PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ with PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper
Artists:
PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper
Dates:
Sunday, May 3, 2020, 1:00 pm
As part of Open Space's spring 2020 series of livestreams from the land, online/on land, PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper will share a talk from PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Native Plant Nursery and Veggie Gardens.
Talk description:
Join me, PEPAḴIYE Ashley Cooper, on a tour of the PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Native Plant Nursery and Veggie Gardens. PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ is located on the school grounds of the ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱ Tribal School located on W̱SÁNEĆ Territory, which is where we teach weekly workshops to youth. We have a camas meadow and forest garden ecosystem on site, and lots of propagated native plants in our shade house. I will talk about some of the teachings that we pass on to students, some of our goals, and the progress we've seen with our program!
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Tune into the livestream Sunday, May 3, 2020 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.Make it stand out.
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.