Local place names - First Nations vs. later names
#161
Posted 27 May 2013 - 12:10 PM
I suggest the signs that follow incorporate such language. They are nice signs and a waste of good art otherwise....
#162
Posted 27 May 2013 - 12:36 PM
The biggest problem is that those darned Indians didn't write anything down anywhere. 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians started writing stuff out. You'd think that when Indians were over there on vacation, touring the pyramids and stuff, they would have picked up on that.
In all seriousness, there is the possibility that ancient Egyptians, as unbelievable as it sounds, may have sailed to North America and started a colony in and around the Grand Canyon many thousands of years ago. Whether real or just lore nobody knows as the original story on the supposed discovery of artifacts was published well over 100 years ago and the artifacts have since disappeared. But in all seriousness nobody can say for certain who the real "first colonizers" of North America are. Perhaps even the peoples who crossed the Bering Strait came across other civilizations as they settled these lands -- who knows.
There have been mounds and ancient walls discovered across North America that do not line up with any known construction techniques of aboriginal tribes. These discoveries are enigmas and their constructors a forgotten people.
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#163
Posted 27 May 2013 - 12:46 PM
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#164
Posted 27 May 2013 - 12:49 PM
Mount Douglas park is a place very near and dear to my heart. Cuddled between subdivisions of Saanich on one side, and Victoria on the other, it’s a hill that provides panoramic views (on one of those rare clear days) of much of lower Vancouver Island. There’s a road going up to the top with a place to park your car- when I was 16, and bought my first car (a 1968 Rover 2000), it’s the first place I made out in my car with a girl.
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#165
Posted 27 May 2013 - 01:21 PM
Late comers
Slightly amusing but a little confusing as it implies "recentness".
Easy.... "Non-aboriginal Canadians".
Certainly nothing wrong with it but not very catchy and perhaps a tad long.
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#166
Posted 27 May 2013 - 02:08 PM
In all seriousness, there is the possibility that ancient Egyptians, as unbelievable as it sounds, may have sailed to North America and started a colony in and around the Grand Canyon many thousands of years ago. Whether real or just lore nobody knows as the original story on the supposed discovery of artifacts was published well over 100 years ago and the artifacts have since disappeared. But in all seriousness nobody can say for certain who the real "first colonizers" of North America are. Perhaps even the peoples who crossed the Bering Strait came across other civilizations as they settled these lands -- who knows.
There have been mounds and ancient walls discovered across North America that do not line up with any known construction techniques of aboriginal tribes. These discoveries are enigmas and their constructors a forgotten people.
Seems more likely that it came from the South
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmec
Cities
The Olmec cities were constructed around a central raised mound, which was used for religious ceremonies.
3 Major Cities
La Venta in Tabasco
Laguna de los Cerros in Veracruz
San Lorenzo in Tenochtitlan
Olmecs had 45 cities.
http://www.smithlife...m/8-5olmecs.htm
#167
Posted 27 May 2013 - 02:35 PM
Anyhow, perhaps this thread should get back on topic
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#168
Posted 27 May 2013 - 03:09 PM
#169
Posted 27 May 2013 - 03:23 PM
#170
Posted 27 May 2013 - 04:51 PM
Unfortunately after a few years of no maintenance it will look like crap.
Won't last that long. My guess is 3 months before it is defaced like any sign.
#171
Posted 27 May 2013 - 06:37 PM
Won't last that long. My guess is 3 months before it is defaced like any sign.
The settlers signs atop Mt. Tolmie, "From Fort to Capital" don't get defaced. Of course, they (it?) are metal though, you can acid-wash off any graffiti.
#172
Posted 19 October 2013 - 10:01 AM
#173
Posted 19 October 2013 - 10:33 AM
Cfax1070 is reporting that the "Pkols" sign has gone missing from atop Mt. Douglas.
Gee, a non authorized sign installed in Saanich by an ad hoc self appointed cultural group on public land and supported by an elected politician from the City of Victoria has gone missing. How odd?
#174
Posted 19 October 2013 - 10:58 AM
Cfax1070 is reporting that the "Pkols" sign has gone missing from atop Mt. Douglas.
UPDATE: Saanich crews took it down.
RT Frank Leonard Sign from Mt Doug Park in storage;was unstable&bolts penetrated electrical bldg roof;June&Sept letters to 1st Nations organizer not answered
#175
Posted 19 October 2013 - 11:32 AM
Gee, a non authorized sign installed in Saanich by an ad hoc self appointed cultural group on public land and supported by an elected politician from the City of Victoria has gone missing. How odd?
...and leaving tax payers to pay for damage incurred.
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#176
Posted 19 October 2013 - 02:12 PM
...and leaving tax payers to pay for damage incurred.
Send the bill to Ben Issett. His support and on site attendance was much heralded as to creating a "legitimate event". He might be too busy tho carving the new "Camosack" sign for the city so maybe not.
#177
Posted 20 October 2013 - 03:42 PM
The new sign says "Home of the Coast Salish Territories" or something similar.
#178
Posted 09 April 2018 - 02:33 PM
So I see that all the local news outlets ran stories with a photo of Chief Andy Thomas. But then they all removed the photos, and most replaced it with a mask logo.
Is there some type of native tradition to not run photos?
EDIT: Oh, CHEK says this:
*Out of respect for cultural protocol, we are not using any images of him until he is memorialized.*
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 09 April 2018 - 02:35 PM.
#179
Posted 09 April 2018 - 02:52 PM
^No tradition that I know of. It seems unusual for all media outlets to swap out a photo.
#180
Posted 09 April 2018 - 02:59 PM
^No tradition that I know of. It seems unusual for all media outlets to swap out a photo.
Well, if you google the story, you will see google has all the old cache with the photos, so they changed them all after the initial publish, every single media outlet. Well, TC, CHEK and Black Press, anyway.
Also seems like a bad idea, having hereditary chiefs, no? Who gets to decide if that ever changes, nobody?
Also, he was 70, and it was a "sudden passing". Seems odd not to have more info.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 09 April 2018 - 03:02 PM.
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