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From The Times Colonist – July 27, 2021 - Shared by Margaret Nelson  

The Canadian Indigenous Flag, the standard designed by Curtis Wilson of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation near Campbell River, who called his now famous creation in 2005 “standing together in support of each other.”

The flag with swimming salmon of the sides and orca inside a maple leaf is significant this Canada Day in the wake of discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential schools, said Times Colonist publisher Dave Obee. “Canada Day 2021 is not a time for exuberant celebration. It is a time for reflection, and hopefully, a commitment to do better,” Obee said.

Wilson, also known as Mulidzas — his traditional name awarded during a family potlatch — designed the flag based on sketches at his kitchen table “thinking about who I am and where I came from,” he said at the time.

Wilson died from a heart attack in 2019 at age 39, leaving a wife and two children and a community to mourn. He was well respected within his community as a generous spirit and talented artist who served his local band council and spent countless hours preserving the culture of his nation and embracing reconciliation.

The two designs on the red side bands are K’utala-Salmon, which Wilson said are the “perfect way to convey the importance of family, friendships, and strength in numbers. “There are as many types of people living here in Canada as there are types of salmon … I would like to see us coming together in the future, not only my First Nations people, but all of Canada.”

Susan Braverman, chief executive of The Flag Shop, helped Wilson promote and sell the flag. She said tens of thousands of his flags fly around the world now.

A royalty on each flag sold still goes to his family, Braverman said. “Curtis was a beautiful soul, generous and loving. Everything was positive with him. He worked so hard and gave so much to everyone around him.”  

 

          YOUR JULY READINGS     

July 4th (6th Sunday after Pentecost)  
2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10;     Psalm 111;    2 Corinthians 12:2-10;    Mark 6:1-13     

July 11th (7th Sunday after Pentecost)   
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19;    Psalm 24;    Ephesians 1:3-14;    Mark 6:14-29  

July 18th (8th Sunday after Pentecost)
2 Samuel 7:1-14a;    Psalm 89:20-37;    Ephesians 2:11-22;    Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

July 25th (9th Sunday after Pentecost)
2 Samuel 11:1-15;    Psalm 14;    Ephesians 3:14-21;    John 6:1-21  

     JULY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Birthdays

July 1st             Barbara K
July 1st             Julie W
July 3rd             Heather U
July 3rd             Kay B
July 4th             Harry C
July 8th             Trefor W
July 10th           Val D
July 15th           Jerry F
July 17th            Graham H
July 18th           Arlene O’B
July 24th           Bill G
July 28th           Malcolm K

Anniversaries

July 24th          Jean and David R
July 31st          Beverley and Clive O      

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