Victoria's first-ever First Nation 'Flotilla' aimed at bringing awareness to Indigenous marine stewardship and conservation.
Posted: Jun. 9, 2023 5:22PMVictoria’s first-ever First Nation “flotilla” floated into Victoria’s inner harbour.
“Indigenous people feel a lot of responsibility for their waterways and understanding their relationship to those waters, that they can’t survive without them,” Christina Clark,executive director, said. “This is also helping to convey that message to everyone else. That we all have to think of the water in that way, that it’s vital for our survival.”
“Really putting our people out onto the ocean, onto our lands, monitoring and participating in any way in protecting our resources here in our territories,” Sam said.
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