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Impending Fire Storms
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Sylix
2024
April 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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The Other Side of the Inlet
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx
2021
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Untitled (landscape)
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx
2020
August 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Northwest Coast Climate Change
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Sylix
2019
March 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Along the Coastal Shores of the Salish Seas Traditional Native Territories
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx
2023
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Along the Coastal Shores of the Salish Seas: Traditional Native Territories
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx
2023
April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Along the Coastal Shores of the Salish Seas Traditional Native Territories
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun ~ Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish, Syilx
2023
July 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Our ancestral spirits walk with us, 2022 | © Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Hul’q’umi’num/Syilx)
October 2, 2023 at 3:05 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - C’qwaqwa (Hul'q'umi'num') Agelaius phoeniceus (Latin) Red-Winged Blackbird (English) singing pretty on Stthe’q’un (Hul'q'umi'num') Typha latifolia (Latin) Cattail (English) in a fav #SniffSpot #iPhonePhotography #photography #songbird #freshwater #VancouverIsland
February 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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As seen while walking the dog - a sqw'ulesh (Hul'q'umi'num') perfectly framed by snow-laden branches, gifting a naturally almost monochrome vignette.

#iPhonePhotography #Photography #birds #VancouverIsland #winter
February 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - tth’qw’ulhp in Hul'q'umi'num', Picea sitchensis Latin, Sitka Spruce in English, a monument to biodiversity, hosting fungi, mosses, insects, birds, and small amphibians and mammals, oh my!

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tth’qw’ulhp in Hul'q'umi'num', Picea sitchensis Latin, and Sitka Spruce in English. 60-70 metre tall tree with broken lower branches, covered in mosses and lichens, Vancouver Island Rainforest
January 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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As seen while walking the dog - p'qw'axw (Hul'q'umi'num') Corylus americana (Latin) Beaked Hazelnut (English) easy to cultivate shrub that provides food and shelter for a variety of species.

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Close up of p'qw'axw (Hul'q'umi'num') Corylus americana (Latin) American Hazelnut (English)
January 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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‘Killer Whale has a vision and comes to talk to me about Proximological Encroachments of Civilizations in the Oceans’ (acrylic on canvas) | © Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish/Syilx)

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February 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - a pause in the rain - sqw'ulesh is Hul'q'umi'num' for bird, but I don’t know the species specific name for this Poecile atricapillus (Latin) black capped chickadee (English) who supervised Rose’s morning training.

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January 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (aka kinnikinnick for smoking mix made with the plant apaakozigan in Anishinaabemowin, but here it is known as Tl'ikw'iyelhp in Hul'q'umi'num')

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small red berries evergreen alternating leaves excellent ground cover
January 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - pretty confident this salvaged lawn ornament giving me the ok to have an excellent weekend is a pruning from the adjacent tree known as P’hwulp in Hul'q'umi'num (aka Quercus garryana aka Garry Oak).

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January 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Considering Hul’q’umi’num people are still negotiating a treaty with Canada, it's disrespectful to claim their products as "Canadian": www.bctreaty.ca/hulquminum-t...
If they want to be Canadian that's their business, but please don't use First Nations as rhetorical cover for Canadian nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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As seen while walking the dog - learning to walk nicely in new places, listening to Spaal’ (Hul'q'umi'num')
Corvus corax (Latin) Ravens (English) in Glenora Tails Head Park Cowichan River Provincial Park ‘let the light shine in’ #iphonephotography #photography #green #dog #rainforest #adoptdontshop
Brown and white pit bull dog with a pink leash standing looking into the sunbeams filtering through a pacific northwest rainforest carpeted with feather moss and nurse logs, listening to ravens on a late January afternoon
January 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Arbutus menziesii, the incredible Pacific madrone tree. It grows on fierce, dry, exposed rock cliffs over the ocean in saltspray around the Salish Sea. The word for the arbutus in the Hul'q'umi'num language is qaanlhp. The red bark can be seen at large distances.
Tree with red bark
August 13, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Quiet

#Cedar welcome pole #statues at #BurgoyneBay (known as #Xwaaqw'um in the #Hul'q'umi'num language)

#SaltSpring #Island #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #Nature 🌱 #Photography 📷 #Travel ✈️ #Salish #SalishSea #Sea #Sculptures #Carvings #Totem #TotemPoles #CoastSalish #Artistic #traditions #Vista
This image shows two different carved wooden sculptures in what appears to be traditional dress with hats, taken from behind - one on the left, the on the right, together they frame the calm waterway of the Salish Sea. A steep hill on the left is blanketed by trees, and there are distant hills with more fir trees on the horizon under a grey/white cloudy sky. There are what looks to be Scottish thistles framing the bottom right hand side of the picture, slightly out of focus for artistic effect. The scene is located in Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada.These carvings appear consistent with Coast Salish artistic traditions found in the region.
July 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Thank you for amplifying the Hul’q’umi’num people who traditionally make Cowichan sweaters for their livelihood on Vancouver Island. It’s so important to buy the genuine article rather than cheaper imitations (which appropriate someone else’s culture for economic benefit) youtu.be/4yy5NUu5KFw?...
The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy - Documentary Film by Mary Galloway - 5 Min Trailer
YouTube video by Mary Galloway
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March 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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@qwustenuxun.bsky.social shows us why Xpey easily won this category from a Coast Salish perspective.

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August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Every landmark in the Cowichan valley has an ancient name, a Hul’q’umi’num sne’.

Stutsun was the first who fell from the sky and he prayed for a companion and so Tsitsulh Siem sent him Swuq’us.

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The ancient story of the mountain Swuq’us – Indiginews
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June 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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New Cowichan hospital about 75 per cent complete: province
The new facility on Bell McKinnon Road will be more than three times larger than the hospital it is replacing, and will have a Hul’q’umi’num’ and English name.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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💕 Happy VDay! We’re celebrating connection & the beauty of nature by learning more about perennial native wildflower Dicentra formosa or Pacific bleeding heart.

In Hul’q’umi’num, one our our local Indigenous languages, it is called sp’eq’ums tu ‘ulhqi’ meaning “snake flower” 🐍

#NativePlants #PNW
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM