We are continuing regular newsletter updates to share exciting history from our Nations with the communities. Some of you know all about these teachings, but others do not, so it is our pleasure to introduce V.2, Edition seven of; Tales from the Vault.
The Gift of Salmon
At 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 6th, the first Tyee of the season – a powerful Chinook weighing 32 lbs -was brought in from the waters at the mouth of the Campbell River. The catch drew the same kind of early-morning excitement that has filled the banks for generations. While visitors have celebrated these big fish for nearly a century through groups like the Tyee Club, the Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ people have welcomed the salmon since time beyond memory. Long before photographs or newspapers, the people at ʔux̌ʷstilis (Tyee Spit) marked this moment each year, honouring the first salmon as the return of an important relative…
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