Shuswaggin' Tales: Red Earth Uncovered, Season 4
Catalogue Number: AS0785
Producer: Animiki See Distribution Inc.
Producers: Strutt, Peter
Directors: Strutt, Pierce
Producing Agencies: Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Subject: Anthropology, Archaeology, Canadian Geography, Canadian History, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Geography, History, Indigenous Peoples, Physical Geography, Social Sciences
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2024
Running Time: 22:01
Shuswaggi, a mysterious lake creature, has been sighted in BC’s Shuswap Lake near Copper Island - a large serpent-like or giant eel-like creature. Hayley heads to the Okanagan to investigate. Ed Jensen, Tk’emlups te Secwépemc knowledge keeper, tells traditional stories of underwater mysteries. Hamish Kassa, environmental services coordinator for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, describes reports of sightings of shuswaggi. Les Loren and Brodie Blair describe their 2019 sighting while fishing. Duane and Ronnie Severn think that the dark hump they sighted might have been a Cadborosaurus or a basilosaurus, ancient sea serpents. Ralph McBryan, traditional Shuswap storyteller and knowledge keeper, says Shuswaggi is said to be there to protect Copper Island. Doc concludes by reading Shuswaggin’ Tales, the legend, illustrated by sand artist Marie Linda Bluteau.
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