Category: Villages

qw’umey’qun t’i’wi’ulhew’t-hw | Comiaken Village and St. Ann’s Church

View of Comiaken Village featuring the building of the Stone Butter Church and the older Episcopal Church in the background.
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qequn’ ’utl’ qwuyuxwuthut | House Post of qwuyuxwuthut

Images of house posts from Edward Paul’s Longhouse, dating from 1914-1918.
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hay ’ul’ yuw’en’ tthu shqa’elu ni’ ’utl’ lhumlhumuluts’ | First Water System at Clemclem

New water system installed in ClemClem. A pumphouse on the Koksilah River pumps water from a deep well to pressure tanks. From there the water is piped to homes.
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slhuq’ute’ mustimuhw yu ha’kwushus tthuuw’ swe’s ’eelhtun huy’mat-s | Plains Indians in their Traditional Regalia

Large group posed in front of a house in traditional outfits. Many of the men are wearing headresses associated with plains First Nations.
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hulelum’ ni’ ’utl’ tl’ulpalus | Houses at Cowichan Bay

Houses at the shoreline of Cowichan Bay Village.
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slheni’ yu kwun’et tthu shkapi’elu | Woman with Coffee Pot

Nicely dressed woman holding a coffee (or tea) pot, walking toward a building.
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xwuyxwi’ ni’ ’u tthu palhe’ch | Masked Dancers at a Potlatch Ceremony

Cowichan Masked Dancers performing a ceremony at a potlatch.
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palhe’ch ’utl’ ts’uyximulwut ni’ ‘utl’ s’amunu | Somenos Memorial Potlatch

Memorial at a longhouse (or Hamlock’s Barn) showing dolls under a decorated blanket and two men standing on the side. (Photo taken 16 June 1910).
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slhelhul’t snuhwulh ni’ ’u tthu quw’utsun’ sta’luw’ | Beached Canoe at the Cowichan River

View from Cowichan River of a canoe and the bridge in Duncan. Two young children peek out from the shoreline.
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p’uq’ shq’utuw’ulh ni’ ’utl’ s’amunu | White Bridge at Somenos

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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