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Neighbours from Tla’amin, K’omoks, Qualicum and Tsimshian Nations gather around the newly. erected plaque on Xwe’etay honoring the ancestral Indigenous people of the island. (Kathy Schulz)

November 13, 2022

How community‑engaged archaeology can be a pathway to reconciliation

Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University; Christine Roberts; Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi, and Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University

One project on a small island in B.C. is demonstrating how archaeology can bring communities together and serve as a basis for reconciliation.

The keeper of hundreds of Kwakwaka’wakw songs, Kwaksistalla Wathl’thla (Clan Chief Adam Dick), chanting at a feast (qui’las) with Mayanilh (Dr. Daisy Sewid-Smith). (Bert Crowfoot)

January 2, 2020

Indigenous song keepers reveal traditional ecological knowledge in music

Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University; Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, University of Helsinki, and Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi

Ancestral Indigenous songs often encode territorial responsibilities and rights, such as in relationship with ‘lokiwey’ (coastal clam gardens) on the Pacific Northwest Coast.

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