{"id":197,"date":"2013-04-20T20:06:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T03:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indigenizingtheacademy\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2013-05-29T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:43:37","slug":"gift-of-cedar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/indigenizingtheacademy\/resources\/gift-of-cedar\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift of Cedar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gift of Cedar<\/strong> \u2013 This\u00a0is an explanation about the meaning of the gift, a request for institutions to identify what area they want to be in, any updates on the tree’s growth, and photos (planting, growth, etc).<\/p>\n

Coast Salish peoples have a creation story that explains the origins of Cedar<\/a>. According to the story, there once lived a good man who always gave away his belongings and food to others. The Creator recognized the man\u2019s kindness, and declared that once the man dies, a Red Cedar tree will grow where he is buried, and the tree will continue to help the people.1<\/sup> The Nuu-chah-nulth of Vancouver Island have a similar origin story for Yellow Cedar. According to their stories, Yellow Cedar trees were transformed from three young women running up a mountain. Therefore, Yellow Cedar trees are found on the slopes of subalpine mountains, and contain soft inner bark, like that of woman\u2019s hair.2<\/sup><\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Hilary Stewart, Cedar (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre: 1984), 27.
\n2<\/sup>Stewart, 27<\/p>\n

http:\/\/indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca\/home\/culture\/cedar.html<\/p>\n

S\u2018i:wes<\/b><\/p>\n

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S’i:wes:
Image by Jonny Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

The man and woman are in a circle to represent the circle of life: the left hands are open to represent receiving, and right hands are open in down positions to represent giving.\u00a0 Their heads are down representing humbleness to each other.\u00a0 The cedar hats and cedar clothing represents St\u00f3:l\u014d culture and signifies the importance of cedar to our people. The paddle represents the journey of our First Nation people.\u00a0 The salmon on the paddle represents the river.\u00a0 The St\u00f3-l\u00f3 are the people of the river.\u00a0 The male and femaile salmon in the background also show the circle of life as salmon are the St\u00f3-l\u014d people\u2019s main source of food.<\/p>\n

About the Artist<\/b><\/p>\n

Jonathan (Jonny) Williams is St\u00f3:l\u014d from the Chiy\u00f3:m (Cheam) First Nation.\u00a0 He grew up in Chilliwack, BC.\u00a0 Jonny is a self-taught artist.\u00a0 Through many years of practice, Jonny has developed his own style of First Nation art.<\/p>\n

Check back for updates, coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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