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A list of the topics is presented below in alphabetical order. 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
intergenerational trauma
ancestors
burnings (offerings)
cultural identity
spirituality
babies
wellness
band councils
Indigenous governance
baskets
root digging
bear grease
food
berries
fruits and vegetables
living with the land
boats
canoes
seasonal migration
burnings (offerings)
ancestors
spirituality
cabins
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
rivers
spirituality
youth
colonialism
discrimination
Indigenous-settler relations
non-Indigenous
police
residential schools
segregation
settler governance
settler history
community
churches
competitions
family and kinship networks
fires
longhouses
movie theatres
parades
restaurants
sports
competitions
community
sports
cultural identity
ancestors
cleansing
hʌwhegus (elders)
family and kinship networks
languages
living with the land
longhouses
oral traditions (story-telling)
seasonal migration
territory
traditional knowledge
dance
music and musicians
day schools
education
death
grief
spirituality
deer
food
hunting
living with the land
discrimination
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
segregation
diseases
smallpox
dogs
education
day schools
languages
residential schools
hʌwhegus (elders)
cultural identity
family and kinship networks
respect
traditional knowledge
eulachon oil
fish and fishing
health and healing medicine
family and kinship networks
children and childhood
community
hʌwhegus (elders)
respect
seasonal migration
fires
community
fish and fishing
clams
eulachon oil
fish oil
herring
oysters
salmon
seal oil
fish oil
fish and fishing
food
bear grease
berries
fish and fishing
fruits and vegetables
hunting
seagull eggs
seasonal migration
fruits and vegetables
berries
grief
death
spirituality
healers
health and healing medicine
health and healing medicine
babies
eulachon oil
healers
pregnancy
wellness
herring
fish and fishing
homebrew
alcohol
hop picking
living with the land
hospitals
wellness
hunting
bear grease
deer
living with the land
traditional knowledge
Indigenous governance
hʌwhegus (elders)
self-determination
Indigenous Title (land rights)
ownership
territory
treaties
Indigenous-settler relations
discrimination
movie theatres
non-Indigenous
police
reconciliation
residential schools
restaurants
segregation
trading
treaties
intergenerational trauma
alcoholism
residential schools
Island Comox dialect
languages
education
Island Comox dialect
linguistics
Mainland dialect
Salish language
Sliammon language
legends
qɑyχ (mink)
oral traditions (story-telling)
traditional knowledge
tricksters
linguistics
languages
living with the land
berries
cabins
fish and fishing
food
fruits and vegetables
hop picking
hunting
seasonal migration
territory
logging
longhouses
community
Mainland dialect
maps
resources
qɑyχ (mink)
legends
movie theatres
community
music and musicians
dance
non-Indigenous
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
trading
oral traditions (story-telling)
legends
traditional knowledge
ownership
settler governance
oysters
fish and fishing
parades
community
police
Indigenous-settler relations
settler governance
pregnancy
wellness
reconciliation
Indigenous-settler relations
residential schools
residential schools
alcoholism
Catholic church
churches
colonialism
Indigenous-settler relations
intergenerational trauma
reconciliation
resources
maps
respect
hʌwhegus (elders)
family and kinship networks
restaurants
community
rivers
cleansing
root digging
baskets
Salish language
salmon
fish and fishing
seagull eggs
food
seal oil
fish and fishing
seasonal migration
boats
cabins
cultural identity
family and kinship networks
food
living with the land
trading
segregation
colonialism
discrimination
Indigenous-settler relations
self-determination
Indigenous governance
settler governance
band councils
colonialism
discrimination
education
non-Indigenous
ownership
police
residential schools
segregation
settler history
treaties
welfare
settler history
colonialism
Sliammon language
smallpox
diseases
social services
welfare
spirituality
ancestors
burnings (offerings)
cleansing
death
grief
rivers
vision quest
wellness
sports
community
territory
cultural identity
Indigenous Title (land rights)
living with the land
trading
baskets
canoes
food
Indigenous-settler relations
non-Indigenous
seasonal migration
traditional knowledge
ancestors
baskets
burnings (offerings)
cleansing
cultural identity
hʌwhegus (elders)
hunting
legends
oral traditions (story-telling)
respect
root digging
spirituality
vision quest
treaties
Indigenous Title (land rights)
Indigenous-settler relations
settler governance
tricksters
legends
vision quest
spirituality
welfare
social services
wellness
babies
health and healing medicine
hospitals
pregnancy
spirituality
women
work
youth
cleansing