How do you put a price on sacred foods?
I set out to tally the cost of a smoked salmon — its value is beyond measure.
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Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
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Sta’lo’ Mustimuhw: A story of the river people
The story of the Quw’utsun Sta’lo’ (Cowichan River) goes back well before the first Quw’utsun ancestor, writes Jared Qwustenuxun Williams.
It’s all connected: A Quw’utsun watershed story
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams shares an Indigenous perspective on Cowichan land, trees and water.
Reporter’s Notebook: Fire at 1580 Maple Bay Road
‘The idea of a forest fire is terrifying to me. One on our sacred mountain is even more terrifying, if that’s at all possible,’ writes Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Coast Salish foods of today: Evolving towards a new path
Knowledge keepers share what has been lost, and what has been held onto, in Coast Salish food culture.
How colonization dismantled Coast Salish food systems
Environmental destruction, colonial rules and new expectations ripped Cowichan people from their food and culture.
Coast Salish food and cooking: a taste of yesteryear
A Cowichan Tribes chef consults knowledge keepers on the tools, techniques and relationships of the old food world.
Clean water coming to Indian Road homes, at last
My neighbours and I will have clean drinking water piped to our homes for the first time later this year.
Cowichan Tribes members share stories of COVID-19-related racism
Here are three Quw’utsun teachings to help get all of us through this crisis.
The story of Sheshuq’um, the monster at Octopus Point
Perhaps Sheshuq’um is just a misunderstood character, an untamable animal, a force of nature.
