Guided Cultural Tour with Squamish Nation Elder Latash Maurice Nahanee

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Guided Cultural Tour with Squamish Nation Elder Latash Maurice Nahanee

By Reconciliation Matters Network

Date and time

Sat, Sep 28, 2019 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM PDT

Location

Century Plaza Hotel (1015 Burrard St.)

Vancouver, B.C V6Z 1Y5 Canada

Refund Policy

No Refunds

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Guided Cultural Tour with Squamish Nation Elder Latash Maurice Nahanee

Tour departs Century Plaza Hotel at 10:30am - Sat, Sept. 28

<<< Registrants will meet and be checked in just outside the Century Plaza Hotel 15 minutes prior to departure.>>


The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh stelmexw (Squamish people) have lived along this coast for millennia.

  • Slhá7an̓ was once a seasonal village, and today it’s a reserve community sitting close to the shoreline in North Vancouver.

  • The mudflats that once existed around False Creek were called Skwácháy̓s, meaning “water coming up from ground beneath.”

  • At what is now called Stanley Park, people lived in a village called X̱wáy̓x̱way.

Witness the histories of this place and relationships that have brought us to today…

Climb on board a charter bus for a guided tour (approx. 3 hours) of culturally and historically significant areas within Stanley Park and Sen̓áḵw (Squamish Nation village site under Burrard Bridge). Latash will share stories (truths) about the history of these places such as the removal and displacement of the Squamish people (including Latash’s own family members) from these areas.


Pre-Tour Educational Resources (Hint....We highly recommend you read Jean Barman's article before we depart!)

Erasing Indigenous Indigeneity in Vancouver by Jean Barman

An eye opening article by historian Jean Barman about the unsettling of Senakw which is the ancestral village of the Squamish Nation now known as the Kitsilano Indian Reserve, and the unsettling of the lands now known as Stanley Park.

Feature article by By Stephanie Wood What does ‘consultation’ mean on occupied Sḵwx̱wú7mesh land? A long history. A young neighbourhood. How will a new Sḵwx̱wú7mesh development on an ancestral village site relate to the overflowing city of Vancouver? - Special Report: First Nations Forward - National Observer May 21, 2019

<<< Sḵwx̱wú7mesh words included with the help of squamishatlas.com which includes audio of place names around Vancouver. >>>>


About Latash Maurice Nahanee

Latash Maurice Nahanee is a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation) Elder, cultural consultant and artist.

For more than two decades Latash has provided cultural and academic support to schools, arts organizations, and communities on Coast Salish territories in the Metro Vancouver area. His work includes: conducting ceremonies and blessings; supervising the carving of a sea-going canoe; leading cultural canoe journeys as coach and skipper; planning and managing cultural awareness events; working with special needs children; emceeing events; facilitating workshops about Native American art, history, and culture; and, teaching art, singing, dancing and storytelling.

Latash has completed commissions for welcome poles, story poles, masks, and prints. In the last two years he created five poles for public and private schools.

Latash has curated Indigenous art exhibitions and served as a jury member for the Canada Council for the Arts, and the West Vancouver City art exhibition. Click here to continue reading...


Tips & Considerations

  • Please bring your own snacks/bag lunch and water bottle.

  • Wear shoes suitable for walking and standing, and bring a sweater or light jacket (and umbrella if rain is in the forecast).

  • Paid underground parking is available off the lane between Century Plaza Hotel and St. Andrew's-Wesley Church


**Photo details (top of page): A Coast and Interior Salish delegation stand on the North Vancouver ferry dock prior to their departure to England in 1906 to meet King Edward VII. Chief Joe Capilano is pictured near the centre of the photo with a robe over his arm. William Nahanee is at far right. That same year, the two Squamish men would help form Local 526 of the Industrial Workers of the World, with Nahanee acting as president of the trade union. photo City of Vancouver Archives




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