{"id":10683,"date":"2021-10-13T13:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T20:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=10683"},"modified":"2021-12-01T09:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:44:30","slug":"scienceufv-explores-the-beautiful-traditional-stolo-territory-with-naxaxalhtsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2021\/10\/13\/scienceufv-explores-the-beautiful-traditional-stolo-territory-with-naxaxalhtsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Science@UFV explores the beautiful traditional Sto:lo territory with Naxaxalhts&#8217;i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 15th, staff and faculty from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/science\/\">Faculty of Science<\/a> had the pleasure of spending the day with Naxaxalhts&#8217;i, also known as Albert (Sonny) McHalsie,\u00a0 and explored the cultural landscape of the beautiful St\u00f3:l\u014d territory. He narrated the land \u2013 telling the Sxowxiy\u00e1m and Swelqwels, the legends and the true stories, that gave shape to the St\u00f3:l\u014d culture, history and people.<\/p>\n<p>The group enjoyed the majestic mountains and waterways of the Upper Fraser Valley. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stolotourism.com\/tours\">&#8220;<strong>Bad Rock<\/strong>&#8221; Place Names tour<\/a> departed from Chilliwack and traveled towards the scenic Fraser Canyon above historic Yale, BC. They learned about the unique relationship between the St\u00f3:l\u014d, \u201cthe River People\u201d, their land and their environment. (<em>See photos from our tour below<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty of Science is planning another tour in the Spring for their faculty so be sure to watch your email for dates. For a peek of what to expect for the upcoming tour, please check out this video from the St\u00f3:l\u014d Archives Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EWFbnsuJEjQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/EWFbnsuJEjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in arranging a Place Names Tour for your department or organization, please contact Carol Dickson, UFV Coordinator of Indigenous Initiatives at <a href=\"mailto:Carol.Dickson@ufv.ca\">Carol.Dickson@ufv.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Naxaxalhts&#8217;i is a Cultural Advisor and St\u00f3:l\u014d Historian for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srrmcentre.com\/cie\">St\u00f3:l\u014d Research and Resource Management Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"St\u00f3:l\u014d place names tour 2021 ~ Bad Rock - Albert (Sonny) McHalsie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ufv\/albums\/72157719857670219\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-footer=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51484149551_2ce7441a7d_z.jpg\" alt=\"St\u00f3:l\u014d place names tour 2021 ~ Bad Rock - Albert (Sonny) McHalsie\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 15th, staff and faculty from the Faculty of Science had the pleasure of spending the day with Naxaxalhts&#8217;i, also known as Albert (Sonny) McHalsie,\u00a0 and explored the cultural landscape of the beautiful St\u00f3:l\u014d territory. He narrated the land \u2013 telling the Sxowxiy\u00e1m and Swelqwels, the legends and the true stories, that gave shape &#8230; <a title=\"Science@UFV explores the beautiful traditional Sto:lo territory with Naxaxalhts&#8217;i\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2021\/10\/13\/scienceufv-explores-the-beautiful-traditional-stolo-territory-with-naxaxalhtsi\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":10686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,5,9,6,1],"tags":[274],"class_list":["post-10683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-mathstats","category-physical-geography","category-physics","category-uncategorized","tag-stolo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10683"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10780,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10683\/revisions\/10780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}