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Hesquiaht Man Sent to Gallows Inspires Concerto by Debora Steel V Ha- Shilth -Sa Reporter 2 LIBRARY AND ARCH VES CANADA oR,Nq-, Lt,2 Bib iothèque e Archives P*** Canada I I II II I III II III < 3 3286 57609148 8 'at r yy LL t 4 ,, Na-Shilth-Sa 6 y INTERESTING NEWS } "_ ra . Above photo by Nora Martin Above photo by Danielle Sam Above photo by Nora Martin Canada's Oldest First Nations Newspaper - Serving Nuu- chah -nulth -aht since 1974 Canadian Publications Mail Product Vol. 42 - No. 12- December 17, 2015 haasilsa Sales Agreement No. 40047776 Trudeau receives Whaler's Hat from Nuu- chah -nulth By Debora Steel Trudeau. Ha- Shilth -Sa Reporter Assembly of First Nations B.C. Region- al Chief Shane Gottfriedson welcomed i Gatineau- President Deb Foxcroft and the Nuu- chah -nulth delegation into the Vice President Ken Watts of the Nuu- room where the AFN executive and the chah -nulth Tribal Council presented Prime Minister were preparing for grand Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a wo- entry into the AFN special assembly. ven cedar Whaler's Hat during a gather- Gottfriedson asked National Chief Perry ing of chiefs held Bellegarde 4.5 q if the in Gatineau, Que. , ;g Nuu- chah -nulth i Dec. 8. 4 l ' could present their A Whaler's Hat ' gift to the Prime had also been } .y Minister. Foxcroft presented to i: and Watts were e '. Trudeau's father, then introduced. Pierre, in 1984 Foxcroft spoke when he was and explained the Prime Minister, significance of gifted by leaders the hat, woven by of the Nuu -chah- Now late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Mary Martin of nulth Nations, speaks with weaver Jessie Webster about Tla -o- qui -aht, and including Watts' his Nuu- chah -nulth Whaler's hat. how this was com- father George. 1.s. pleting a circle, as +R:. B irJ Archival photos, I George Watts had taken by former 'f^k w presented Trudeau's i, ry 1 Ha- Shilth -Sa t 1 father with such a s editor Bob j ¡ gift and now Ken Soderlund of that ?, Watts, George's presentation by son, was now a I, the Nuu -chah- +z` ,g ßyí) part of presenting nulth leaders a Whaler's Hat to during Constitu- Pierre Trudeau's z tional talks, were son Justin. Nuu- chah -nulth Tribal Council President Deb Foxcroft and Vice -President Ken also presented to Simon Lucas, and now late George Watts Watts present Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a cedar Whaler's Hat at the the newly -elected present Whaler's hat behalf of the Continued on Assembly of First Nations special assembly in Gatineau, Que. Weaver is Mary Prime Minister Nuu- chah -nulth peoples. page 9. Martin of Tla -o- qui -aht. Hesquiaht man sent to gallows inspires concerto By Debora Steel v Ha- Shilth -Sa Reporter Port Alberni -A simple child grows to be a simple man, is sacrificed and hanged ï unjustly, leaving nothing of his life be- f 431rt., hind but a legacy of sorrow. Until now. Kahtkayna, a "simpleton of inferior , rank... so worthless that not one woman of his tribe would take him as a hus- band," is the unlikely inspiration of a concerto by composer Brent Straughan of Sooke, B.C. - I I Cradle Song for the Useless Man was Photos by Debora Steel performed by the DieMahler Quartet at The DieMahler Quartet performs Cradle Song for the Useless Man at the Alberni Valley United Church Nov. 27. the Alberni Valley United Church Nov. Last May, while Victor Amos was get- in my heart because he represents so Straughan said it was a privilege to look 27. The performance was hosted by Chief ting organized to open his floating café many children who didn't come home into the faces of people directly related Victor Amos and the Amos family of Coppermoon at Hot Springs Cove, he got or other stories on our coast," said Rick "to the stories I've imagined so many Hesquiaht. A family turkey dinner topped a phone call from a stranger out of the Lindholm, who was asked by the family times and tried to think of a way to reflect off the event. blue. "'Hi, my name is Brent Straughan', to say a prayer over the gathering. it back in music." Kahtkayna is forever tied to Amos fam- he says, `I've composed music to tell the "We felt bad about Kahtkayna," said He said the story of Kahtkayna was ily ancestor John Anietshachist and to the story about Kahtkayna, "' Victor told the Vic, "because I still can't see anybody biblical in scope, "sacrificed by his tribe fate of the John Bright, an English -reg- gathering. today who can say 'I'm related to that to stop the colonial officials from burn- istered trading ship that ran into a storm Many had stood and fought for Aniet- man'... So Brent, you come here to rep- ing villages and cannonading canoes." at Estevan Point off the West Coast of shachist's name over the years. In 2012, resent Kahtkayna today. Anietshachist was given up to the British Vancouver Island in February 1869. after a decade of concerted effort to clear You are going to tell a story that's im- by a tribal enemy. Passengers and crew were lost to the his name, the government of British Co- portant to us." Continued on page 3. waves and the rocks along that rugged lumbia finally acknowledged the injustice regret coastline. A deadly brew of rumour, lies of Anietshachist's demise, stating If undeliverable, please return to: Ha- Shilth -Sa for the trial and what the family was put and speculation would sweep the lives P.O. Box 1383, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M2 by the colonial govern- of Kahtkayna and Anietshachist away in through, ordered COLLECTION CANADA NEWSPAPER the aftermath, charged and convicted of ment to watch as their relative was put to LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES the "willful murder" of the John Bright a gruesome death. (17) ST 'survivors,' killed as they struggled from But though the regret extends to Kaht- 395 WELLINGTON K1A ON4 the surf to the shore by "West Coast sav- kayna, he has not been represented. OTTAWA, ONTARIO I I , r ages," or so it was alleged. "The name of Kahtkayna really: soltil ekt 't It't't't'. Page 2- Ha- Shilth -Sa- December 17, 2015 December 17, 2015 - Ha- Shilth -Sa -Page 3 Part of maritime history of Tatoosh family preserved Composer's work now represents Kahtkayna's life yT ay Shayne Morrow r Continued from page I. Ha- Shilth -Sa Contributor _' ihis whole thing at a spiritual level,' rail T Shaughan said his was eight nation A ` Victor Amos. years in the making, from hearing the Port Alberni -MomMm of the Tatoosh Witness statements, ignored by the story of Anietshachist and Kahtkayea to family joined some long -tiro maritime O'er% fdn lawful inquest convened by the Anomcc tending at the United Church that day. history buffs to unravel the hihistory of the General, had put Kahtkayna in Nootka Two years were a particular struggle. little boom boat that bears their name. at the time of the John Bright shipwreck "I doubted my talent, I gut lost in my On Nov. 26, the Port Alberni Maritime raw_ and for two weeks afler.The Amos family ideas." But the wisdom of another would Heritage Society hosted a Maritime j( s says that while walking along the beach set him on the right path. 'Brent, it Heritage Night at the Hutcheson Gal- give / ' on his way boa gathering, Anietshachist a clear voice. You have a clear voice," he lery to introduce their latest display, the came upon the bodies nftwo victims of was tamed. Ile said the resulting work Tatoosh 11, which, according to the family the John Bright wreck. Ile drew the but. was now of the Amos family story. 42e ofe past owner, was named for the late part ies above the lidding. as was the practice Friday's performance began with the Hupa asath musician and cultural teacher to deal with after the community feast chant composed by Anietshachist on the Edward "Tat" Tatoosh. V der, The community had a tradition of bury- gallows in the moments Prior to the opening, Hupacasath elected before his death. ing shipwreck victims. In the church, holding aloft a crystal and Chief Councillor Steven Taiwan said he A surgeon who exhumed and examined shaking rattle- powerful Nuu- eager to hear from the presenters, hide those bodies testified he found no signs of chah-nulth symbols of the tofilla in some of the gaps in his family sacral -the foul play. His testimony was ignored. chant was sung by descen- knowledge. It now appears there were Anietshachist _ But a medal given to Anietshachist's son dent Lucas as the quartet as many as eight vessels bearing that Judy siring and .1 Aime Anutpato by the President of the audience looked on. Tatoosh name. Chief Victor Amos, a descendent of Sol.r.haehhl. was hast of the concert at the United States was part of the proof given _4ow. _ The chant professes Anietshachisl'o "I believe the Tatoosh I was named aller United Church. Ile congratulated composer Brent Strangbar tat front left.) to the government of British Columbia as TheHapaeasath singers performed the Southwest Wind Song and the Hupacasath Song at the my great -grandfather. William Tatoosh," Maritime Heritage Night innocence. It says he would always be they considered en apology for Kahtkay- hosted by the Port Alberni Maritime Heritage Society on Not.
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