Aboriginal Day

Yesterday was National Aboriginal Day in Canada, a kind of pretend holiday which kicks off the 11 day period of Canadian national holidays.   After this comes St. Jean Baptiste Day on June 24, celebrated as Quebec’s national holiday and then Canada Day on July 1.

I spent the day working at VIATT, helping design the community structures for the transfer of the child and familiy services system to Aboriginal control.     Meanwhile, up in Bella Coola, my friend Liz Hall was busy forwarding an interesting video to her friends about the disappearance of the eulachon from th Bella Coola River and the impact that has had on the Nuxalk Nation.

If you didn’t celebrate Aboriginal Day yesterday, take the time to view the video and think about helping out Liz and her community as they work at building a community house in which the culture can thrive despite what has happened the Nuxalk Natoin’s fish.