Living Legends

They are the rivers, salmon, trees, songs, ceremonies, practices, and ways of knowing that have sustained Indigenous cultures for all time.

LANDS AND STEWARDSHIP, CEREMONY AND SONG

Living Legends is a video series that offers firsthand digital storytelling featuring Indigenous weavers and storytellers, dancers and language speakers, business people and community leaders who bring culture back and share it with others. Watch stories of the land and its stewardship, supernatural places and beings, plants and animals, ceremony and song–all of which are part of the greatest living legend–the connection and aliveness of all things.

SUSTAINABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, AND INNOVATION

Living Legends are stories from Elders and other Knowledge Keepers, adults who relearn culture and share their enthusiasm about new opportunities to apply Indigenous Knowledge, and youth who accept responsibility for carrying Indigenous culture and identity into the future with pride. The series also shares stories about sustainable ways of living together–Indigenous innovations in food security, architecture, and medicine. Indigenous Peoples are the original innovators and inventors and are skilled in adapting to changing environments, technologies, and circumstances.

CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND LEADERSHIP

Living Legends tells stories of activism and self-determination, land-based healing and knowledge, and culture and language. This collection of firsthand stories from the ones who came before, the living generation, and future generations of knowledge and landkeepers share knowledge and direction that is timeless wisdom for a good life for all.

Hear these stories and know that Indigenous culture is thriving and enriching life for all in BC.