People on stage looking at Langley Mayor John Scholtens holding a paddle during the Township of Langley's 125th anniversary celebration.

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Object Description

Object Name

Transparency, Slide

Object ID

2017.048.058

Title

People on stage looking at Langley Mayor John Scholtens holding a paddle during the Township of Langley's 125th anniversary celebration.

Date

20 Jun. 1998.

Description

Colour slide of Langley Mayor John Scholtens, on the right, holding a paddle on a covered stage during the Township of Langley's 125th anniversary at the Fort Langley National Historic Site. Mayor Scholtens is wearing a black suit; he is holding the paddle, which has a First Nations (likely Kwantlen) design on it, in front of him and posing for a photograph, which is being taken by a man in a grey sweater on the left of the photograph. Three people are standing to the left on the stage, behind a glass podium with the words "LANGLEY TOWNSHIP" on a small banner at the top beside the stylized Langley "L" logo, which is green. The man behind the podium is wearing a blue pullover sweater and has a name tag and green ribbon pinned to his chest on the left. Beside him is a woman wearing a white woolen blanket as a shawl, and a cedar headband. Behind the man another person wearing a vest is partially visible. To Mayor Scholtens' left in the background is a table with a flags on it; behind the table is a man in a black suit, seated.

People/Subject

Fort Langley National Historic Site

The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Langley in 1827 in present day Derby Reach Regional Park. It was moved upriver to its current site in 1839. The Fort was run as a provisioning station and farm. The Company moved out of the Fort in 1886. From 1888 into the 1920's the Mavis family ran a farm on the land. In the 1920s the Fort was recognized by the federal government's Historic Sites and Monuments Board, though by that time only one building remained. The land was purchased and from 1931 until 1958, the Native Sons operated a museum on the site. In 1955, the Fort was declared a National Historic Site. A few years later more buildings were reconstructed and much of the collection was moved to the Langley Centennial Museum. Today the Fort is run by Parks Canada.

Native Peoples of North America

q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓, Kwantlen First Nation

'Kwantlen' translates to tireless runner. Kwantlen Traditional Territory extends from Richmond and New Westminster in the west, to Surrey and Langley in the south, east to Mission, and to the northernmost reaches of Stave Lake. The Kwantlen People have lived on this land since time immemorial.

The Kwantlen First Nation are an Indigenous group, mainly located on McMillan Island in Fort Langley. Prior to European contact, their main village was Sqaiametl, where New Westminster is today, but they moved their main settlement to Fort Langley after the Hudson's Bay Company established a fort there. The Kwantlen traded with the Fort. As Canada came together, the Kwantlen peoples' importance in the country diminished, and their affairs were turned over to an Indian Agent. Modernly, the Kwantlen have seen a cultural resurgence after times of displacement and cultural loss, as well as economic growth through their business group, Seyem' Qwantlen. Their current hereditary chief is Marilyn Gabriel. The Kwantlen are culturally a Stó:lō people, though they operate as an independent nation. They speak the Downriver dialect of Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, or Hun'qumi'num). There has been a renewed focus on teaching and learning hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, one of the ways Kwantlen is reclaiming their culture.

Scholtens, John

Mayor of the Langley Township in 1993.

Township of Langley, 125th Anniversary

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