Salt Spring Island Archives
Stqeeye’ Learning Society: Xwaaqw’um Village: https://www.stqeeye.ca/
Some of the Artists featured on the Ganges panels:
Stuart Pagaduan [War Canoe]: https://cowichanculture.ca/stuartpagaduan
Charlene Johnny: [photo of Charlene in front of the Library mural she created]: https://charlenejohnny.com/
Alex Harris: [drone shot of reef net fishing/photo of the salmon ceremony] Salt Spring based videographer/photographer: https://www.alexharrris.com/
Caroline Dick (she/they), Salt Spring Public Library Indigenous Coordinator
Phone Number: 250-537-4666, ext. 229
Email: cdick@saltspringlibrary.com
Salt Spring Public Indigenous Coordinator: Under the general direction of the Library Director, the Indigenous Coordinator provides leadership in the development and incorporation of diverse Indigenous perspectives into Library operations, including development of best practices, professional ethics, and competencies surrounding the provision of Indigenous content related services, collections and facilities. The candidate also contributes to Indigenization plans, initiatives and activities, through the development of relationships with internal and external individuals, groups and organizations. Other duties include reference, collection development, liaison with Indigenous teachers and students, and professional development.
Indigenous Learning Area: The Salt Spring Island Public Library is developing an Indigenous Learning Area to house the Indigenous Collection, to showcase Indigenous Art, to welcome Indigenous patrons, and to encourage everyone to learn and become a part of reconciliation. The official opening will be early 2024, currently the area is open and the Indigenous Collection is available for patrons to peruse.
Panels and Contact Info:
Stuart Pagaduan [War Canoe]: https://cowichanculture.ca/stuartpagaduan
Charlene Johnny: [photo of Charlene in front of the Library mural she created]: https://charlenejohnny.com/
Alex Harris: [drone shot of reef net fishing/photo of the salmon ceremony] Salt Spring based videographer/photographer: https://www.alexharrris.com/
Language Website: FirstVoices
Indigenous Language Revitalization - University of Victoria (uvic.ca)
Penálaxeth’ - Penelakut
General Site: Penelakut Tribe
Art: My Mondo Trading • Native Art Gallery
Lyackson
General Site: Lyackson First Nation on Vancouver Island and Valdes Island
Art: Dylan Thomas - Indigenous Artist
SȾÁUTW - Tsawout
General Site: Tsawout First Nation
Art: My Mondo Trading • Native Art Gallery
BOḰEĆEN - Pauquachin
General Site: Pauquachin First Nation
Art: Darlene Gait - One Moon Gallery
Quw’utsun - Cowichan
General Site: Cowichan Tribes
Art: Charlene Johnny Stuart Pagaduan
Stz’uminus - Chemainus
General Site: Stz'uminus First Nation
Snuneymux
General Site: Snuneymuxw First Nation
Art: Ay Lelum
W̱JOȽEȽP - Tsartlip
General Site: Tsartlip First Nation
Art: Chris Paul
W̱SÁNEĆ Artists
W̱SÁNEĆ Art Protocol
W̱SIḴEM - Tseycum
General Site: Tseycum
MÁLEXEȽ - Malahat
General Site: Malahat Nation
Art: Sarah Jim
Halalt
General Site: Halalt First Nation
SX̱EDŦELISIYE (Renee J. Sampson)
The Power of Indigenous Foods
If you want to learn more about the two links above, check out:
Jared "Qwustenuxun" Williams page
Strong Nations - online book store
Nlaka'pamux Rock Painting of the Stein River Valley - article by Chris Arnett, 2011
| 2019 | |
|---|---|
| They Called Me Number One | Bev Sellars |
| 2020 | |
| Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer> |
| Five Little Indians | Michelle Good |
| Film: Dust & Bones | Leslie Bland |
| No Time to Say Goodbye | Sylvia Olsen |
| Two Houses Half Buried in Sand | Chris Arnett |
| Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival | Bev Sellars |
| Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths | Rupert Ross |
| TWO FAMILIES: TREATIES AND GOVERNMENT | Harold Johnson |
| 2021 | |
| Film: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin |
| 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act | Bob Joseph |
| Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues | Chelsea Vowell |
| This Accident of Being Lost | Leanne Simpson Betasamosake |
| Saltwater People | |
| Northern wildflower : a memoir | Catherine Lafferty |
| Challenging Racist British Columbia: 150 Years and Counting | Nicholas XEMTOLTW Claxton |
| Film: Two Worlds Colliding | Director: Tasha Hubbard |
| Film: Jordan River Anderson & The Messenger Director | Alanis Obomsawin |
| Project of Heart: Illuminating the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools in BC | BC Teachers Federation |
| A Mind Spread Out on the Ground | Alicia Elliott |
| Briarpatch 'The Land Back Issue' | various |
| What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti'tum'atul'wut, a Cowichan Woman Sti’tum’atul’wut | Ruby Peter |
| Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada | Harold R. Johnson |
| From the Ashes My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way | Jesse Thistle |
| When We Were Alone (children's book) | David A. Robertson |
| 2022 | |
| 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga (includes: Stone, Scars, Ends/Begins, and The Pact) | David A. Robertson |
| There There | Tommy Orange |
| Firewater | Harold Johnson |
| Moon of the Crusted Snow | Waubgeshig Rice |
| Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians | Darrell Dennis |
| The Break | Katherena Vermette |
| The Marrow Thieves plus Honour of All (dvd) | Cherie Dimaline |
| To Share, Not Surrender: Indigenous and Settler Visions of Treaty Making in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia | Peter Cook |
| Hunting by Stars: a Marrow Thieves novel | Cherie Dimaline |
| Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh (Raised somewhere else): A 60s Scoop Adoptee’s Story of Coming Home | Colleen Cardinal |
| Brotherhood to Nationhood:George Manuel and Making of the Modern Indian Movement | Peter McFarlane |
| Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It | Bruce McIvor |
| Sufferance | Thomas King |
| Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future | Drew Hayden Taylor |
| Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous | Jessica McDiarmid |
| What Comes from Spirit | Richard Wagamese |
| 2023 | |
| In the Shadow of the Red Brick Building | Ray Tony Charlie |
| CBC Podcast: Kuper Island | Duncan McCue |
| Namwayut - We Are All One: A Pathway to Reconciliation | Chief Robert Joseph |
| Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It | Bruce McIvor |
| Film: Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future | Drew Hayden Taylor |
| Film: Finding Dawn | Christine Welsh |
| True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change and Online Event | Jody Wilson-Raybould |
| Tauhou | Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall |
| Film: Reel Injun | Neil Diamond |
| Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls | Angela Sterritt |
| Film: Cedar is Life | Leslie Bland and Harold Joe |
| Valley Of The Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, And The Road To Reconciliation | Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson |
| Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising | Brandi Moran |
| 2024 | |
| It’s All About the Land | Taiaiake Alfred |
| Future Home of the Living God | Louise Erdrich |
| Genocidal Love | Bevann Fox |
| Film: Edge of the Knife | Gwaai Edenshaw & Helen Haig-Brown |
| Unreconciled: Family, Truth & Indigenous Resistance | Jesse Wente |
| BBC Podcast: We Are Not Scraps | Cambria Harris & Brandi Morin |
| Place of Scraps | Jordan Abel |
| The Reason You Walk | Wab Lomew |
