07- Bringing the K’ómoks to Pentlatch (Here) with Dr. Jesse Morin (Vanier 11:00-12:30 & online)

Bringing the K’ómoks to Pentlatch (Here) 

Presenter: Dr. Jesse Morin

Time: 11:00 – 12:30pm  PM
Location: G.P. Vanier Secondary 
Max in-person: 50  (session will also be available online – link provided later)

Jesse Morin is a practicing archaeologist and adjunct professor at SFU Archaeology and UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. He works for Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Takla Nation, and K’ómoks First Nation and is a specialist on stone tools and the Coast Salish region. Jesse has worked for K’ómoks since 2014 on a variety of ethnohistoric and archaeological research projects and is currently helping KFN with repatriation and management of cultural heritage resources.

A summary of K’ómoks First Nation archaeology and history that highlights pre-contact settlement and subsistence practices and describes the relocation of the K’ómoks people to the Comox Valley. The goal of this presentation is to educate attendees as to the extent and intensity of precontact ancestral K’ómoks First Nation land use, and the historical transformations of the local colonial process.

(sessions will be shared livestream for educators as well – link provided later)
  •  February 18, 2025
     11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Free Ticket $0.00 CAD