Upcoming Events

Sunday, June 5th, 2011 (1pm-3pm)
Native Herb Teas for Health with Barb Whyte (K'ómoks)
$20.00 per person (Herbs available for purchase)
Puntledge RV Campground, Courtenay

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 (1pm-8pm)
Cedar Basket Weaving with Kathy Edgar (Ditidaht)
$80.00 per person (Aboriginal Day food available for purchase)
Please provide your own lunch or snacks.
I-Hos Gallery, Comox

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 (1pm-5pm)
Drum Making with Jackie and Tom Finnie (Métis)
$95.00 Per Person
Please provide your own snacks or beverages.
Puntledge RV Campground, Courtenay

Sunday, July 17th, 2011 (2pm-4pm)
Cedar Rose with Pamela Mitchell (K'ómoks)
$20.00 per person
Please provide your own snacks or beverages.
I-Hos Gallery, Comox

Sunday, August 28, 2011 (1pm-3pm)
Native Herb Teas for Health with Barb Whyte (K'ómoks)
$20.00 per person (Herbs available for purchase)
Puntledge RV Campground, Courtenay

Sunday, September 4, 2011 (2pm-4pm)
Celebrating NWC Indigenous Food of (K'ómoks) First Nation
with Barb Whyte (K'ómoks)
$22.00 Per person
Appetizers: Seasonal with availability: Seafood, Berries etc.
Please bring own chair or blanket to sit.
Puntledge RV Campground, Courtenay

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
National Aboriginal Day
A day for all Canadians to celebrate the cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and their contributions to Canada. An event will be held at the I-Hos Gallery on Comox Road so plan on sharing in the celebration and plan on staying in our campground.
Go to the I-Hos Gallery FaceBook page for event details.

More Events Coming Soon!

Stay tuned for more exciting events. Please let us know if you would like to attend a workshop, or if you would like to lead a workshop or storytelling here. For more info call 250 334 3773.

XWÁYXWAY MASK (RIGHT)

The xwáyxway mask has protruding eyes, a gaping mouth with a large protruding tongue, and a bird’s head for a nose, two bird-head horns, and a crest of feathers.

The late Mary Clifton, who was Island Comox, explained that the Quinsam (kwániwsam) area is best known as the place where the Island Comox xwáyxway mask and two “first ancestors” appeared. Mrs. Clifton explained how two first ancestors together with a xwáyxway mask “dropped down from the sky” at Quinsam, in the territory of the í7iksen group of the Island Comox. These first ancestors were a woman named Tísitl’a and a man named Shálhk’em. Through them, Mary Clifton stated, the Island Comox people had the rights to the xwáyxway mask. Mrs. Clifton believed that the place name kwániwsam, meaning ‘resting place’ in Island Comox, is related to this story, in that the people who “brought down” this mask “rested” here.