Figure 2.1 |
A working model for professional development. |
Figure 4.1 |
The killer whale sign “Welcome–Alert Bay-Gilakas’la” greets visitors arriving in ‘Yalis, Cormorant Island at the ferry dock. |
Figure 4.2 |
Memorial poles in the ‘Yalis cemetery. |
Figure 4.3 |
Fishing boats anchored in the ‘Yalis harbor. |
Figure 4.4 |
View of Alert Bay cannery with fishing boats the Sasu, the President, and the J.R.D. alongside pier, 1923. |
Figure 4.5 |
St. Michael’s Indian Residential School entrance, with two students on the driveway, Alert Bay, British Columbia. |
Figure 5.1 |
Dan’s barnacles at high and low tide. |
Figure 5.2 |
Language and culture teachers, Ada (Vera) Newman and her mother Antie Ethel Alfred. |
Figure 5.3 |
“The seashore is a happy song.” |
Figure 5.4 |
“The seashore is a bracelet.” |
Figure 5.5 |
“The seashore is a neighborhood.” |
Figure 5.6 |
“Fishing on a seiner with my dad.” |
Figure 6.1 |
Front of ‘Namgis Big House, Alert Bay. |
Figure 6.2 |
‘Salmon Twin Dancers’ in Kwakiutl Bighouse. |
Figure 6.3 |
Mark Isaac, Hoylikala Dancer, Alert Bay Bighouse. |
Figure 6.4 |
Traditional Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw dances are performed by the Tʼsasała Dance group. |
Figure 6.5 |
U’mista Cultural Centre entrance. |
Figure 6.6 |
U’mista Cultural Centre [back of building]. |
Figure 7.1 |
Gray whale skeleton on display in the common area of EMCS. |
Figure 7.2 |
Totem pole carved for the entrance to EMCS by T’Sou-ke Master Carver Fred Peters (1996). |
Figure 7.3 |
Carved bench for students outside EMCS by T’Sou-ke Master Carver Fred Peters (1996). |
Figure 7.4 |
First Nations halibut fishing rig replication using traditional materials. |
Figure 7.5 |
Herring spawn culture |
Figure 7.6 |
Petroglyph of seal or sea lion at East Sooke Park. |
Figure 7.7 |
Two quadrats (1m x 1m and 0.5m x 0.5m) used for student sampling in the intertidal zone. |
Figure 7.8 |
Students using a 1m x 1m quadrat to explore intertidal life on Whiffin Spit near Sooke. |
Figure 7.9 |
Small plankton net. |
Figure 7.10 |
Copepod caught in plankton net as viewed with a microscope. |
Figure 7.11 |
Students working along an intertidal transect. |
Figure 7.12 |
Student scores for the “Coastal Knowledge Survey.” |
Figure 7.13 |
An example of rocky intertidal zonation. |
Figure 7.14 |
Average topic scores of responses on the pre-instructional “Coastal Opinions” surveys. |
Figure 7.15 |
Student scores for the “Coastal Knowledge Survey.” |
Figure 7.16 |
Average topic scores of responses on the pre- and post-instructional “Coastal Opinions” surveys. |
Figure 9.1 |
SWETÁLIYE Marie Cooper. |
Figure 9.2 |
STOLȻEȽ John Elliott Sr. demonstrates how to make a cedar root basket. |
Figure 9.3 |
XETXÁṮTEN Earl Claxton Jr. shares the story of ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱. |
Figure 9.4 |
The Saanich Year (1993), back cover. |
Figure 9.5 |
Saltwater People, front cover.
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Figure 9.6 |
Ray Sam (sitting) and Earl Claxton Jr. tell stories about ȾIX̱EṈ (on Tsawout First Nation). |
Figure 9.7 |
SWEȾ,TISIYE May Sam shares her knowledge of how to make clam necklaces to student Tiffany Joseph. |
Figure 9.8 |
ȾIKEL – Diploma of Indigenous Language Revitalization program students participate in a wetland restoration project. |
Figure 9.9 |
XEMŦOLTW̱ Nick Claxton working at a SX̱ELE,IȽĆ (Pacific Willow restoration site). |
Figure 9.10 |
STOLȻEȽ John Elliott Sr. demonstrates to students how to twine willow fibres. |
Figure 9.11 |
Students and kayak guides at W̱EN,NÁ,NEĆ. |
Figure 9.12 |
After a productive day’s work, students sit beside the fire as salmon and clams cook. |