{"id":4361,"date":"2020-01-14T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T01:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primarythinking.net\/wordpress\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:13:20","slug":"day-11-vancouver-island-01-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forkfultrip.com\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"Day 11 – Vancouver Island Alert Bay – 01 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a stupid night. We forgot to leave a tap running overnight, and as a result, the pipes froze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Temp was around -4 degrees. Frozen pipes means unflushable toilet and no showers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The owner of the place where we were staying in was kind enough to use a hair dryer and defrost the frozen pipes. During that time, we showered at Hayley’s place, and dropped washing off at the town laundromat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After all the water dramas, we went for a visit to the local First Nations centre (U’mista Cultural Centre).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U’mista Cultural Centre is one of the longest-operating and most successful First Nations cultural facilities in BC, founded in 1980 as a ground breaking project to house potlatch artifacts which had been seized by government during an earlier period of cultural repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U’mista now operates a modern museum and cultural education facility in Alert Bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their operations include the museum, an extensive art gallery and gift shop, group tours, and presentations by dance troupes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility hosts international scholars, and supports researchers in a range of disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awakwas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awak\u2019was means a \u201cplace to sit and talk\u201d in the Kwakwala language and represent the five \u2018Na\u2019mima \u2014 clans \u2014 of the \u2018Namgis Nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Awak\u2019was were the summer seats where \u2018Namgis Chiefs met, women often gave small potlatch gifts out to other ladies and was a general place to meet, discuss and make decisions for the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namgis Burial Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Namgis burial grounds, where Totem Poles in Memory of those who have passed away. 
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