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been made possible through the ArtistEthnobotanist, and Educator generous support of these sponsors: aboriginal heritage Looking at Colwood’s Colwood’s Looking at and helps chronicle First Nations and European history and European in the area. Nations First and helps chronicle Colwood Colwood and teaching people about the value of this unique ecosystem. of people about the value and teaching the dunes along the Coburg Peninsula by removing invasive species invasive removing by Peninsula the dunes along the Coburg First Nations peoples who already called this wonderful peoples who already Nations home. place First . Site Historic a involving: collaboration available at the site. at available Original artworkOriginal through provided They learned to live in harmony with their environment and with deep reverence for all nature. for and with deep reverence with their environment in harmony live learned to They vreb.org colwood.ca westshore.bc.ca Painting by D. Czernecky D. by Painting language and customs, the settlers chased the Coast Salish people away from their traditional home places. their traditional from Salish people away the settlers chased the Coast language and customs, Painting by Rosemary by James Cross Painting Fort RoddFort Hill National restoration of Garry restoration Oak For thousands of years before European contact, the First Nations people of Vancouver Island lived in large and in large Island lived Vancouver people of Nations contact, the First European before thousands of years For build their futures in this wonderful place. Unfortunately, the newcomers did not understand the nature of the did not understand the nature the newcomers in this wonderful Unfortunately, build their futures place. ecosystems at Colwood’s at ecosystems small villages all along the coast, where they relied upon the sea and the land for their food, medicines and technology. medicines and technology. their food, upon the sea and the land for they relied where small villages all along the coast, The Esquimalt Lagoon Stewarding Initiative (ELSI) and other dedicated community volunteers also work hard to restore restore to hard also work community volunteers dedicated (ELSI) and other Initiative Esquimalt Lagoon Stewarding The Parks Canada is leading the Canada Parks When the rst explorers and settlers arrived in what are now the seaside communities of Victoria and Colwood, they were they were and Colwood, Victoria of the seaside communities now are in what and settlers arrived the rst explorers When Songhees Master Carver Clarence (Butch) Dick at Esquimalt Lagoon serves to celebrate the importance Salish culture Esquimalt Lagoon serves Dick at of Coast celebrate (Butch) Songhees to Master Carver Clarence Northern Pintail community social events. www.pch.gc.ca/fortroddhill amazed at the park-like spaces and gently rolling hills. It reminded them of their European homelands, and made them eager to and made them eager to homelands, It them of their European hills. reminded rolling and gently spaces the park-like at amazed student success and forging community connections through the district's schools. Organizations like Parks Canada are working are Canada like Parks community the district's connections Organizations through schools. and forging success student The healthiest food healthiest The birds for Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary avours of their indigenous foods. The Sooke School District works closely with the Scia'new and T'Sou-ke Nations, increasing aboriginal aboriginal T'Sou-ke increasing Sooke Nations, SchoolThe District and closely with the Scia'new works of their indigenous foods. avours with volunteers to restore Garry Oak meadows to their natural beauty, and to demonstrate the food value of traditional crops like Camas. like Camas. crops of traditional value the food demonstrate and to Garry beauty, their natural to restore to Oak meadows with volunteers For more information, please visit: information, more For Today, First Nations communities are reclaiming and celebrating their cultural traditions, working preserve language and re-discovering to traditions, their cultural the and celebrating reclaiming are communities Nations First Today, Much more awaits the Lagoon at ... species of just a sample of the many are These and other wildlifebirds the will find at you Coburg and Esquimalt Lagoon Peninsula Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Colwood, B.C. diminished as a result, while introduced species, like Scotch broom and English ivy displacing and further broom ourished, like Scotch plants. species, endangering the native while introduced diminished as a result, as well as berry bushes for birds and bears. The controlled burning did not damage the oak trees nor the indigenous plants in any way, it helped them. way, in any nor the indigenous plants burning did not damage the oak trees controlled The as berry and bears. as well birds bushes for Unfortunately, the settlers did not understand the strategic burning and stopped the practice. The quality The plants and quantity of important food native the practice. burning and stopped the settlers did not understand the strategic Unfortunately, food plants to grow well and in large crops. The burning rid the area of re hazards, provided fresh and abundant grasslands for deer and other wildlife, deer and other wildlife, for grasslands and abundant fresh provided hazards, of re burning ridThe the area crops. and in large well grow to plants food environmental management, sharing resources, nancial bene ts and taxation. More information on the Te'mexw Treaty can be found at at can be found Treaty Te'mexw on the information More nancial bene ts and taxation. sharing resources, management, environmental The Governments of Canada and are still engaged in treaty negotiations with some Coast Salish First Nations on southern Vancouver Island. Island. Vancouver on southern Nations Salish First with some Coast negotiations still engaged in treaty are and British Columbia of Canada Governments The Often these areas were Garry Oak meadows, where controlled burning was practiced to keep the areas clear and allow Camas and other important Camas clear and allow traditional keep the areas burning practiced to was Garry controlled Often where were these areas Oak meadows, The park-like settings admired by the European settlers were being managed by First Nations people, as they learned to steward the lands that sustained them. the lands that steward as they learned to people, Nations First being managed by settlers were the European by settings admired park-like The The Esquimalt, Songhees, Scia'new and T'Sou-ke Nations share a traditional connection to the Colwood area. Interpretive signage and a cedar mural created by by created mural and a cedar signage Interpretive area. T'Sou-ke connection the Colwood a traditional to share Nations and Scia'new Songhees, Esquimalt, The hunt and gather food in their hereditary hunting, berry and shing grounds, which were often a considerable distance away. When the settlers found what they what the settlers found When away. distance often a considerable berry which were in their hereditary food hunting, and gather hunt and shing grounds, Alexandra Centre for Children's Health. Children's for Centre Alexandra Most of the European settlers arrived during the summertime, when the Coast Salish people were away from their winter homes at places like Esquimalt Lagoon, places homes at their winter from away during arrived settlers the summertime, Salish people were Most when the Coast of the European in 1910, and is home to everything and is home to in 1910, considered to be abandoned villages, they used the timbers left behind to build new homes for their families. When the First Nations people returned in autumn to in autumn to people returned Nations the First When their families. they used the timbers left build new homes for be abandoned villages, behind to to considered The Te’mexw Treaty aects the City of Colwood through a negotiation process which deals with far-reaching issues such as land ownership, governance, wildlife and wildlife governance, issues such as land ownership, far-reaching which deals with process a negotiation through aects the City of Colwood Treaty Te’mexw The where they enjoyed access to fresh water, bountiful forest lands and transportation by sea. Each summer, whole villages would temporarily relocate for the season to the season to for relocate temporarily whole villages would lands and transportation sea. Each summer, by forest bountiful water, fresh to access they enjoyed where villages where they may have lived for generations, they encountered the European settlers who now saw them as the newcomers. Unable to understand each other's Unable to them as the newcomers. saw settlers who now the European they encountered generations, for lived have they may villages where knitted and sewn items for the nation’s troops. the nation’s knitted for and sewn items quality of life Parks Canada staff engage visitors, students and students staff engage visitors, Canada Parks underscores the importanceunderscores of community well as various outreach and volunteer programs programs and volunteer outreach as various well Migrating birds need food energy need food Migrating birds to recharge long for Brewer’s Blackbird Many rural hospitals, hospitals, rural Many year-round to raise funds in support raise to of the Queen year-round Institute movement. movement. Institute from yoga classes to square dances and a host of dances square classes to yoga from libraries, halls and other halls and other libraries, Common Goldeneye community groups through new interpretive media, as media, new interpretive through community groups Quick Tips to Protect Wildlife distance an appropriate Keep and other birds from away wildlife. fitness. their winter and maintain flights interruptions Frequent can be harmful. Please be respectful and keep diet is critical. natural A healthy distance. your nature.is supplied by Bread can sick and has little make birds nutritional value. 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