The Saanich people have lived on what is known today as the Saanich Peninsula, amongst a series of small islands now known as the Gulf Islands near the southern most tip of Vancouver Island for hundreds and thousands of years. This can be determined through the ancient language called SENĆOŦEN. Within the SENĆOŦEN language are the keys, blueprints, technologies, and sciences to what was once sustainable living in this highly diverse bio-region. Each place and island had a SENĆOŦEN name prior to European contact and our people had relationships with every mountain, valley, landscape and sea place, which provided everything we needed through hunting, gathering, harvesting, ceremony and ultimately a good Saanich life...
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