First person: Indigenous agriculture and the Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project

First person: Indigenous agriculture and the Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project

From Hwkw’akw’la’hwum you can see Swuq’us overlooking the work. This land is filled with place names that show great history. Even the channels of the estuary itself were said to be made during the battle between S-hwu-hwa’us and Qul-lhanumutsun. Photo courtesy of Jared Qwustenuxun Williams Jared Qwustenuxun Williams, grandson of Qwustanulwut, is a Salish food sovereignty advocate, a cultural educator and a contributing writer for The Discourse.…