Ílhtelstexw Te Shxwelí

Resources & Reference

This project reflects a collaborative effort between the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and Stó:lō community members, who are engaged in both traditional and contemporary food practices. Guided by the wisdom and direction of Stó:lō Elders, Knowledge Keepers, cultural advisors, and subject experts, the content shared here was developed with deep respect for cultural teachings and protocols.

To better understand the foundations of this work, we invite you to explore the resources that informed our research and approach. These materials offer further insight into the stories, knowledge systems, and practices that shape the project.

Websites

Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre (SRRMC)

UFV School of Land Use and Environmental Change

UFV Food and Agriculture Institute

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
(Specifically Articles 11, 12, 31)

OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) Principles 

Bodirsky, Monica and Johnson, Jon (2008). “Decolonizing Diet: Healing by Reclaiming Traditional Indigenous Foodways.” Cuizine: The Journal of Canadian Food Cultures 1, no 1 (2008) : 0–0. 

Gora, L. Sasha (2018). “Food, Land, and Power: The Emergence of Indigenous Chefs and Restaurants in Canada.” Paper presented at the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium – Food and Power, (2018).

Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre / Stó:lō Nation. (2016) “Digital Sq’éwletx: A Stó:lō – Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley.” Virtual Museum of Canada. 

Bibliography

Bajric, Whitney. “One Experiencing Place: A Biography of a Stó:lō Family’s Fishing Site in the Fraser River Canyon in British Columbia.” MA Thesis, University of Victoria, 2015.

Carlson, Keith Thor. (1996). You Are Asked to Witness: The Stó:lō in Canada’s Pacific Coast History. Chilliwack: Stó:lō Heritage Trust. Chilliwack: Stó:lō Heritage Trust.

Carlson, Keith Thor, with Albert “Sonny” McHalsie. (1998). I Am Stó:lō! Katherine explores her heritage. Chilliwack: Stó:lō Heritage Trust.

Carlson, Keith Thor et al. (2001). A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre; Seattle: University of Washington Press; Chilliwack: Stó:lō Heritage Trust.

Carlson, Keith Thor. (2011). The Problem of Place, The Problem of Time: Aboriginal Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Cauldron of Colonialism. Toronto/Buffalo/London: University of Toronto Press.

Carlson, Keith Thor, John Sutton Lutz, David M. Schaepe, and Naxaxalhts’i – Albert “Sonny” McHalsie, eds. Towards a New Ethnohistory: Community Engaged Scholarship among the People of the River. (2018) Manitoba, University of Manitoba Press.

Coqualeetza Education Training Centre, Upper Stó:lō Ethnobotany, 1982.

Galloway, Bruce Douglas. Dictionary of Upriver Halq’eméylem, Vol. I. (2009) Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65r158r4

Galloway, Brent, Tó:lméls ye siyelyólexwa (Wisdom of the Elders). Coqualeetza Education Training Centre, 1980.

Gray, Beverley, The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North. Aroma Borealis Press, 2011.

Keane, Kahlee, The Standing People Wild Medicinal Plants of British Columbia. National Library of Canada, 2015.

Kloos, Scott,  Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants. Timber Press, Inc., 2017.

MacKinnon, A. et al., Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada (New Ed). Lone Pine Publishing, 2014.

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon, Plants of Coastal British Columbia (Revised Ed). Lone Pine Publishing., 2014.

Ritchie, Wendy. “Traditional and Common Herbs with Remedies for Wellness.” First Nations Health Authority.

Turner, Nancy J. (1995). Food Plants of the Coastal First Peoples. Royal BC Museum Handbook series. Vancouver: UBC.

​Turner, Nancy J. (1998). Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook series. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Turner, Nancy J. (2005). The Earth’s Blanket, Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre.

Turner, Nancy J. (2014). Ancestral Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Knowledge of Stó:lō Peoples of Northwestern North America. 2 vols. Kingston/Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Varner, Collin., Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast, British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Toronto, Heritage House Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020.

Original interviews from SRRMC

  • Christine “Tiny” Pettis, Transcripts
  • Earl Philipps, Transcripts
  • Agnes Kelly et al (1986 SR001)
  • Richard Hope, Transcript (1998 SR015)
  • Amelia Douglas (1988 SR025)
  • John George (2015 SR007)
  • Ralph George (2015 SR008)
  • Annie York (2015 SR016)
  • Vera Bird et al (2015 SR026)
  • Harold Wells (2015 SR028)
  • Pat Campo (2015 SR135)
  • Tiny Jack, Transcript (2017 SR032)

Xwelalámsthoxes Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School Reports

Charlton, Adar. “Kinship Obligations to the Environment: Interpreting Stó:lō Xexá:ls Stories of the Fraser Canyon.” 2013

Lloyd, T. Abe. “Contributions to the Stó:lō Ethnobotany. 2009

Wiebe, Lesley. (2007, revised 2009). “Stó:lō traditional food “talk” as a metaphor for cross-cultural relations.” 2007, revised 2009.