Commemorating Ye'yumnuts

Welcome to the Commemorating Ye'yumnuts website

Ye’yumnuts is a sacred ancestral place of the Cowichan people.  Cowichan presence here has over 2000 years of history, and this place remains as unceded Cowichan territory.  Ye’yumnuts has deep connections to other places throughout Cowichan territory and far beyond.  Cowichan oral memory and archaeological research shows that Ye’yumnuts is a special place that has been related to in different ways over the course of its long history.  We are excited that you have visited this site to learn and teach about Ye’yumnuts!

The website provides information about the Ye'yumnuts site, intended for learners, teachers, Cowichan members, and anyone in the general public who is interesed.  The site has been collaboratively developed by Cowichan Tribes and the Anthropology Department at the University of Victoria.