16 — Wednesday, January 8, 1997 — North Shore News

Qatuwas screening wi

Documentary premieres Saturday
By Layne Christensen

Community Reporter

MEMBERS of many of the coast’s First Nations
will gather in North Vancouver Saturday for the
premiére of Qatuwas: People Gathering Together.

Qatuwas is a feature documentary by ‘Namgis First Nation
director Barb Cranmer that records the 1993 ce: journey
north to Bella Bella by 21 ocean-going cedar canoe

The Jan. 11 screening will be a reunion of sorts for many of the
paddlers. Thirty First Nations from B.C. and Washington State
were represented on the journey.

The screening is hosted by the Heiltsuk Nation of Bella Bella,
which hosted the cultural gathering in July 1993, attended by
$,000 First Nations people.

Cranmer, who hails from Alert Bay, calls Qatuwas 7a remarkable

* journey of strength, spirit, and cultural revitalization among, north-
west coastal native communities.

“In the beginning, they (the paddlers and other participants}
didn’t know the i impact it would have. Now in ‘97, many say it has
changed their lives.”

Squamish Nation member tan Campbell, one of 14 to paddle a
canoe from Ambleside Beach to the north.rn coastal community,
says the experience made him more appreciative of his responsibil-
ity of learning the culture of his people.

“The culture of sharing really brought the tribes together,” he
says. At 20, Campbell was the youngest of his crew and the only
one to fluently speak the Squamish language. Today he shares his
knowledge with First Nations youth as a support worker with the
Vancouver Schoo! Board.

“The canoe has been a way of bringing the communities
together, a way of empowering people,” says Cranmer. The film
celebrates the healing power of tradition.

Saturday's 8 p.m. screening at the Squamish Nation recreation
centre is open to the public. The centre is located at 100 Capilano
Rd., North Vancouver. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors.
Children under 12 are admitted free. The television broadcast pre-
miére airs Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. on the Knowledge Network.

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