Hailey Causton, from the Westbank First Nation, was a summer student who worked at the Lake Country Museum & Archives and contributed to the Blog from a Syilx perspective. She majored in Indigenous Studies at UBCO.
Pestles and Mortars have been used for thousands of years in many different cultures. There have been many mortars and pestles found in the Okanagan but none as unique as this particular Pestle. This Pestle has been hand carved into... [Continue Reading]
Cedar root baskets are used by many different tribes in various regions. Cedar is popular among the Coastal Salish but also with the Interior Salish. Cedar root baskets are valued not only for the aesthetic appeal but for the many... [Continue Reading]
way̓ x̌ast sx̌əlx̌ʕált (whay hast selh-halt) Greetings, good day iskʷist st’aʔqʷal’qs, inmʼístəm Wilfred Barnes, int’um Sandi Alexander. (ee-skeest sTa-kwelks, een-meestem Wilfred Barnes, een-toom Sandi Alexander.) My Syilx name is shimmery, glittery patchwork dress, my father’s name is Wilfred Barnes and my mother’s... [Continue Reading]
