Celebrate Westside Culture Days 2015 with the Sncewips Heritage Museum, Sep 25-27
City:
Westbank, BC
Country:
Canada
Celebrate Westside Culture Days 2015 with the Sncewips Heritage Museum
(201-1979 Old Okanagan Highway, Westbank BC: Located inside Estates Square Business Complex: 778.755.2787/ museum@wfn.ca)
Culture Days Weekend: September 25, 26 & 27
Westside Culture Days: http://westsideculturedays.com/
Westside Culture Days Events: http://bit.ly/2015culturedays
Native Art: Beyond Beads and Feathers
September 10th to October 23rd, 2015 (Mon – Fri 10am to 4pm; Culture Days Weekend: Sept. 26-27 10am to 3pm)
Native Art: Beyond Beads and Feathers, a new exhibition at the Sncewips Heritage Museum, brings to light one of the issues surrounding aboriginal stereotypes in art and media. Young aboriginal artists feel boxed in as there is an expectation on what many perceive as “Native Art”. Our goal is to demonstrate that Native Art does not have to be traditional or excessively representative; in fact Native Art has evolved into a more contemporary style. Native youth are expressing themselves in more vibrant and unique ways using a vast array of mediums while still maintaining their cultural roots. With this exhibit, we hope to shed light on contemporary Native Art so that the greater public realizes that culture is only one aspect of a person and that Aboriginal artists are more than just beads and feathers.
Uknaqin: What the Sncewips Heritage Museum is all about
Saturday and Sunday 10-11am; 1-2pm
The Sncewips Heritage Museum was established in 2014 to highlight the dynamic cultural heritage of Westbank First Nation and to tell the stories of the greater Syilx Nation and those of First Nation peoples across Canada. We believe in the power of our own voice, the voice of the community, to inspire, educate, and breakdown barriers and stereotypes. The Museum values the strong collaborative ties that have been established and how we connect and interact with our community and the communities around us is what this presentation is all about.
Searching for Nqilxwcen/Our Indigenous language
Saturday and Sunday 11am – 12pm; 2 - 3pm
The nqilxwcen/nsyilxcen language is the original language for the Indigenous peoples of this territory and what connects the people within the Nation whose lands spans over 69 000 square kilometres. The Searching for Nqilxwcen activity will work as a language scavenger hunt to engage the participants with the language and the Sncewips Heritage Museum space to exemplify the specific characteristics within each word in a way that interacts with the exhibition and collections. This will be a fun, informal activity to simply create awareness and appreciation for the language and all the knowledge that is possessed within it.
The Trade Brigade
Evidence of people trading various items of worth for goods and services can be traced back 150,000 years through human history. Trade in the Okanagan between First Nation peoples was well established thousands of years ago but it wasn’t until the 1530s, with the Fur Brigade, that trade occurred with Europeans. This was a central part of the early history of contact between Europeans and First Nation Peoples. Building on the positive relationships that have been formed in the Okanagan, the Museums on the Westside invite you to join the Trade Brigade.
Drop by the Sncewips Heritage Museum, have a look around (admission is free) and when you are ready to head to your next Westside Culture Days stop, purchase a voucher for your choice of various local products including Honey, 2 different flavours of Jellies or a History of Westbank Calendar which can be redeemed at the historic Westbank Museum.
If you find yourself first at the historic Westbank Museum, before you leave purchase a voucher for a 1lb can of Okanagan Nation Alliance Wild Okanagan Sockeye Salmon from Osoyoos Lake that can be redeemed when you visit the Sncewips Heritage Museum. "Okanagan Select" is a local, sustainable and responsible trade product that is #1 grade Ocean Wise-certified: never frozen, and canned quickly to maintain freshness.
Westbank Museum located at 2376 Dobbin Road, Westbank, V4T 2H9
Legends From the Sky
The Sncewips Heritage Museum is proud to be sponsoring a screening of Legends From the Sky, a Holt Hamilton film, on Sunday, September 27th at the Westside Culture Days Okanagan Short Film Showcase at the Landmark Cinema in the Westbank Shopping Centre. Showcase starts at 3:30pm, with the feature film starting at 4:15pm. Admission to the Festival is $2
Travis Holt Hamilton is one of a very small handful of First Nation filmmakers who continues to make successful contemporary Native American films outside the Hollywood system. Hamilton wrote his first full-length feature film while deployed to the Middle East with the United States Military. When he returned home fifteen months later, he went to work to turn his script into a film.
Legends From the Sky is the story of a Native American Veteran burdened by survivor’s guilt. After a disastrous military tour he is forced to search for his missing grandfather after his ancestral land is mysteriously taken over by an Unknown Federal Organization. [Film Rated PG. 90 mins.]
Theater located at: 3645 Gosset Rd., Westbank V4T 3J6
