Spoken Treasures: Indigenous Cultural Walking Tour In Stanley Park

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A historical walking tour through an Indigenous lens, offering a meaningful perspective on the land, people, and stories that shape this place. Long before modern cities emerged, these territories have been home to Coast Salish Peoples for thousands of years. This tour invites you to step beyond traditional history and explore the living connection between past and present, guided by Indigenous knowledge, values, and ways of understanding the world. This experience highlights unique Indigenous stories, oral traditions, and community perspectives on early contact with explorers, traders, and settlers, as well as the impacts that followed. Through your Talaysay Cultural Ambassador, you’ll hear how Coast Salish Peoples navigated change while maintaining culture, language, and identity. Alongside historic moments, the tour also shares present-day life within the host Nations’ communities, creating a richer, more complete understanding of Indigenous history as something living, resilient, and continuing today.