Mary Sandy is the presenter at the January 16th meeting of the Nicola Naturalists. The First Nations people have a unique world view on the environment. Mary’s work has a focus on wildlife and ecosystems. She is an anthropologist with the Esh-km-am Cultural Resources Service. The service is based in the Nicola Valley and is used for gathering information on ecosystem.
The presentation begins a 7PM at the NVIT lecture theater. Free parking no food or drinks in the theater,admission by membership or donation requested all welcome.
Today in history: January 15th 1759
The British Museum opens.
Mary Sandy’s presentation was conditioned by a brief outlining of the first nations world view on environment and ecology. In a nut shell she defined western culture as seeing resources as something to be possessed. She asserted that First Nations ideal is ” who do we share this with.” She contented that their view was holistic.
Sandy said her drive comes, believe it or not from Walt Disney’s methods of film making . She thinks that robust knowledge comes from tradition and legends are based in some substance. Her father, she explains was born in 1903 and her grand mother in 1886, her great grand mother whom she knew was born in 1861. They also were connected to two living generations giving a legend of tradition that was even longer. Some legends based in stories: ie Coyote stole his long tail from rabbit.
Her discourse then went to the archeology of the local area and its climate and vegetation changes over 4 periods going back to pre glacier, 10.000 years bp ( before present.).
Mary is a member of the Coldwater Indian Band in Merritt BC Canada.
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