Kwiis and Siiam Hamilton (Musqueam), Cynthia Lam (UCV), Doreen and Greg Fitch, Karissa Glendale (Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw)
Karissa Glendale (kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw) wearing a traditional button blanket and Julia McIntyre-Smith (Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw). Karissa is one of the Indigenous activists who occupied the Swanson Island fish farm. Julia spoke at the educational event
Drumming at Hewett Hall. Stó:lō Elder from the Skwah First Nation and president of Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance, Eddie Gardner (middle, red shirt and black cap), leads drumming
Reception at Hewett Hall
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Hereditary Chief Ernest Alfred from Alert Bay (front row on right)
If our salmon are not healthy, then our watersheds are not healthy, and if our watersheds our not healthy, then we have truly squandered our heritage and mortgaged our future