ÍY, SȻÁĆEL HÁLE (Good Day all),
With the coming of the WEXES (frog) Moon and the arrival of ȻENKI,LES (spring, or the Rebirth of the Earth) on 19 March, it looks like restoration season is getting growing again! This is great news. With the season of ȻENȾOȽEṈ (Cold Earth) and all the time spent close with family, community, and coming together in warm ways now giving way to the first of the flowers finding us here, it really does feel like we’re being called back onto the land!
There are a bunch of events at the end of March coming up, and a future update will include any events that get added between now and the changing of the moons in early-April, so stay tuned!
- Weds 27 March 10-2, PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ & HAT at SṈIDȻEȽ (so-called Tod Inlet). Bring a lunch, water, and some decent shoes and pants (tools and gloves will be provided) and spend part of day restoring the original W̱SÁNEĆ Village Site with some amazing friends! Register at: https://hat.bc.ca/volunteer/restoration-at-side-with-pepe-hutw
- Thurs 28 March, 10-2:30pm. Join PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ for a ŚI,ŚEJ (Forest) Restoration Day at the W̱SÁNEĆ Tribal School. Register by emailing Sarah Jim at sarah_jim@hotmail.ca
- Sat 30 March, 10am-2pm. This is a huge co-accomplice team-up for the land! The W̱SÍ,ḴEM Ivy Project is inviting the Special Bird Service, and HAT to a bird count with snack, tools, and gloves provided with no experience necessary! Come and learn about our winged neighbours while supporting Indigenous stewardship. Register by emailing Max at max@hat.bc.ca.
May spring find you all in a good way, and may the land call us all back to it so we can (un)learn, support Indigenous-led decolonization, and (re)join a great community!
See you on the land 🙂