A team of First Nation first responders on Vancouver Island are now learning to protect sacred artifacts in case of emergencies.
About a decade ago, a fire damaged priceless artifacts in Alert Bay, B.C., just off northern Vancouver Island.
The regional district has received a $254,000 grant to train more Indigenous first responders on how to rescue artifacts from water or fire damage. "During the atmospheric river event in 2021, my village had experienced their second flood, and through the journey through the first flood and into the second it was recognized how much regalia – how much devastation to the supplies that’s required to create said regalia – was damaged through the flood," said Indigenous planning officer Nicole Norris.
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