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.
Contents: Introduction: Native Lauguages and Culture
The Hesquiat Project : Research in Native Indian Aural History
My Own Native Land : Some Reflections On The Lives of Native People
Recording In The Native Language
The Suppression of B.C. Languages : Filling In The Gaps In The Documentary Record
Interview With Francis Williams, Haida Artist
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.
"Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page
"This volume is the second part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The first volume Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish Explorers on the Coast provides historical background on the contact period. W.J.L. " -- title page
Contents: Comments on the issue
Guest Commentary
Aural History Institute of British Columbia
Aural History Convention - 1973
British Columbia Indian Language Project
Report of the Oral History Committee of the Canadian Historical Association's Archives Section
A View from McGill University
Tape recordings in Radio Documentaries
"David Day, Guest Editor." -- title page.
Contents: Foreward - Ernest Hall (Provincial Secretary)
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Aural history, Regional studies and literature in British Columbia
The Creation of Man:
The Creation of Man: One
The Creation of Man: Two
How the Animals and Birds Got Their Names
The Kiskatinaw Songs:
Stranger Song
Captive Song
Inside Song
Sorcerer's Song
The Exploration:
How Simon Fraser Saw the Lillooets
How the Lillooets Saw Simon Fraser
For Simon Fraser
My Father Simon Fraser
The Mackenzie Fraser Thompson River Plot
Eustice Smith - Two Histories
The Ginger Goodwin Controversy
Sergeant Lees' View
William Pritchard's View
Cumberland Graveyard, February 1973
Ginger: A play
Four Statements on Work
Prarie Letter
The Cowichan
The Tooth
Journal Entry
Emily Carr:
Poem from: Emily
Klee Wyck: An Interview
A Short Trip With Young Emily
The Spoils of War : Three Veterans/Three Poems
Canada at War
At Bay With Big Dutch
Remembering Esquimalt
Skookum Country
D.N.A. Stereo Tape Magazine
"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.