Knowledge Keepers: Cedar Harvest
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2020
- Jessica Silvey and her partner Robert Joe are traditionalists and knowledge keepers who reside on the Sechelt reserve on the Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. Their professional and personal lives involve the preservation of cultural traditions, passed down from generation to generation. In this video, Jessica and Robert take us on a special trip to document the ancient tradition of harvesting cedar bark-the material of Coast Salish basket weaving and regalia making. In this territory, culturally modified trees (CMT) that are over 200 years old can be found, proving that the Coast Salish peoples of this land were here long before settlers from Europe. The Museum of Anthropology houses baskets made from this very material, harvested in exactly the same way, which are over 4500 years old.
In this video, follow as Jessica and Robert take us alongside a river in Sechelt, BC that is zoned for logging. By staying in contact with the local logging industries, they harvest the young cedar bark before the trees are logged. Jessica teaches the traditional art form of cedar weaving to universities, high schools and museums, but rarely does she have a student who understands just how meaningful the material they are working with truly is. On this special occasion, Jessica and Robert take us to where they find the materials for their educational weaving.
Please note: Only Indigenous people are permitted to harvest cedar in such a way as it is in alignment with their traditional protocols and beliefs. Jessica and Robert have participated in this series as a way to document their tradition, so that future generations of their ancestors will be able to witness and carry on this ancient practice.
Learn more about Knowledge Keepers: A MOA Original Documentary Series: moa.ubc.ca/2020/06/knowledge-...
Knowledge Keepers is a MOA original documentary series which documents traditional Indigenous knowledge keepers. See the land currently known as British Columbia in ways you’ve never seen it before as these individuals give us an inside look at the world we live in-through the eyes of a person who has thousands of years of oral history in their ears, and thousands of years of tradition in their blood. In a world of great unrest from environmental struggles, the voices of Indigenous knowledge keepers are essential to document for future generations.
Credits:
Jessica Silvey
Weaver/Traditionalist
Sechelt/Squamish Lineage
Robert Joe
Traditionalist/Knowledge Keeper
Sechelt Lineage
Marie Wustner
Director, Producer and Editor
Ben Cox
Director of Photography
Hanna Stutz
Camera Assistant
Location:
Old Jackson Logging Road
Chapman Creek, Sechelt
British Columbia, Canada
May 2020 - Věda a technologie
That’s my auntie!
This is rarer than rare and more precious than gold. A roof over ones head and a healthful meal is invaluable. So grateful for those willing to share this life giving knowledge.
Much Love.
Thank you so much for gifting us. I too feel the same connection to our Great Sycamores in the Santa Clara Valley. It is a heroic tree that protects all life within.
Respect for our home is a priority and rsponsibility. Integrity should not be sacrificed to make a profit or any reason really. I mean mother Earth is only the provider of everything...Thankz for sharing💚🌳🌎🙏
I love to see these traditions. The craftmanship is amazing. I always wonder how long it took the earliest of peoples to determine what a Spruce tree can offer as opposed to another type of tree. For all of these 'tribes' their environment gave them what was needed, they taught themselves how to use it. I watched a man make arrows from Dogwood, it was available to his tribe. A woman making a robe from thousands of turkey feathers, cordage made from a plant. No cotton, no synthetics...love it!
I have one thought, I would like to see how a tree heals, survives after a harvest as shown here. Perhaps a forest where one can see the trees that sustained earlier generations and how it looks today. Perhaps they don't last long enough... Excellent.
Where I live, you can see culturally modified trees in every park and trail. They have a very distinctive scar pattern called a seam
I love your ways Thanks for sharing..🦌
Thank you so much, especially Jessica for sharing your heart, your thrills, your fears and your love. This is so inspiring!
Wow, listening to Jessica talk, I marvelled at all the life skills and relevant learning she has received through her grandmother. Her gratitude for this passing down of knowledge has blessed her with a strong connection to the land and to
her ancestors. Thanks Jessica and Robert, for giving me a glimpse into an important way of your culture!
They are such beautiful people, I love the diverse native community within Canada.
Great to continue traditions, thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. Loved so much go out into the forest. Makes you feel alive😊
Thank you Jessica and Robert
11:37 this is the feeling of truth, the truth we are connect to mother earth, that without her, we could not survive. We are made of mother earth, every element we are made of and rely on is mother earth. It is emotional, because so many people don't know the truth, without mother earth we would not be.
Lovely video and personal story. Thanks for sharing you two!
Thank you for sharing. ❤
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for teaching us i am new at weaving basket and i whant to thank mother eart so thanks for your teavhing!✌❤
Thankyou so much !
beautiful video
Inspired!!!
I love trees always did, used to go in the woods all the time by myself.Trees are so medicinal in many ways. In our area we usd the leaves off trees for medicines.
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what time of the year is it?
What are they sprinkling around the tree? Is it tobacco?
That's why my my Elders belong in a Cedar Casket... Be bugs & stuff like that ??? Worm crawling through my eye holes & stuff like that... 🤔
Gunałchéesh!