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Coast Salish artist (Snuneymuxw)

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Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet from a young First Nations girl named Verna Wyse, Nanaimo, British Columbia, July 1959

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Another day on the water..

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Bait'n hooks!

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Knockin' chickens over all day!

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If we must die. We die defending our rights.

Sitting Bull

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Enjoy Coast Salish Territory! Welcome to Snuneymuxw.

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Coast Salish Killer Whale w/ abolone inlay

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"No way, absolutely no way will we allow or tolerate the pipeline proposal to proceed. We will fight this through the joint review panel, in the courts, and we will oppose this proposal on the land itself," ~ Grand Chief Stewart phillip

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One does not sell the land people walk on.

Crazy Horse

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Great Horned Owl ( Owls are still viewed as messengers of death by many Snuneymuxw first nations today )

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Coast Salish spring salmon

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One thing to remember is to talk to the animals. If you do, they will talk back to you. But if you don’t talk to the animals, they won’t talk back to you, then you won’t understand, and when you don’t understand you will fear and when you fear you will destroy the animals, and if you destroy the animals, you will destroy yourself.

Chief Dan George

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Otterman ~ There is a story from the Heiltsuk people of an otterman that would sneak into town stealing food, women and children. He was easily distinguished by his glowing red eye’s usually seen along the shorelines hiding and waiting. It’s told that a simple punch to the nose would transform the man back into an otter and send him yelping back to sea.

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