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You can view and download photos from the 4th Annual Traditional Foods Conference at the following link. Please use photos…
Dr. Peter Ross and research technician, Neil Dangerfield, boat back to the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney after the…
These are some of the people who were nominated as Traditional Food Champions by their communities and honoured for all…
Grade 3/4 class from Quadra Elementary School loved participating!
Traditional Foods Fear Factor provided lots of entertainment for the crowd! In the preliminary rounds, people were challenged to eat…
The two pits are opened for the feast! Vegetables in one, and seafood in the other. Gilakasla!
Pollution is an important concern in the ocean. Understanding where pollutants come from, and where they end up in the…
Abe Lloyd demostrated the use of a bentwood box for cooking. Taneesha Thomas from Campbell River helped add red hot…
Melody Charlie shared her story about her husband, Evan Touchie. Please watch the video that she has created. Thank you…
Shawn “Sugar” Decaire and Sandy “Salmon Sandwich” George prepare the second pit to cook the seafood. Manilla clams and oysters…
Joan Morris (Songhees) teaches everyone how to bake scow bread over the fire. She learned the recipe from her great-grandmother….
“Pulling together” canoe journey
Niko Rampanem helps the film crew from Down 2 Earth. The conference will be featured in one of the season…
Sandy and Erik try raw oysters for the first time. “They’re not that bad!”
BBQ Salmon and salmon In the smokehouse. Thank you Tom Wilson!
Chief Ralph Dick welcomes two hundred people as they arrive for the beginning of Day Two of the 4th Indigenous…
Kalilah and her little sister Hali’dzox. Tonight, Kalilah played guitar and performed three original songs that she composed. The titles…
Youth dancers at cultural performance in the Big House.
Dinner is served…thank you to all of the fabulous cooks!
Elder James Quattell from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River spoke about the need to revive traditional…
Elder Susan Paquette spoke this afternoon, reflecting and offering wisdom for the next generation. “Sometimes the old ways are the…
Norine Messer (left) presented about the Uu-a-thluk Traditional Foods Toolkit and Cookbook. Uu-a-thluk means “taking care of” in Nuu-chah-nulth. Norine…
APTN is here in Campbell River covering the conference. Thank you APTN!
Workshops took place this morning in the Big House. Participants learned about traditional medicine bath salts, soapberry spoon making, traditional…