Oval shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation. Overcast rim with remnants of a loopwork border. Decorated with vertical stripes of imbricated designs in canary grass and black dyed cherry bark. Cherry bark can be distinguished by the small eyes in the surface of the bark. If the basket maker is skilled the bark has a shiny appearance, if it has not been scraped properly it has a greyish tinge. Canary grass is differentiated from cattail and bear grass by its shiny appearance according to a Stó:lō/Stl’atl’imx elder and basket maker from Mount Currie, who was married into Upper Sḵwx̱wú7mesh.
Object History
Basket, ca. 1895-1910, from the collection of the L. Claude Hill family, who owned the property that became the Burnaby Village Museum. According to the Hill family, L. Claude's wife Anne Sarah Hill (nee Kendrick) traded blankets for baskets, although it is not known if this particular basket was obtained in this manner. Indigenous people travelled the trail that crossed Deer Lake Brook (Douglas Road / Canada Way).
Measurements
Measurements: width 31.5 cm and length 51.5 cm and depth 19.5 cm all measured from top edge to outside of basket, not including trim.
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Thoughts on Decolonizing Heritage" and is presented by Kamala Todd - Indigenous Community Planner, Filmmaker, and Adjunct Professor SFU. The zoom webinar is the second i…
Date of Presentation: October 1, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Total Number of tracks: 1
Total Length of all tracks: 88 min., 3 sec.
Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Thoughts on Decolonizing Heritage" and is presented by Kamala Todd - Indigenous Community Planner, Filmmaker, and Adjunct Professor SFU. The zoom webinar is the second in a collection of seven "Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and made available to the public between September 29 and October 27, 2020. The live webinar and recording was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page.
In this webinar, Kamala Todd speaks about how narratives and sense of place shape our connection to the lands we live upon. Kamala highlights how dominant colonial narratives are embedded into the built environment, place names, heritage landscapes, and the very planning of our cities contributing to exclusion and erasure of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people, who have lived on their unceded territories since time immemorial.Todd provides her perspectives by asking the questions; How has “Heritage” contributed to colonial harms and erasures? And what will it take to decolonize and re-Indigenize the stories, landscapes, and understandings of the places we call home? The presentation is supported with contemporary and historic photographs. Kamala takes questions from webinar participants and reads from writings of different authors including Stó:lō author, Lee Maracle and Salish poet, Will George.
"All good wishes to Colin / and many thanks for contributing / an enjoyable segment to the / 1992 B.C. Historical Federation / Convention. / Pixie McGeachie / May 20/92", written in ink on cover page.
"Dear Colin - / Thank you again for giving up / your Saturday morning in order / to give B.C.H.F. delegates an / interesting & informative bus tour / commentary. Your contribution to / the convention is much appreciated. / Sincerely, / Pixie", hand-written note in ink inserted into book.
Photograph of costumed people gathered outside of "The Buggy Shop" during opening day ceremonies for Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 is dressed in traditional indigenous clothing and standing next to three young women that are weari…
Photograph of costumed people gathered outside of "The Buggy Shop" during opening day ceremonies for Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 is dressed in traditional indigenous clothing and standing next to three young women that are wearing full length dresses, crowns and banners which read "Miss B.C. Centennial" next to an unidentified man dressed in tales and a top hat.
Photograph of costumed people gathered outside of "The Buggy Shop" during opening day ceremonies for Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 is dressed in traditional indigenous clothing and standing next to three young women that are weari…
Photograph of costumed people gathered outside of "The Buggy Shop" during opening day ceremonies for Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 is dressed in traditional indigenous clothing and standing next to three young women that are wearing full length dresses, crowns and banners which read "Miss B.C. Centennial" next to an unidentified man dressed in tales and a top hat.
Photograph of dignitaries at opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on November 19, 1971. Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greets Governor-General Roland Michener (in black suit) with a kiss on the cheek. Members of t…
Photograph of dignitaries at opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on November 19, 1971. Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greets Governor-General Roland Michener (in black suit) with a kiss on the cheek. Members of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and guests are standing behind.
Photograph of dignitaries at opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on November 19, 1971. Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greets Governor-General Roland Michener (in black suit) with a kiss on the cheek. Mayor Bob Pr…
Photograph of dignitaries at opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on November 19, 1971. Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greets Governor-General Roland Michener (in black suit) with a kiss on the cheek. Mayor Bob Prittie (right) and members of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and guests are standing behind.
Description information gathered from page 42 of The Province newspaper Nov. 20, 1971. Newpaper article by Helen Bateson, headline reads "In the 'heavenly dew'"
Photograph of Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greeting Governor-General Roland Michener with a handshake at the official opening of Heritage Village. Mayor Bob Prittie (right) and members of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and gu…
Photograph of Mrs. Alice Burritt, Mrs. Centennial of Canada, 1967 (dressed in traditional indigenous clothing) greeting Governor-General Roland Michener with a handshake at the official opening of Heritage Village. Mayor Bob Prittie (right) and members of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and guests are standing behind.
Description information gathered from page 42 of The Province newspaper Nov. 20, 1971. Newpaper article by Helen Bateson, headline reads "In the 'heavenly dew'"
The garland consist of several hundred small pieces of orange fabric in different patterns and shades. They are tied around the base, a thin white rope.
Object History
These items were collected as part of the Museum's response to the news of 215 unmarked children's graves found at the Kamloops Residential School in June 2021. These items came from engagement activities the public were invited to take part in for several weeks and consider the impact of the discovery in their own lives.
This garland was built by members of the public tying an orange piece of fabric to a string. These garlands lined the Cedar Grove in the Village.
There were a number of other elements to the commemorative display at the Museum. At the Church, there was a display of children's shoes and poetry. Visitors were invited to reflect and write a message to the children, the families or anyone connected to this tragic finding. Visitors were invited to write a message on an orange index card.
Nephrite adze blade; chipped on one end; rectangular shaped.
Object History
The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm, Brookfield Farm, at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
Nephrite is found in the Fraser Canyon
Culture Phase: Possibly Locarno Beach phase (3520-2200 Before Present) or Marpole (400BC - 400AD)
Chisel, adze or axe blade made of serpentine; black; ends broken off; tapered rectangle shape.
Object History
The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm, Brookfield Farm, at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
Culture Phase: Locarno Beach (3520-2200 Before Present) or Marpole (400BC - 400AD)
Chisel, adze or axe blade made of serpentine; small
Object History
The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm, Brookfield Farm, at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
Culture Phase: Locarno Beach (3520-2200 Before Present) or Marpole (400BC - 400AD)
The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm, Brookfield Farm, at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
Nephrite is found in the Fraser Canyon
Culture Phase: Locarno Beach (3520-2200 Before Present) or Marpole (400BC - 400AD)
The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm, Brookfield Farm, at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
Nephrite is found in the Fraser Canyon
Culture Phase: Locarno Beach (3520-2200 Before Present) or Marpole (400BC - 400AD)