Category: Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives
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A visit to the Stone Church in April of 2026.
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Professor sp’aqw’um’ultunaat | Donna Gerdts in class with students learning Hul’q’umi’num’.
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A woman gathering tules on the shore.
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Willie Seymour and Paul Wyse stand beside a canoe they are building.
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Sophia George showing Elder Delores Louie the sweater she is knitting at Hwiemtum Fred Roland’s Sacred Cedar Centre on Boys Road in Duncan
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Cowichan Elder Sti’tuma’t | Ruby Peter demonstrating how to make a basket with tule.
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Tom Hukari standing with Sti’tuma’t | Ruby Peter at an event.
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Performing the Jealous Moon play, adapted from a story written by Chris Alphonse & Ruby Peter. Performed at the Sacred Cedar Center in Koksilah, 25 July 2019.
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The bride and groom are getting married and wearing woven cedar regalia.
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View of Quamichan Lake, which was historically used for canoe races, fishing, and harvesting tule, continues to be taken care of by the Cowichan People. Photo taken 30 April 2026.
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St. Ann’s church at the bottom of Mt. Tzouhalem with kwustunaat walking toward the church . Photo taken 28 April 2026.
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Cowichan Bay, leading to the point that used to have buildings on it. This is a place of gathering and canoe racing. Photo taken 28 April 2026.
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This is the white bridge over the Cowichan River, just off of Somena Village. It has become a popular swimming spot over the years, has been tagged with graffiti, and is recognized and owned as Cowichan Territory.
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Elder Ruby Peter receiving an honorary degree from Simon Fraser Univeristy in June 2019 for her lifetime of work on the Hul’q’umi’num’ language. Pictured with her sister, Delores Louie.
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Thomas Jones Sewit standing on a rock, wrapped in a mountain goat wool blanket. This is a recreation of the famous picture taken by Edward S. Curtis of a woman wrapped in a mountain goat blanket. That picture, taken in 1912, featured the late Elder Ruby Peter’s maternal aunt, Emily, who was 13 at the…
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Simon Charlie and his daughter looking at a wood carving.
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Woman spinning yarn at the Coast Salish village of Musqueam.
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Men’s Club learning St. Johns Ambulance Senior First Aid Course
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The Stone Church, also known as the Butter Church was built on Comiaken Hill in 1870 under the direction of Father Rondeault.
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The first photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Don Elliott with baby Donna, the winner of the Best Baby Contest, part of the Corpus Christi celebrations in May of 1961. The second photo shows Mrs. Gary Charlie, with Gary Junior, the winner of the baby contest in 1963. The baby care class was run by Indian…
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