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Saanich people. Elsie Copper and her brother, who is wearing traditional Saanich dance regalia. George Gustav Heye, right. 1938 photo, NMAI. The Saanich or W̱sáneć (Saanich: W̱SÁNEĆ, [xʷˈsenət͡ʃ], Xwsenəč) are indigenous nations from the north coast of the Gulf and San Juan Islands, southern Vancouver Island and the southern edge ...
The Saanich Territorial Title is a communal title which is the foundation of the Saanich Indian Culture. This title was granted thousands of years ago to the first Saanich Indian People by the Creator of the earth. He instructed the Saanich Indian People to look after the land if they wanted their culture to survive.
The Saanich Territorial Title is a communal title which is the foundation of the Saanich Indian Culture. This title was granted thousands of years ago to the first Saanich Indian People by the Creator of the earth. He instructed the Saanich Indian People to look after the land if they wanted their culture to survive.
- Colonial Legacies
- Three Ways to Give Land Back
- Being on The Land Is A 'Blessing'
Lorraine Land is a non-Indigenous, Toronto-based lawyer who specializes in Indigenous rights and environmental law. She regularly fields questions about how to give land back to local Indigenous people, and has spent a lot of time thinking about the barriers and difficulties to doing so. Land said the challenges stem from long-standing beliefs ensh...
Land says this method is one of three options to give land back to First Nations. The first method is for a First Nation to set up a corporation to hold title to the lands being returned. "A corporation is recognized in Canadian law as a legal person able to hold lands, but a First Nation isn't," she said. Like the W̱SÁNEĆ leadership council, First...
Eric Pelky, the community engagement co-ordinator of the W̱SÁNEĆ leadership council, has only seen SISȻENEM by boat. But he'll soon be able to set his feet down on the island, where elders say his community's ancestors used to harvest medicines. "What I'm really looking forward to is actually standing in a place that hasn't been changed essentially...
Serving the people. Saanich blends both the rural and urban on southern Vancouver Island. Welcome to our diverse community! Entrepreneurs, artists, community-builders, farmers and families call Saanich home. More than 114,000 people live here giving us the largest population on the island. We border six other municipalities, including British ...
The People. The W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) First Nation has lived since time immemorial along the Pacific coast of North America, in an area straddling the border between the current Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada and Washington State (WA), USA. They are a Northern Straits
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Indigenous Relations. The District of Saanich lies within the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples represented by the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples represented by the Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout, Tseycum and Malahat Nations. The First Peoples have been here since time immemorial and their history in this area ...
