Students use salmon to learn more about food origins
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As you go past Alexis Park School, you will see a new display of wooden salmon on the outer fence along 43rd Avenue.
It’s a tribute to Okanagan Indigenous Peoples by the students on how food was given, and the display will continue to grow in the years ahead.
“For the last two years, students at the school have heard the Captikwt (story system) of ‘How Food Was Given’ and the Four Food Chiefs. The Four Chiefs are: Skmxist (Bear), Ntitiyix (Salmon), Spitlem (Bitterroot) and Siya (Saskatoon Berry). As the story goes, the chiefs held many meetings and talked for a long time about what the people-to-be would need to live, and what contribution the chiefs could make,” Maritza Reilly from School District 22 said.
The wood was donated last year by Tolko and Coldstream Lumber, with Seaton Secondary staff and students cutting them into salmon shapes, and each Alexis Park student given one to paint.
