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As of November 15, 2024, Canada Post workers are on strike, causing delays in mail delivery across the country. This strike has impacted various re...

The FirstVoices Tech team and the U'mista Language Team have exciting news! The NEW FirstVoices Kwak̓wala app is now live and ready to download on ...

🌟🎶🎤 'Ya̱lis Moveable Feast - one month follow up!   Despite the challenges of the Ferry not running (!), some Musicians unable to attend, and...

Yakudlłas, “always giving things away” Charlie James THE LEGEND OF THIS POLE is a Ḵwiḵwa̱sut̓inux̱w story of Ts̓eḵameʼ, the Great Magician of th...

**Creating Connection and Confidence: A Workshop at the Big House in Yalis** The Movable Feast workshop session held at the Big House provided a cu...

‘Ya̱lis Movable Feast will be a FREE full day all-ages music festival, with Indigenous musicians and dancers visiting Alert Bay from all over BC....

< BACK TO YMF24 MAIN PAGE CALL FOR VENDORS ‘Ya̱lis Movable Feast will be a FREE full day all-ages music festival, with Indigenous musicians an...

Welcome to the Ha'mi'ksila Project: Preserving Indigenous Food Traditions At U’mista, we're thrilled to introduce the Ha'mi'ksila Project—an initi...

Join us for our Summer Programs! ☀️😎🗣🎨   📍 U'mista Cultural Centre 📆 Tuesday - Friday • 10-12:00 PM & 1-3:00 PM 🎟 FREE! (with admissi...

The U’mista Cultural Centre is pleased to host a new traveling exhibit Keeping the Song Alive. Developed by the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, the temporary exhibit is open from June 15 to October 12, 2024 with the potential for an extension to December 12, 2024.

Join us this Saturday, March 4th 2023 for our new exhibit A Strict Law Bids Us Dance 100 Years Since the Potlatch Trials. The opening will start a...

Join us this July for our Summer Programs. They will be held here at U'mista, Free with admission.    Beading Lesson June 30 - July 1  You are ab...