re: traditional foods

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are some plants from my territory that are ready or are winding down right now, asparagus, non-native, used by europeans for keeping ditches from collapsing and so on. and ceweta, or indian celery, which is pretty good, but strong flavoured.

also i've included Skupen or bitter root, which is cleaned and dried, celery seeds you can use in tea, actually you can use both in tea, but it'll clean you out! haha. and then some canned salmon. the salmon run numbers are lower and lower every year in the thompson river, we actually only fished for 2 weeks last year. i only went line casting and got a few for the winter. not like the old days.

anyways,

until next time lover,

cb

Asparagus in it's wild state.

Asparagus caught, captured and prepared for sacrifice.

Ceweta, or Indian Celery.

Skupen, or bitter root.

Ceweta seeds.

Canned Salmon. 

mmmmmm. 

re: breaking bad lands.

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are some images from Kumcheen I.R.1 in Spences Bridge, BC. i took these a few weeks ago on a beautiful april day.

it's hot there, back in the day our people would have been up in the mountains and come down to fish in the morning or at dusk. in the valley mountain tops we'd have been gathering and hunting, getting ready for winter. 

but the land in these photos has remained virtually unchanged since the last ice age. crazy eh?

cb

re: new post of images

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are an assortment of images.

have a look see and enjoy!?

until next time,


Chris Bose.

actually got to read this and hold it in my hands. 

it is 103 years old and contains at least a hundred years

of history and stories. 

this book was amazing as well

because it had colour plates

of our people's face painting

and tattoos!

rare printing in 1927

plate of face paint and tattoos

another sample

nice buckskin!

shirt!

fancy fur and buckskin jacket

the "earth line and morning star" shawl.

some of our weaving

re: Arthur`s seat, or the Chief`s Head.

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here`s the photograph i took of Arthur`s seat, a steep mountain in spences bridge for my band`s signage. and there`s Arthur`s seat in the winter and the sign and the mountain together. I`m trying to track down it`s Nlaka`pamux name, if you know it, holler!

In the meantime, cheers big ears, 

Chris Bose. 

re: new photos

Hello Lovers,

here are some photos from my mum`s festive house from the holidays. happy new year to you. i`ll be back before you know it!

Cheers,

cb

re: new video poem for the book "Stone the Crow."

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a new video poem called "Tonight," on page 30 in my book "Stone the Crow," published by Kegedonce Press. I hope you enjoy it, it's meant more as a visualizer video, with water from the Thompson river flowing beneath the now gone bridge in Spences Bridge, BC.

I wrote the music a week or so ago and thought it fit the water theme perfect, so here you go, enjoy!

until next time,


Chris Bose.
ps: this is my 17th video poem!

video link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype_lk1xpRE&index=1&list=PLrLZoyxEG0csuYFVXscOZ8mtjpQyKsjYy

re: heading home....

hello friends, fan, foe and lovers,

here's my new song and video, called "heading home," a music video about well, heading home. haha. i spent a lot of time this past summer in spences bridge on the rez, on my mum's side of the family. it was pretty cool to get to know people back home and hang out with my mum, i haven't done that in years. there was a healing element to it i think because i feel pretty good and grounded, and ready for the future and what lies ahead.

so, enjoy and until next time,


chris bose.

re: all i know is this.....

hello friends, fiends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's my new video poem called, "All I know is this...." and it's from my new book, "A moon made of copper," published by Kegedonce Press.

it was filmed last year in spences bridge, bc, lytton, bc, botanie valley and stein valley bc.

this part of my new challenge, goal of making a film a week and uploading online here and various other social network platforms.

i recently lost my youngest brother to cancer, the day after he died i quit drinking and made a commitment to improve my own health. part of that commitment is getting back into a creative frame of mind and continue pushing boundaries and to challenge myself. over the years i've gotten jaded as fuck, kind of tired and miserable. i felt trapped once again. but these days, i'm feeling good, and moving beyond feeling trapped to, "how do i escape?" haha.

i want to go to europe and play shows, have exhibitions, do readings, go to music festivals and perform in front of tens of thousands of people. how does one get there? lots of hard work. i lost sight of this trapped in my own prison, in my own mind. but i'm ready now to giver and take no prisoners. life is short. live it hard and live it good, who knows what happens afterwards?

until next time lovers,


chris bose.

re: Nkemcin: Voices of the Valley

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i can't believe what a crazy, awesome month August was, and now it's nearly over! damn!

i feel honoured and fricken lucky to have been a part of so many cool, fun and slightly insane things in the past month. i survived. 

now i'm getting stoked and busy again! 

big thanks to my bro Nacoma George of CrazyCutz for helping making this event happen, Graham How for doing an amazing job on the sound and lights, and David Walkem and the staff and council at the Cooksferry Indian Band for making this happen!

woohoo! next year we're gonna go for the weekend and more fun things to happen!

cheers,

cb

re: Nkemcin Voices of the Valley

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a poster for the upcoming First Nations Music and Art festival I'm coordinating in Spences Bridge, BC, at the Chief Tetlinitsa Memorial Theatre right where the Thompson and Nicola Rivers meet on Highway 8.

It's August 11, and it's free admission, free camping, and good times. bring plenty of food and water, come camp out and check out the awesome bands and art!!!!!!!

cheers,


cb