Resources
About lək̓ʷəŋən Lands and Peoples
First Peoples Map of BC
Place to learn & see the layers of significance to place.
First Voices: Lekwungen
Place to learn about & hear audio samples of the language of the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples.
Cedar
As part of Open Space’s Online / On Land project curated by Eli Hirtle, Tiwuxiwulh Tyrone Elliott and PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper offered a look into non-human kinship relations, connection to Ancestry, Indigenous law, intuitive math and cross-culture appropriation through their experiences with Cedar weaving, processing, and harvesting i.e. what it means to belong to Cedar as a people and as a practice.
Meegan
Cheryl Bryce – Meegan from Open Space’s Online / On Land.
Cheryl Bryce is from the Songhees Nation, traditionally known as the Lekwungen. The Lekwungen traditional territories include Victoria and Greater Victoria in BC Canada and San Juan Island, Washington United States. Lekwungen women are the backbone of the Kwetlal food system (Garry Oak ecosystems) by managing it for centuries and maintaining their connections to their homelands with traditional laws and practices.
Bryce presented her lifetime of experience of Kwetlal food systems within her traditional homelands. She shareed some of the Songhees history and her family stories and discussed her challenges and approaches to decolonizing landscapes in an urban city.
Scores for Listening on Land
xwe’í [arrive, arriving, come here, have come, get here, get back]
These audio works by Dylan Robinson are intended to accompany you as you move through Victoria. Please download the audio files to your listening device / phone or stream from Bandcamp.
You will need headphones or earphones in order to listen as you move. These works are not for stationary listening; they are instructions to follow, requiring you to move and undertake actions.
Ləléʔnəŋ Listening On Land: Reciprocal Listening
Ləléʔnəŋ Listening On Land is a practice score by Tina Pearson that invites people to consider reciprocity in onland listening for the Ləléʔnəŋ Listening-With project. The score can be downloaded, and used by anyone, individually or in a group, any time.
Earth Drums
“The intention of the drums was for people to make music for themselves, each other, and for the land. I designed the drums so that in addition to the reverberations that we hear, they also reverberate below human hearing, which is where the music for the land is made.” Carey Newman
For more information & the location of the drums visit here.