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Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow said he regrets having to fight the issue in Canada’s adversarial court system rather than in a traditional longhouse, where First Nations historically settled such disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
No problem, salmon supper’s at noon in my great-great-great-great-grandfather’s longhouse, one Indigenous citizen may have said to another, back in the day.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Hill asked recently on a break for a longhouse meeting.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
Though one facade of their building is thoroughly modern, the proportions of their doors and windows on the entry side are based on a historical longhouse design.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
How this longhouse dated back hundreds of years, while the gathering site at this village dated back thousands of years.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
