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Seven men in photo, six standing one is kneeling, in back ground there is cabins and part of hill to right.15
Indian days or Pow wow1920
British Columbia, Canada
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Man wearing regalia holding drum, people in back gound. May have been indian days or Powwow in Kamloops, dancers perform as non native crowds watch.17
Laura Harry holding microphone at the Shuswap Declaration ceremony1982
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Hand drum in the back, a representation of the heart beat of mother earth. Drums are made from moose, elk, deer, dog, beaver and are used for prayer, dance, stories or stick games.19
Young girls dancing1976
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Young girls dancing in traditional clothing in field below the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Although school closed the building remains an office of business and schooling for not against Aboriginal people.21
Pow wow dancing1976
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Harmony Seymour and Tanya Seymour wearing traditional clothing. The children involved in Pow wow dancing would become dancing champions who compete all over America.23
Camp Wil-Yum1985
Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
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An over view shot of camp Wil-Yum which contains three traditional teepees, log house under construction, skeleton frame structure used to protect people from rain. This area is now a campsite and host to the Williams Lake Pow wow.25
Archiving historical data1983
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Keith Matthew about to push a video tape into video machine in 1983. Secwepemc utilize modern day equipment to record and archive historical data.27
Although many of our surroundings have changed through time and many Secwepemc rely more on the commerce and food source of that comes with white community, the Culture of Secwepemc people has never changed. In fact the Culture of the Secwepemc people has become the most important role in decisions in all forms of living including preservation of language. |
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