First Nation culture education in Haselton

Final stop in Canada and a great education of the First Nation living in Haselton.  The craft people are very proud of their Totums and use them to commemorate a family's events, history, and culture.

This Totum will be erected in a year at the family celebration

Don enjoying the carving

The Totum park

The fireweed is predicting an early winter.  The flowers are at the top of the stem and the lower portion is going to seed.

Right outside our RV park was the cultural center showing the long houses were the First Nation people lived.  We were not allowed to take pictures inside, but they put on quite a show teaching us their history and heritage.



The one building we were allowed to take pictures was the craft building were the artisans sold there creations and some came to work. 

Our timing as great as there was a celebration going on giving us a first hand demonstrations of the traditional dances, drum beats and clothing.