Saturna LTC Special Meeting Agenda

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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee
Special Meeting Agenda
 
 
Date:December 10, 2017
Time:2:00 pm
Location:Saturna Island Community Hall
105 East Point Road, Saturna Island, BC
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER2:00 PM - 2:05 PM
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.BUSINESS ITEMS2:05 PM - 4:00 PM
3.1First Nations Relationship Building - Presentation2 - 31
3.1.1Deep History of 14,000 Years - and Community Input
3.1.2History of European Contact - and Community Input
3.1.3Making History: A Future - and Community Input
4.ADJOURNMENT4:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Part 1: DEEP HISTORY 
The Strait of Georgia Region 
Before European contact...the most populated region north of Mexico. 
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The Kelp 
Highway 
Nov. 2017 Science 
 
“Recent work along the 
Pacific coastlines of North and 
South America has revealed 
that these environments were 
settled early and continuously 
provided a rich diversity of 
subsistence options and 
technological resources for 
New World hunter-gatherers.” 
 
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14,000 Years Ago 
2017: Triquet Village Site 1977: Olympic Peninsula 
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Ice-Free Zones of the West Coast 14,000 – 
10,000 Years Ago 
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10,000 Years Ago: 
The Ice Retreats: Strait of Georgia 
14,000 years ago, a slow moving river of ice flowed through the Fraser Valley and 
formed the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the body of water that separates Vancouver 
Island from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. 
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Shift in Diet 8000 Years Ago 
Sea Mammals:  
14,000 – 8,000 Years Ago 
Fin Fish and Mariculture:  
8,000 Years Ago  - 200 years ago 
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4,000 – 8,000 Years Ago:  
Evolution of Sophisticated Culture 
2011: A 4000 Year Old Noble 
Family of Sechelt 
2016: A Currency of Beads 
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“The Most Dense 
Indigenous 
Population North 
of Mexico” 
•Richest biodiversity region 
•Permanent settlements 
•Complex/Concentrated 
linguistic diversity 
•Land Use Governance 
•Inter-Nation protocols 
•Sharing 
•Reciprocity 
•Caring for community 
•Periodic warfare for 
expanding resources  
 
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Part 1: DEEP HISTORY 
Discussion Questions 
1.What would life have been 
like during the Ice Age (10-
13,000 years ago) on the 
islands? 
 
2.What else would’ve changed 
when the diet changed to fin 
fish (8,000 years ago)? 
 
3.Is it possible that this rich and 
sophisticated culture of 
manufacturing, currencies, 
complex trade could have 
gone back further than 5000 
years (evidence at Sechelt)? 
 
 
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Part 2: HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CONTACT 
World Colonialism OF 1700 
“Colonialism”: the extension of political control to new areas 
“Colonist”: a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent 
residence there to colonize the area 
 
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Diseases Came BEFORE the First Europeans 
Indigenous traders first brought European diseases to the west coast.  
1770: the first epidemics of the islands (only 247 years ago) 
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The Islands Were NOT Empty 
“The Greatest Death Toll from Disease in the World’s History” 
1994: Cole Harris 1994: Rober

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