First Nations Place Names from Cadboro Bay to Millstream

This thesis built a database of 100 First Nations place names from Cadboro Bay to Millstream to answer: What are the First Nations place names for Victoria, British Columbia? Maps are essential tools in the on-going colonization of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Today, many First Nations prioritize restoring place names and using them on maps as an act of sovereignty. Conversely, multiple levels of settler government incorporate Indigenous place name restoration into their obligations to fulfill UNDRIP and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. Collaborations between First Nations and settler organizations have built many public online maps with Indigenous place names for both sets of goals. No such map exists for the research area despite the First Nations-built monuments to Lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN place names. By developing an experimental design grown from the essential Indigenous academic principles of respect, relationality, and reciprocity, the settler researcher gathered public First Nations place name information into a simple spreadsheet. The database visualized as a map represented the breadth of publicly available information on First Nations place names. This research took place from and within the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples which includes the Songhees and Xʷsépsəm (Esquimalt) First Nations, and WSÁNEĆ Peoples encompassing the W̱SÍ,ḴEM, W̱JOȽEȽP, SȾÁUTW̱, and BOḰEĆEN First Nations.

Author dc:creator

• Quintero, Melinda

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• White, Brian

• School of tourism and hospitality management

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-20445

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:null:10613/28881