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| The partnership of the University College of the Fraser Valley with the Stó:lô First Nation that underlies the entire conference embodies the spirit of connections between academe and communities in Canadian society. This conference will bring people together in a culturally and historically significant location (Harrison is on the traditional territory of the Chehalis and Seabird First Nations) and a venue where all events, accommodation and informal networking take place under the same roof. The following tours will take conference participants beyond the physical boundaries of the conference, and allow them the opportunity to experience the surrounding areas. Please contact the tour operators to book. |
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| Tours |
| Sasquatch Tours operates enriching and memorable Aboriginal cultural cruises, interpretative programs and workshops within the beautiful Coast Mountains of southwestern British Columbia, on pristine Harrison Lake and Harrison River. |
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| First Nations Cultural Cruise (2 Hours): |
| This 2 hour narrated cruise provides an enriching introduction to the culture, lands and legends of the Chehalis First Nations people as well as immerses you into the pristine beauty of British Columbia’s Coastal Mountains. Cruising along the lower part of Harrison Lake and the upper reaches of the Harrison River, you will pass marshlands and forested slopes that are home to the mythological Sasquatch! You will view ancient rock paintings (pictographs) and rock carvings (petroglyphs), archaeological sites, traditional lands and ‘Transformer’ sites, which are rock formations that resemble human or animal forms and are key elements of many First Nations legends. |
Contact:
Mailing Address
5061 Chehalis Road, Comp. 18
Agassiz, BC. V0M 1A1
Toll Free: 1-877-796-1221
Phone: 604-991-0613
Fax: 604-796-1233
Email: info@sasquatchtours.com
Website: www.sasquatchtours.com |
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| Cultural Place Names Tour (3 hours): |
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A guided bus tour of Halq'eméylem place names between Harrison and Hope.
Guide: Naxexlhts'i, Albert (Sonny) McHalsie
Director & Cultural Advisor, Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre.
Naxexlhts'i, also known as Albert (Sonny) McHalsie, is currently the Director and Cultural Advisor of the Stó:lô Research and Resource Management Centre. The Centre operates on behalf of the Stó:lô Nation and Stó:lô Tribal Council, representing 18 of the 24 Stó:lô Bands within the Lower Fraser Valley River watershed of southwestern British Columbia. Sonny is a co-author of the book "I am Stó:lô : Katherine explores her heritage" (1997) focusing on his family and his daughter Katherine. He sat on the editorial board and was a contributor to the award winning publication "A Stó:lô Coast Salish Historical Atlas" (2001). He has worked for the Stó:lô since 1985. Some of his areas of expertise include Stó:lô Place Names and cultural landscape features. He is a member of the Shxw'owhamel First Nation, is married and is the proud father of two girls and six boys, and he has one grandson. He continues to fish at his ancestral fishing ground at Aselaw ('Es-l-ow') in the Fraser Canyon in the north-eastern portion of Stó:lô Territory.
Cost: $30
Bus capacity: 45
Departure time: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29
(immediately after the close of the conference)
Duration: approx. 3 hours, return.
Contact: Tracey.Joe@stolonation.bc.ca |
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