Over the next two years the Pemberton & District Museum and Archives will be trying to complete their pioneer village, fundraising to bring the Pemberton Station School and the John Arn Cabin to the site by 2020. Tickets for the School House Stomp, a bluegrass and corn roast dinner, are $40 each. The Pemberton Station … Continue reading Pemberton & District Museum fundraises to add two pioneer buildings, with September 8 Schoolhouse Stomp
Why wait until October before you start turning your squash into art... Grab one of those zucchinis and turn it into a high-speed vehicle for the Pemberton Farmers' Market's second annual zucchini derby. There will be a few supplies available to decorate on site; however you can also bring them in all ready to go. … Continue reading Soup up your zucchinis for tomorrow’s Zucchini Derby at the Farmers Market
To the farmers, firefighters, day camp coaches, event workers, frontline service people, road re-pavers, emergency responders, investigative reporters, I need to apologize. I’m sorry. I see how hard you’re working to keep the wheels turning. I’m not pulling my weight. “No thinking in August” is my friend Mike’s mantra and the moment I heard it, … Continue reading On the guilty pleasure of checking out
I read a tweet from the BC Wildfire Service about the conditions in California, I read this Adam Frank piece in Orbiter, about how we need a new myth, and maybe it's my friend Kilii's tweet, about the fact that indigenous people have been telling grand stories about the environment all along, that I wondered, … Continue reading An alternative vision of the future
At 6pm on Wednesday, August 22, the SLRD announced an upgrade to the evacuation alert, issuing an Evacuation ORDER. The Grouse Creek fire, which has been burning since August 11, continues to exhibit increasingly aggressive behaviour. The following is shared from https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/notices/emergency-notices/update-anderson-lake-grouse-creek-fire-k72289-evacuation-order-issued. For updates, visit slrd.bc.ca, or follow https://twitter.com/slrd_bc. You can also subscribe to SLRD Alert, if … Continue reading Anderson Lake fire becomes more aggressive. Community Info Meeting at 6pm Friday Aug 24 at N’Quatqua Community Hall
Once a month, or so, an invitation lands in my inbox. This month, the invitation came courtesy of Professor Shirley Williams who was born and raised in Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island and now resides in Peterborough. She has lectured across Ontario promoting Nishnaabe language and Culture. She received her B.A. in Native Studies from Trent … Continue reading Take the Indian Horse challenge to learn a phrase or two in Ucwalmicwts
Shayla Wallace paired this stunning image, with this quote, and agreed to let me share it here. Today's meditation. Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.
Media Release, July 30 2018, via The Village of Pemberton THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON & Líl̓wat Nation TO PARTNER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FOREST Village and Lil’wat Nation Form Spel̓kúmtn Community Forest Corporation PEMBERTON, BC – Earlier this week, Líl̓wat Nation and the Village of Pemberton signed incorporation documents for the formation of … Continue reading Village of Pemberton and Lil’wat Nation to partner on Community Forest
What does it mean to live by your name, your indigenous name, not your English (or "government" name) that comes from the territory you grew up in? A lot of patient spelling-it-out introductions... Squamish language speaker and teacher, Khelsilem explores this question and the importance of indigenous language, and being generous as a language teacher, … Continue reading Khelsilem shares the reasons we need thriving indigenous languages and how we can make it happen, on TEDx
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