I ran across this building as I was just about to cross a river on the road east-to-west across Vancouver Island to the "wild coast." Nicely situated and designed. Hey, there's way too little good architecture these days! It's apparently an "administrative building" for the Tseshaht tribe. First Nations peoples have got their shit a lot more together than their more southern brothers. When you get to Washington there is an Indian casino complex that is well-designed (contrast this with the black vinyl air building casino near Clear Lake, Calif.)
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The Umista Cultural Center (http://www.umista.org/home/index.php)is well worth a look if you're ever in Alert Bay. "Umista" means return; it was built to house artifacts that were returned to the tribes from various museums (short version). The elementary school in Alert Bay is also an amazing building and the cirriculum includes a Kwakʼwala immersion program.
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