BC's first big gold rush changed our history forever. Learn about the Fraser River Gold Rush, including the effect on First Nations, at https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fraser-river-gold-rush/

During the early BC Gold Rushes, faro, not poker, was the game of choice. This game could pass the time after a long day of looking for gold, but you might just lose your gold again! Learn more at http://bcgoldrushpress.com/2018/05/faro-the-gambling-card-game-of-the-bc-gold-rush

Item : CVA 1477-1409-[Woman panning for gold]

This resource, created by the Hul'q'umi'num Treaty group, is a guide to the Hul'q'umi'num alphabet.

On July 30, 2018 the Crossing Cultures and Healing pole was brought on site to the Royal BC Museum. This is where Tom and Perry LaFortune will continue to carve the pole until it is completed in October. 

Intertwined among the different figures, Tom and Perry are carving in a rope. This represents the rope that the Saanich people used to tie themselves to a tree on the mountain during the great flood. It helped keep their people together and safe. It was also in this story that they began calling themselves "the emerging people".

The raven is the figure on top of the pole as they are the messenger of good news for the Tsawout and Saanich people. The raven received this title as it was a raven who brought the Saanich people the news that the great flood had ended.