Sk’emel Iya’7yulh: The Paddle Journey
Friday, September 15 9:00-12:00 (CSB 213)
The workshop will be followed by a light lunch.
This interactive educational workshop teaches the history of the Coast Salish People through Elder Storytelling and role play.
Join Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw Elder Yeltsilewet (Faye Halls), daughter of the Late Chief Simon Baker (Khot-la-cha) as she takes you on a hands-on journey through history from an Indigenous perspective. You will leave this workshop filled with a new understanding of what life was like for Squamish Nation people in the past to present day.
Some of the topics covered will include:
- Indigenous ways of being and knowing
- Loss of Indigenous skills, gifts, language, children, culture and life
- Resilience (i.e. the strength to re-learn and re-teach)
- Natural gifts and talents of individuals
- Planting seeds for positive action moving forward
