Steel Cleats and Chaperones

Growing up with lessons of self-respect, pride and good parenting.

2 minutes 10 seconds

by Rose Point

Rose Point is Thompson and Stalo who grew up living mostly with her Aunt and Uncle, on Seabird Island Reserve. She attended St. Mary's Residential School near Agassiz as a day student. She raised her children on the Musqueam Reserve with her husband Cagney Point. She is an early-childhood educator, BCIT's Aboriginal Elder-Advisor and is the family archivist. 

Strongmen of the Docks

Memories of working on the docks.

3 minutes 16 seconds

by Delbert Guerin

Delbert Guerin, a Musqueam elder, began his 40-year career on the Vancouver waterfront at a time of great change, when the throngs of men loading and unloading ships were about to be replaced by forklifts, cranes and trucks. He visits the huge gantry cranes on the docks that he operated in the last decade or so before he retired, and remembers a childhood memory that began his fascination with the waterfront.

The Last Family

Born is 1955, Henry spent his early years living in a heavily wooded area of the UBC endowment lands with his parents and 10 siblings.
1 minute 52 seconds

By Henry Charles
Today Henry is a husband, father, grandfather, Musqueam Speaker, Native Historian, Aboriginal Greeter, and the First Nations Storyteller.  He is pleased to welcome those that come to visit Vancouver – the traditional Musqueam territory.

S7apelek

A carver revisits the place by the Fraser River where his life found new meaning.

2 minutes 52 seconds

by Doug Baker

Doug is a Coast Salish and Northwest-style carver and carving instructor at various community centres in Vancouver. When he was 38, he was given the name S7apelek in a traditional naming ceremony, but he never asked what it meant. Several years later, he had a revelation while he sat by the Fraser River.
In this video, he takes us there to tell us the story.
Doug is member of the Squamish Nation and lives on the Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver.