauline Johnson here, long ago and did not quite understand all and had to read it a few times, but it makes so much more sense now. Now I have just discovered the link below, I must read ALL, but I have chores to do...but tonight...until then I leave you with this.

Do you know the legend about Siwash Rock?


"Do you think it stands straight–like a man?" he asked.
"Yes, like some noble-spirited, upright warrior," I replied.
"It is a man," he said, "and a warrior man, too; a man who fought for everything that was noble and upright."

"What do you regard as everything that is noble and upright, chief?" I asked, curious as to his ideas. I shall not forget the reply; it was but two words–astounding, amazing words. He said simply:
"Clean fatherhood."

READ MORE HERE-
 you must- it's a beautiful story of fatherhood & motherhood and future generations 
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/johnson/vancouver/vancouver.html#ch-02


Pauline Johnson
Author's Foreword
  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/johnson/vancouver/vancouver.html#ch-02
 "THESE legends (with two or three exceptions) were told to me personally by my honoured friend, the late Chief Joe Capilano, of Vancouver, whom I had the privilege of first meeting in London in 1906, when he visited England and was received at Buckingham Palace by their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. To the fact that I was able to greet Chief Capilano in the Chinook tongue, while we were both many thousands of miles from home, I owe the friendship and the confidence which he so freely gave me when I came to reside on the Pacific coast. These legends he told me from time to time, just as the mood possessed him, and he frequently remarked that they had never been revealed to any other English-speaking person save myself. E. PAULINE JOHNSON (Tekahionwake) These legends are printed by courtesy of the "Vancouver Daily Province," in which journal they first appeared.


Here's a painting I made 5 or 6 years ago...



"Siwash Rock stands to remind them, set there by the Deity as a monument to one who kept his own life clean, that cleanliness might be the heritage of the generations to come."

 "a monument to one man's fidelity to a generation yet unborn–and will endure from everlasting to everlasting"

I love Siwash Rock! I have painted it and photographed and I do believe we need to honor Siwash Rock and make sure that everyone knows about it and the beautiful story that is told about it by the Squamish Nation.

This painting is from 2001 I believe.



This is a little video  made of photos in Stanley Park and around the Seawall.


Honor Diversity- Decolonization-Responsible Allyship

Published on Youtube Oct 28, 2012
Interview recorded at PowerShift Canada 2012, Oct 28 in Ottawa on unceded Algonquin territory.

Further reading: "Decolonizing Together" by Harsha Walia, Briarpatch Magazine, January 2012: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/decolonizing-together

Video interview by Greg Macdougall http://EquitableEducation.ca
for IPSMO Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa http://ipsmo.org
https://twitter.com/IPSMO1





Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Salmon Research

So because our class is focusing on salmon for the moment I am going to post a bunch of salmon related info here.

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

There's some interesting info on this Wikipedia page about salmon clothing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yup'ik_clothing

"
Fish skin parka (qasperrluk in Yup'ik; derived from qaspeq "parka cover kuspuk" and the postbase -rrluk "N that has departed from its natural state (often, though not always, with an undesirable connotation)", amirag in Cup'ig) is a kind of fish-skin clothing (amiragglugaq) also that could serve as a tent.[2][20] Fish skin parkas in the past were worn by both men and women when hunting and traveling. In winter they were worn over a fur parka just as cloth covers have been in more recent times.[8] A Yukon fish skin parka made of dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) skin.[21] Nunivaarmiut men wore parkas made of silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) skin, while those of women were made of salmon trout (charr) (Salvelinus malma) skin and often had a white fox ruff on the hood.[8] The Nunivaarmiut Cup'ig did not prepare their own fish skins for parkas, but bought them, already prepared, from Yup'ik people on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. These imported skins had been stretched, smoke-dried, and scaled.[8]
"

Mitten (aliiman, aliuman, aritvak, kauman in Yup'ik, aritvag in Cup'ig). Child's mitten of any sort is aritvacuar or aritvacuarar (in Cup'ig). Long waterproof dehaired sealskin or fish-skin (salmon-skin)[18] mitten is (arilluk sg arilluuk dual arilluut pl, arin in Yup'ik, arillugar in Cup'ig). Fish skin mittens with grass liners used for kayak travel during spring in bad weather.[41] Man's short skin mitten used when going on a kayak trip is arikarer (in Cup'ig).

Fish-skin boots (amirak ~ amiraq sg amiriik dual in Yup'ik and Cup'ik) are waterproof skin boot made of fish skin. In the past fish-skin boots were made with depilated soles of bearded seal, ankle straps, and a casing sewb to the upper edge of the leg. Large salmon skins were prepared for boots by sewing up the fin holes. A round needle was used because a triangular needle would split the skin.[6][20]

Check out these coats. So beautiful.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/secret-language-salmon-skin-coats
http://objectofthemonth.com/object/fish-skin-coat/


Here's a bunch of Important links about how salmon are in danger.

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/03/save-flora-banks-stop-petronas-lng.html 




Get ready to puke!!

What small minds!!




 
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/10/save-skeena-estuary-lelu-island-flora.html

http://skeenawatershed.com/news/the_40_year_old_federal_salmon_study_that_should_have_killed_pacific_northw 

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/10/defending-water.html



https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/09/eviction-party-videos-fishfarmsgetout.html




https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/09/fishfarmsgetout-pt-2-solidarity-rally.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/09/fishfarmsgetout-pt-3-solidarity-rally.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/09/no-more-fish-farms-stop-genocide.html





https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/watch-this-beautiful-film-keepers-of.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/08/arrested-for-protecting-wild-salmon.html




Restore the Balance
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/11/we-must-restore-balance-its-about.html


Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance from Marchfelder on Vimeo.









https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/11/enos-poirier-ancestry-kalapuya-iroquois.html
http://www.salemhistory.net/people/native_americans.htm

Food
The Kalapuyas were hunters and gatherers. Women did most of the gathering, while men were the hunters. Salmon, trout, and eels were part of their diet as were birds, small game, deer, bear, and elk. Grasshoppers and a type of caterpillar were considered delicacies. Other food items included hazel nuts, berries, tarweed seeds, and wapato. (Zenk, page 547-548)

Camas root was the Kalapuyas' most abundant and important staple. This "bulbous root plant resembles an onion in shape and consistency but is considerably more bland in taste," according to "Cooking up Camas," an article in Historic Marion. A member of the lily family, "camassia quamash" still grows in the Willamette Valley; it is known for its beautiful blue spring time blooms.

Kalapuya women dug the camas with forked wooden sticks and then roasted and dried the root in pit-ovens. This mixture was also pressed into cakes or loaves for later use as food or as a valuable trade item.  

http://www.songheesnation.ca/about-us/history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhees

"The Songhees or Songish, also known as the Lekwungen or Lekungen, are an indigenous North American Coast Salish people who reside on southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia in the Greater Victoria area. Their government is the Songhees First Nation, a member of the Te'mexw Treaty Association and the Naut'sa Mawt Tribal Council. Their traditional language is Lekwungen, a dialect of the North Straits Salish language.

There is evidence of a fortified village existing at Finlayson Point in Beacon Hill Park prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Songhees' traditional foods included salmon, shellfish, whale, deer, duck, berries, camas root, and herbs. The Coast Salish traditionally lived in bighouses, which were large rectangular communal houses of cedar planks, adorned with carved and jointed totem posts.[1]"

Douglas Treaties

Further information: Douglas Treaties
Sir James Douglas, governor of Vancouver Island negotiated a treaty with the Songhees in 1850. Much of the traditional territory of the Songhees now forms the core of the urbanized area of Victoria and surrounding municipalities. The development of British Columbia's capital city caused considerable disruption to the Songhees' traditional economy and livelihood.
Recently the Songhees considered that the government of British Columbia had failed to honour the 1850 treaty and commenced a legal action against the province and the government of Canada for redress. A settlement of the action was announced in November 2006 by Songhees Chief Robert Sam, the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Jim Prentice and the provincial Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Mike de Jong.
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Related Interesting Links:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Songish_Indians

https://www.bcndp.ca/newsroom/statement-passing-songhees-nation-chief-robert-sam

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/trap-set-for-discovery-island-wolf-but-songhees-want-it-left-alone-1.68637

https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/wolf-on-discovery-island-stalks.html



More related links:
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/01/why-do-they-want-to-kill-canadas-second.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/1112675548787193/
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/cultural-appropriation.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/50-first-nations-sign-treaty-against.html
https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/09/treaty-8-justice-for-peace-caravan.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/we-need-singing-revolution-mexico-to.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/stopkm-march-pledge-of-resistance.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/listen-mni-wiconi-waterislife.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/11/standbyme-standingrock-waterislife.html


Sunday, January 8, 2017

My Vision: Salmon Woman

So back in October,  I had a really bad day at class, it had been emotionally exhausting and I really was a mess. I climbed in the tub and as I was trying to wash away the day, this vision came to me.

(As soon as I got out of the tub I wrote it down on the first thing I found because I didn't want to forget it.)

I put it on my tablet on paint ha!...which you can see I am not very good on it...!




I have some very important info about estuaries and salmon that I will share in a bit. Tired. I did a lot today!! So happy to get it as far as I did.




Maybe if it turns out I will make a little book.

Lost    Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Wolf- Can't help me....Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita




 The Struggle    Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
The Estuary   Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
Otter      Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

 Eel Grass and Juvenile Salmon      Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita


Salmon Woman    Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

 Salmon    Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita