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[kesara]

Browns River Waterfall - Comox [IMG_1252] by Kesara Rathnayake

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Woman of Ice 

Andy Everson

From andyeverson.com Growing up, I absolutely LOVED playing with toys. In fact, I was thoroughly obsessed with them! They fueled my imagination and encouraged me to read and do research in the school library. My toys pushed me to become fascinated with historical wars, dinosaurs, castles and space exploration. One type of toy that I never found, however, was anything that had to do with my own Kwakwaka’wakw background. On the occasional instances where Indigenous people were represented in toys, they invariably fell under the “Cowboys and Indians” genre, not the “Totem poles and Potlatching” kind of Indian. I could never find toys that really mirrored who I was. As a result, I never really started researching my own people until I had put my toys away as a teenager. As a devout researcher now, however, I am more than happy to project some real Indigenous context onto the toys of my childhood.

As a young child, my partner Erin Brillon was bestowed with the Haida name Ḵalga Jaad, or “Woman-of-Ice”. This name is also currently held by Erin’s maternal grandmother, Evelyn. The name is an important ancestral prerogative that has been in the lineage since the time of the last glaciation. The very first Ḵalga Jaad lead her people to the south to escape the encroaching ice age. Passed down through the generations, this name follows the Haida matrilineal system in going to the first born females of the lineage. Before Evelyn the name was held by Erin’s 6x-great-grandmother Ḵalga Jaad, sometime around the time of first contact with Europeans.

[salvadorbonaparte]

Part 2 of (grizzly) bear in different languages of North America inspired by @ancesters

Shashchō - Tā̀gish (Tagish)

Shär Cho - Häł gołan (Hän)

Daxpitcheetáale - Apsáalooke (Crow)

χawgəs - ʔayajuθəm (Homalco)

Kiláwnaʔ - Nsyilxcən (Okanagan)

Náṇ - Haíɫzaqvḷa (Heiltsuk)

Likin̓skw - Nisg̱a’a (Nisga'a)

Lak'insxw - Gitsenimx̱ (Gitxsan)

Dlēze - Denek’éh (Slavey)

Shas - Dakeł (Dakelh)

Sources

First Voices

Crow Dictionary Online

Various dictionaries in the MEGA folder

Native Languages

[thecelestialsphere]

3D Model - Comox House

Comox House - 3D Mode l

A Large residential home in Comox, BC. Worked on the 3D model and the permit drawings.

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Huge thunderstorms all up vancouver island, seen from Pt. Holmes, Comox.

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[j-r-macready]

Snowbirds by Combat Camera / Caméra de combat Via Flickr: The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Canada’s air demonstration team, perform their last show for the Comox Valley April 24, 2010. Les Snowbirds, 

[earthpkmnheadcanons]

Can I get some info on what might be found in the Comox Valley, British Columbia? Of particular note are Comox Glacier and the various bodies of water in the area that include several streams, a harbour, beaches, a lake, and an estuary.

Given how much water there is in the Comox Valley, it’s no surprise that it’s home to an abundance of water-types, and rock and ice-types typically live around the Comox Glacier. One Pokemon to keep an eye out for is Alolan Sandshrew. They live up in the mountains by the glacier, and tend to be afraid of humans, hiding in holes they’ve dug to protect themselves. Other Pokemon you might spot in the valley include Buizel, Remoraid, and Basculin. Absol have also been sighted a few times in the Comox Valley, though Absol tend to be rare and are rumored to only appear right before a disaster.