Name: On Canadas West Coast, clam gardening builds resilience among Indigenous youth #BuildingCommunity #CommunityBuildingAndManagement #Building #CommunityBuildingTips [Video]
Uploaded: 2024-08-07T11:06:14+00:00
Description: VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C., Canada Three young men follow a winding trail through a lush spruce, hemlock and western cedar forest. Their destination is a clam garden they look after on Meares Island in Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation territory in British Columbia, Canada. The journey starts with a cultural lesson at the trailhead to the clam []

On Canadas West Coast, clam gardening builds resilience among Indigenous youth [Video]

The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Family, also known as the Warrior Program, fosters leadership skills in boys and young men across several Indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
This youth-led program involves taking younger community members into ancestral lands for a variety of traditional activities, among them building and reviving clam gardens, an ancient maricultural method.
Clam gardens consist of terraced rock walls built across small coastal bays that allow tidal sediment to accumulate and transform rocky or steep shores into flat, productive areas for clams.
Clam garden construction and care, along with other cultural practices, such as hunting, spearfishing and medicinal-plant foraging, serve as rites of passage, helping Warrior Program youth reconnect with their heritage.

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C., Canada — Three young men follow a winding trail through a lush spruce, hemlock and western cedar forest. Their destination is a clam garden …

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