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<h1 style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:26px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
JUNE 8, 2021</h1>
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<b>On June 17, </b>the VMM to launch <i><b>Canoe Cultures: Building a Legacy</b></i><b>,</b> an exhibition celebrating the work of the Canoe Cultures program. The exhibition, curated by Roxanne Charles, features early images of canoe racing on the West Coast and highlights recent work done through the Canoe Cultures program.<br>
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The Canoe Cultures program is an initiative to build Indigenous racing canoes for community use. The project is led by seventh-generation canoe builder Mike Billy Sr., who has the hereditary Squamish name Lemxacha Siyam.<br>
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"It's not just a canoe to us,” says Billy, “it's something that has a soul, something that has a life, something that you have to take care of and nourish."<br>
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“The VMM is honoured to host this exhibition and to share Indigenous maritime traditions with our audience,” says VMM Curator and Interim Museum Manager Duncan MacLeod. “Preserving Indigenous knowledge systems as Canoe Cultures does through the building of canoes is important for strengthening communities and passing on skills to new generations.”<br>
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Canoe Cultures: Building a Legacy will be on view from <b>June 17 to August 2, 2021</b>. For more information, visit the <a href="https://vanmaritime.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bdd2a5ddde1149e87d0baa93&id=16a2ed0818&e=a473e1bf85" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">exhibition webpage.</a><br>
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For more information about the Vancouver Maritime Museum, visit the <a href="https://vanmaritime.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bdd2a5ddde1149e87d0baa93&id=ad85775258&e=a473e1bf85" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">museum website</a>.<br>
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<b>Media Contact</b><br>
Melanie Jeffs<br>
Marketing Coordinator<br>
Vancouver Maritime Museum<br>
<a href="mailto:marketing@vanmaritime.com" target="_blank">marketing@vanmaritime.com</a><br>
604.257-8302<br>
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