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Stz’uminus First Nation Elder Beverley (Buffie) David

Colour photograph of a Coast Salish woman with long salt and pepper colored hair swept back off her face wearing an azure colored cape closed at the neck over a black knee length dress and white sneakers. She holds in her right hand a drum stick and in her left a round skin drum decorated with Coast Salish stylised animals painted in black and red. She stands on a rocky shore. Behind and to the left of her a person sits in a red and white kayak, and another kneeling on a light colored paddle board. Forested islands form the skyline.

Source: Marina Sacht/TAKE 5

Date: 2022

Elder Beverley (Buffie) David is a strong advocate and ambassador for the Stz’uminus First Nation and is well known for her singing and drumming. She has composed a number of songs in the hul’q’umi’num language, which can be heard at https://www.firstvoices.com