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First Nations in the Alberni Valley
Lyndon Cassell Photography
nuu chah nulth tribal council: representing 14 First Nations on Vancouver Island. The council resides on Tseshaht territory known as Maht Mahs
Tseshaht First Nation
Hupacasath First Nation
Huu-ay-aht government offices
Uchucklesaht Tribe Council. The Uchucklesaht has two villages in Barkley Sound
Rainbow over Uchucklesaht.
I had just started a business in May of 2015 when they started construction on the new Uchucklesaht building which was named "The Thunderbird" when it was opened.
Ceremony images from the opening of The Thunderbird
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Welcoming Figures.
The Welcoming Figures at the bottom of Victoria Quay were created by local Hupacasath First Nations carvers. One figure faces the water and the other faces the land, as a way of "welcoming" people to the area from the water or the land.
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Tseshaht First Nation
Tseshaht First Nation territory is located on the beautiful West Coast of Vancouver Island and spans from the La Perouse bank off shore to Barkley Sound, the Broken Group Islands and Alberni Inlet to Port Alberni and Sproat and Great Central Lakes. Tseshaht First Nation is a unified, self-determining Nation, rooted in their teachings and ways of being, taking a proactive role to improve the health and well-being of its members and those yet unborn; strengthening their language and culture; and stewarding their ḥaaḥaaḥuułi. Living their culture.
The Tseshaht First Nations performing a ceremonial dance to begin the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Alberni District Fall Fair on Thursday, September 8
Lyndon Cassell Photography
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