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This book is indexed by topic as well as by the names of places and people. A list of each category is presented below in alphabetical order.
Topics
These entries are generally not prefaced with the word Indigenous, as the understanding is that entries are inherently Indigenous-based, unless otherwise noted as settler-focused. Explore sub-headings as related topics or see also content.
alcohol
alcoholism
home brew
alcoholism
alcohol
intergenerational trauma
residential schools
ancestors
burnings (offerings)
hʌwhegus (Elders)
spirituality
cultural identity
spirituality
traditional knowledge
babies
health and healing medicine pregnancy
pregnancy
wellness
band councils
Indigenous governance
baskets
living with the land
root digging
traditional knowledge
bear grease
food
berries
food
fruits and vegetables
home brew
living with the land
boats
canoes
fish and fishing
seasonal migration
burnings (offerings)
ancestors
cultural identity
spirituality
traditional knowledge
wellness
cabins
kinship networks (family)
seasonal migration
canoes
boats
Catholic church
churches
residential schools
children and childhood
babies
family and kinship networks
churches
Catholic church
residential schools
clams
fish and fishing
cleansing
cultural identity
grief
health and healing medicine
rivers
spirituality
traditional knowledge
vision quest
wellness
youth
Coast Salish people
colonialism
discrimination
Indigenous-settler relations
intergenerational trauma
non-Indigenous
police
reconciliation
residential schools
segregation
settler governance
settler history
treaties
community
band councils
churches
competitions
hʌwhegus (Elders)
family and kinship networks
fires
Indigenous governance
kinship networks (family)
music and musicians
longhouses
movie theatres
parades
restaurants
sports
competitions
community
sports
Creator
spirituality
cultural identity
ancestors
cleansing
hʌwhegus (Elders)
family and kinship networks
languages
living with the land
longhouses
oral traditions (story-telling)
seasonal migration
Sliammon language
spirituality
territory
traditional knowledge
dance
music and musicians
day schools
education
death
grief
spirituality
traditional knowledge
deer
food
hunting
living with the land
discrimination
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
non-Indigenous
segregation
settler governance
diseases
smallpox
dogs
education
day schools
languages
residential schools
Sliammon language
hʌwhegus (Elders)
ancestors
band councils
community
cultural identity
Indigenous governance
family and kinship networks
respect
traditional knowledge
eulachon oil
fish and fishing
fish oil
food
health and healing medicine
family and kinship networks
ancestors
cabins
children and childhood
community
cultural identity
hʌwhegus (Elders)
respect
seasonal migration
traditional knowledge
fires
community
fish and fishing
clams
eulachon oil
fish oil
herring
living with the land
oysters
rivers
salmon
seal oil
territory
trading
fish oil
eulachon oil
fish and fishing
health and healing medicine
seal oil
food
bear grease
berries
fish and fishing
fruits and vegetables
hunting
living with the land
seal oil
seagull eggs
seasonal migration
trading
traditional knowledge
fruits and vegetables
berries
food
living with the land
grief
cleansing
death
healers
spirituality
healers
grief
health and healing medicine
health and healing medicine
babies
cleansing
eulachon oil
fish oil
healers
home brew
pregnancy
traditional knowledge
wellness
herring
fish and fishing
food
living with the land
ʔoʔp qɑymixʷ (Homalco/Church House people)
homebrew
alcohol
berries
health and healing medicine
hop picking
living with the land
hospitals
wellness
hunting
bear grease
deer
food
living with the land
seals
territory
traditional knowledge
Indigenous governance
band councils
community
hʌwhegus (Elders)
Indigenous Title (land rights)
ownership
self-determination
Indigenous Title (land rights)
Indigenous governance
non-Indigenous
ownership
self-determination
settler governance
territory
treaties
Indigenous-settler relations
colonialism
discrimination
movie theatres
non-Indigenous
police
reconciliation
residential schools
restaurants
segregation
trading
treaties
intergenerational trauma
alcoholism
colonialism
reconciliation
residential schools
toʔqʷ qɑymixʷ (Klahoose/Squirrel Cove people)
Island Comox dialect
languages
Sliammon language
languages
education
Island Comox dialect
linguistics
Mainland dialect
Salish language
Sliammon language
legends
qɑyχ (Mink)
oral traditions (story-telling)
traditional knowledge
tricksters
linguistics
languages
Sliammon language
living with the land
baskets
berries
cabins
clams
Creator
cultural identity
deer
fish and fishing
food
fruits and vegetables
herring
hop picking
hunting
seasonal migration
territory
traditional knowledge
logging
longhouses
family and kinship networks
community
traditional knowledge
Mainland dialect
languages
linguistics
Sliammon language
maps
resources
territory
qɑyχ (Mink)
legends
movie theatres
community
segregation
music and musicians
community
dance
non-Indigenous
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
Indigenous Title (land rights)
settler governance
settler history
trading
oral traditions (story-telling)
legends
qɑyχ (Mink)
Raven (trickster)
traditional knowledge
ownership
Indigenous Title (land rights)
settler governance
oysters
fish and fishing
living with the land
parades
community
police
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
settler governance
pregnancy
babies
health and healing medicine
wellness
Raven (trickster)
legends (story-telling)
RavenSpace
reconciliation
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
intergenerational trauma
residential schools
residential schools
alcoholism
Catholic church
churches
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
intergenerational trauma
reconciliation
settler governance
resources
maps
respect
hʌwhegus (Elders)
family and kinship networks
traditional knowledge
youth
restaurants
community
segregation
rivers
cleansing
fish and fishing
salmon
root digging
baskets
living with the land
traditional knowledge
Salish language
languages
Sliammon language
salmon
fish and fishing
food
living with the land
rivers
seagull eggs
fish and fishing
food
living with the land
seal oil
fish and fishing
fish oil
food
hunting
seals
hunting
legends
seal oil
seasonal migration
boats
cabins
cultural identity
family and kinship networks
food
living with the land
territory
trading
nišɛʔɬ qɑymixʷ (Sechelt people)
segregation
colonialism
discrimination
Indigenous-settler relations
movie theatres
non-Indigenous
restaurants
settler governance
self-determination
Indigenous governance
Indigenous Title (land rights)
settler governance
band councils
colonialism
discrimination
education
Indigenous-settler relations
Indigenous Title (land rights)
non-Indigenous
ownership
police
residential schools
segregation
settler history
treaties
welfare
settler history
colonialism
non-Indigenous
settler governance
ɬaʔamin (Sliammon) Band Council
band councils
hʌwhegus (Elders)
Indigenous governance
Sliammon language
cultural identity
education
Island Comox dialect
languages
Mainland dialect
Salish language
ɬaʔamɩn qɑymixʷ (ɬaʔamɩn people)
Sliammon language
smallpox
diseases
social services
Indigenous governance
settler governance
welfare
spirituality
ancestors
burnings (offerings)
cleansing
cultural identity
Creator
death
grief
healers
rivers
traditional knowledge
vision quest
wellness
sports
community
competitions
qʷʋχʷoʔmiš qɑymixʷ (Squamish people)
territory
cultural identity
fish and fishing
hunting
Indigenous Title (land rights)
living with the land
maps
seasonal migration
traditional knowledge
treaties
trading
baskets
canoes
fish and fishing
food
Indigenous-settler relations
meat man (mɩǰɛθ)
non-Indigenous
seasonal migration
traditional knowledge
ancestors
baskets
burnings (offerings)
cleansing
cultural identity
death
hʌwhegus (Elders)
family and kinship networks
food
health and healing medicine
hunting
legends
living with the land
longhouses
qɑyχ (Mink)
oral traditions (story-telling)
respect
root digging
spirituality
territory
vision quest
treaties
colonialism
Indigenous Title (land rights)
Indigenous-settler relations
settler governance
territory
tricksters
legends
qɑyχ (Mink)
Raven (trickster)
vision quest
cleansing
spirituality
wellness
youth
welfare
social services
wellness
burnings (offerings)
cleansing
babies
health and healing medicine
hospitals
pregnancy
spirituality
vision quest
women
pregnancy
work
youth
cleansing
respect
vision quest
Places
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