Walking Forward with the Past Wetland garden emerges on SKŦAK / Mayne Island

Jennifer Iredale

“I can see what we call the SŁEQȺ, the sacred grasses that grow here…Maybe we will grow together. Maybe we will grow because water brings growth to us and gives us all a good life force. J,SINTEN / Dr. John Elliott, WJOȽEȽP / Tsartlip Elder at the project launch on the site of the future wetland garden. ŚTENIST ȻENTOL EȻSIÁ TĆÁNȻE (shtung,eest cwun-tall ucw-see-ya T-chaneCwu) / Walking Forward With The Past is creating a new wetland ethnobotanical garden and art exhibit celebrating WSÁNEĆ knowledge and culture on SKŦAK / Mayne Island. This project is a collaboration between the Campbell Bay Music Festival Society and WSÁNEĆ partners including Elders, artists, the PEPÁKEN HÁUTW Foundation, and WSÁNEĆ Curator Rose Spahan. Island partners include the Mayne Island Agricultural Society and Mayne Island Conservancy.…

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British Columbia History (Digital) - 1 Issue, 56.3 Fall 2023

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