Illahee: The Importance of Whales in Indigenous Cultures

4 min

Illahee means “our lands and our place within them” in Chinook Jargon Language. In choosing the word Illahee, we honour the intent of the Chinook Jargon Language to serve as a means of connecting people from diverse backgrounds to each other and to these lands.

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