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Community Fundraiser: Paws to Celebrate: Feb. 1st - Feb. 14th 2018.
In the Valentine Spirit, Share Some Love with the Comox Valley SPCA. Spirits of the West Coast Native Art Gallery is accepting much needed material donations for the Comox Valley SPCA. Please come to our new location at 2926 Back Road, between East Courtenay and Comox, to donate your item.
You are invited to the opening of our new gallery!
After receiving a traditional K'omoks House Blessing, the Comox Valley's newest fine art destination is ready to launch. Spirits of the West Coast Native Art Gallery celebrates 10 successful years...
Thank you for blessing our new gallery building!
Thank you to Andy Everson and the K’omoks Kumugwe Dancers for blessing our new gallery building and thank you to everyone that sent us their best wishes and came to...
Culture Days New Gallery Blessing Ceremony Saturday September 30th from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
You are invited to our Culture Days New Gallery Blessing Ceremony Saturday September 30th from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm rain or shine. Andy Everson will be performing the blessing...
Canadian universities beginning to see value in Indigenous knowledge
Twin sisters Marlee and Valerie Willier are pumped—more than ever—to become scientists in fields that don’t have a lot of Indigenous representation. Their own experiences have already shown them that...
Stó:lō ancestors' Spirits Live in Fraser Valley Landmarks
Naxaxalhts'i, also known as Sonny McHalsie, stands precariously close to the edge of a cliff. He's capturing an iPhone panorama to share with his Facebook friends. This is Th'exelis. It is...
Craft-Beer Hop Farm in Stó:lō Territory
It's just a muddy, 52-hectare field in the middle of Seabird Island First Nation, but in a couple of months, it will be lined with budding green hops as far...
Nation Turns to Canned Salmon to Preserve Tradition
A stream of people wind their way through the gravel parking lot in front of St. Paul's church on the Mission reserve in North Vancouver. Cardboard boxes are unloaded from the...
Huge interest in ‘who we are’ from tourists
Interest from provincial, national and international tourists is increasing for most things Aboriginal. That is the growing trend Brenda Holder has come to recognize over 17 years in the tourism...
Canada 150: Anthropologist chronicled 19th-century First Nations
One of the least recognized but most significant of North America’s anthropologists, James Alexander Teit learned First Nations languages to an astonishing degree of fluency, married a Nlaka’pamux woman, immersed...
Vancouver's Canada150+ Festivities
Canada150+ festivities this summer will include a weeklong festival in the parking lot across from Queen Elizabeth Theatre, a canoe gathering, and a reconciliation walk through Downtown Vancouver, organizers announced...
Haida language curriculum is now accredited in B.C.
A surprising sound interrupted the Haida Gwaii school board meeting last week — woops, cheers,and a round of applause. Not long before the meeting started, superintendent Dawna Johnson-Day got word...