Cedar with Tyrone Elliott and PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper
Artists:
Tyrone Elliott
PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper
Dates:
Sunday, May 10, 2020, 1:00 pm
As part of Open Space's spring 2020 series of livestreams from the land, online/on land, Tyrone Elliott and PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper will share a talk on cedar.
Tiwuxiwulh a.k.a. Tyrone Elliott and PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper will offer a look into non-human kinship relations, connection to our Ancestry, Indigenous law, intuitive math and cross-culture appropriation through their experiences with Cedar weaving, processing, and harvesting i.e. what it means to belong to Cedar as a people and as a practice.
Tune into the livestream Sunday, May 10 at 1:00pm by visiting https://www.instagram.com/openspacevic/ and clicking on the Open Space logo. The videos will be accessible there for 24 hours following the event, after which time they will be archived on the Open Space website.
Tyrone Elliot
Tyrone Elliott, Ancestral name Tiwuxiwulh, is a Cedar bark weaver from Snuneymuxw' and Quw'utsun. He has resided on Lekwungen territory for the past 3 years. Taught to weave by his Mother, Violet Elliott, from a very young age, Tyrone has over 20 years working with Cedar bark and other natural materials. He is currently reclaiming his language, Hul'q'umi'num, and incorporating it into his Work as he learns. Much of the Teachings that Tyrone has incorporated into his life have been derived from Cedar weaving, harvesting and other land-based Teachings. In co-facilitating with his Mother, and eventually facilitating his own workshops, Tyrone's aim has been to impart a loving connection with Cedar and the land, and also to convey how Indigenous Laws derive and correlate with and from land based Teaching such as Cedar weaving.
PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper
PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper is from W̱JOȽEȽP in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. She has been studying the SENĆOŦEN language for 8 years collectively. PEPAḴIYE graduated W̱,SENĆOŦEN,IST in 2016 with a diploma in Indingeous Language Revitalization through The University of Victoria. PEPAḴIYE has been learning about plants, medicines, and plant technologies in WSANEC for 6 years on her own, and with the support of local community knowledge keepers and elders. She has been working at PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ for 4 years and has been developing curriculum and resources for weekly workshops. She teaches workshops with classes ranging from pre-school to grade 11. PEPAḴIYE is the Programs Director for the PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Native Plant Nursery and Garden Program, SṈIDȻEȽ Resilency Project, and ȾIḴEL Living Lab.