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SUMMARY:Indigenous Cultural Safety Event: Sc’ianew Canoe Landing
DESCRIPTION:\nSc’ianew Canoe Landing\nDate: Tuesday, July 21, 2026\nLocation: Cheanuh Marina, 4901B East Sooke Road, Sc’ianew First Nation (Beecher Bay)\nCanoe Landing: Approximately 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.\nCommunity Dinner: 5:00 p.m.\nProtocol: Approximately 6:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIDFP is honoured to sponsor the Canoe Journey landing hosted by Sc’ianew First Nation and warmly invites members to attend. Witnessing a canoe landing offers an opportunity to respectfully observe the welcoming of visiting Canoe Families and experience the songs, protocols, and traditions that accompany these journeys.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanoe Culture, Health & Wellness\nEach summer, Nations along the Pacific Coast participate in Tribal Canoe Journeys, a living tradition that brings together thousands of pullers, families, Elders, youth, and community members through the shared experience of paddling ancestral waterways.\nWhile Canoe Journeys are often recognized for their cultural significance, they are also powerful expressions of health and wellness.\nFor generations, cedar canoes served as both transportation and connection, linking communities, families, trade routes, and ways of life. Following periods of cultural disruption and suppression, Indigenous leaders, Elders, and communities helped spark a canoe resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s that continues to grow today. Through this revitalization, Canoe Journeys have become about much more than reaching a destination.\nMany pullers, canoe families, and community members speak to the positive impacts Canoe Journeys have on mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness. Through culture, community, and connection, the journey brings generations together to share knowledge, carry teachings forward, and nurture a strong sense of identity, belonging, and purpose.\nCanoe Journey 2026: Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch\nHosted by the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Canoe Journey 2026 will bring Canoe Families together on Nisqually lands from July 31–August 5, 2026. This year’s gathering is dedicated to the theme: “Healing Through Our Waters by Honoring Our Ancestors.”\nFor non-Indigenous community members, Tribal Canoe Journeys offer an opportunity to witness living Indigenous cultures, protocols, governance systems, and community strengths. They remind us that wellness is not solely an individual pursuit, but one that is deeply rooted in relationships, culture, connection to place, and collective care.\nCloser to home, South Island residents are invited to witness canoe landings as Canoe Families travel south toward Nisqually. Landings are currently anticipated at Pacheedaht (July 19), Sooke (July 20), and Sc’ianew (July 21).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Story Worth Watching\nThrough the voices of pullers, Elders, and community members, this short video, Canoe Journey 2023: Paddle to Muckleshoot, offers a glimpse into the meaning, teachings, and spirit of Tribal Canoe Journeys.\n\n
URL:https://southislanddivision.ca/events/indigenous-cultural-safety-event-scianew-canoe-landing/
CATEGORIES:Indigenous Cultural Safety
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