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Güüdisk Blog: Go Gathering

Welcome to our blog Güüdisk, by Lisa Girbav and Stephen Kingshott. We work hard to harvest our traditional Ts’msyen (Tsimshian) foods, and eat what we harvest. This is our space to share our experiences harvesting, preserving and preparing (eating!) the foods that are available in our territory. In the process, we hope to encourage other young Ts’msyen to get out and harvest!

Ts'msyen Seasonal Rounds Poster Series

The cycle of like of the Northcoast is governed by the turning of the seasons, which brings to the Tsimshian people a series of opportunites to gather food from the land and sea. This poster series illustrates the 13 seasons of the year.

Our home, our food, our resilience: A citizen science approach using photovoice to ecological food heritage planning with the Kitselas First Nation in Terrace, BC

This study applied a citizen science-led photovoice food assessment involving six participants who currently live upon the lands of the Kitselas First Nation.

CBC News: Indigenous people struggle to afford traditional foods

Many Indigenous people began turning back to traditional foods to offset rising prices at grocery stores. But as the cost of living continues to increase and people are stretched thinner, Indigenous communities are being forced to make difficult decisions about sharing and identity.

Indigenous Tourism BC: Dine Indigenous

This resource offers a long list of Indigenous owned eateries in BC. Indigenous restaurants in BC offer a simple invitation: share gratitude for the land and each other by sharing a meal.

Moolks (Pacific crabapple, Malus fusca) on the North Coast of British Columbia: Knowledge and Meaning in Gitga’at Culture

This thesis explores the ethnobotanical knowledge and morphological variation of Malus fusca among the Gitga’at First Nation, revealing the recognition of distinct varieties and highlighting the value of integrating traditional and scientific knowledge for cultural and ecological resilience.

“To Feed all the People”: Lucille Clifton’s Fall Feasts for the Gitga’at Community of Hartley Bay, British Columbia

This article highlights the lasting influence of Lucille Clifton, Eagle Matriarch of the Gitga’at Nation, whose deep knowledge of traditional foods, community leadership, and annual feasts helped preserve Gitga’at cultural identity and resilience, ensuring that her teachings remain vital amid global change.

Toward Decolonizing Food Literacy Education: Co-creating a Curriculum at Lack Klan School with Gitxaała Nation

This thesis, founded in Indigenous theory and the principles of food sovereignty, explores how the Gitxaała community garden and the summer reading program at Lach Klan School can be leveraged to provide a platform for learning - or, ‘food literacy’ - as a pathway through which to support Indigenous knowledge traditions and contribute to achieving the tandem goals of food security, food sovereignty, and ultimately the concept of diduuls, or the ‘good life’ (relationship building to land, well-being, culture, community).

Gugwilx'ya'ansk and goats: Indigenous perspectives on governance, stewardship and relationality in mountain goat(mati) hunting in Gitga'at territory

This paper describes this multifaceted connection between people and place by analysing a legal and pedagogical philosophy called gugwilx'ya'ansk amongst the Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) people of the northwest coast of North America.

Social Consequences of Covid-19 and Climate Change on Indigenous Food Security and Food Sovereignty: Stories of lived experiences in salmon country

This publication features stories that highlight the challenges and resilience of First Nations food systems during modern crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

Let’s Go! A Harvest Story by Hannah Lindoff

Let's Go! is a children's story that teaches about subsistence harvesting activities of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian of Southeast Alaska.