Dear Chairman Archambault and citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe:
On behalf of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, we would like to express our solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and allies in their opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We are asking all of our people to stand strong with you and to keep your community in our thoughts and prayers.
We must start training our brains and our hearts to be kind—Lisa Watts.
For Indigenous Canadians, the social evil we now know as “lateral violence” is a direct consequence of the suppression of Indigenous culture and the imposition of a male-dominated, competition-based lifestyle.
Lateral violence is defined as covert or open acts of verbal or non-verbal aggression against family members, peers or co-workers.
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council’s Disability Access Committee Health Ability Fair opened Nov. 3 at Athletic Hall for a full two-days of information and services.
In her welcoming remarks, DAC Chairperson Helen Dick noted that while the Fair has historically taken place in October, the date was moved when the Assembly of First Nations declared November as the Month for First Nations People with Disabilities.
Robert Watts opened the ceremonies with a chant in honour of those who have lost a family member. He delivered a gift as support to each family.
An Iict'uuthla, or Coming of Age potlatch, took place at Maht Mahs on Oct. 29, for five young women whose family roots connect them to elder Tony Marshall.
Four of the young women are the great-granddaughters of Marshall; he is grandfather to the fifth young woman, Victoria.
According to Margaret Eaton, her niece Angeline Charleson planned the event, initially for her daughter only. Angeline recalled speaking to her late grandmother, Evelyn Marshall, who told her that she wanted this ceremony done for her granddaughters.
The Secluded Wellness clinic celebrated its fifth anniversary with a noon-hour reception in the Tseshaht Great Hall on Nov. 1.
Naomi (Horbatch) Nicholson opened the alternative healing clinic at the Tseshaht Administration Building with funding from the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation, and has built up a solid clientele, while also delivering workshops on behalf of NEDC.
In the gymnasium of Yuuthluithaht Nation on Oct. 27, graduates of the Health Care Assistant Program gathered with family and friends to celebrate the students’ journey of learning and sharing.
Ten months ago they signed up for the program delivered by Discovery Community College, which was co-funded by the Nuu-chah-nulth Employment and Training Program and the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Nursing.
The program was created because of the need for Home Care Assistants throughout much of the province, but particularly here on the coast.
Hupacasath First Nation has earned the Minister’s Award For Innovation and Excellence In Woodlot Management for 2016.
The award, which included a cheque for $2,500, was presented to Hupacasath Chief Councillor Steven Tatoosh and forest resource manager Warren Lauder on Oct. 27.
It is the first time the B.C. Forest Ministry has honored a First Nation operation, according to South Island Natural Resource District Manager Rhonda Morris.
It has been one year since the sinking of the whale watching vessel Leviathan II and survivors, first responders and the greater community gathered at Tofino’s First Street Dock to remember the six people that perished in the accident.
October 25, 2015, was a beautiful autumn day, weather-wise, for Tofino; a great day to go out on a boat to view wildlife.
There was very little wind, making for a comfortable boat ride for the 24 passengers and three crew members that headed out for Plover Reef to view sea lions basking on the rocks.
“The grass was dry, a fire was lit, and it went.”
That’s how Anne Robinson described the turbulent times of the 1970s in Nuu-chah-nulth territories, and the circumstances that sparked the creation of Haahuupayak School, celebrating its 40th anniversary this month.
That’s a phrase Anne had heard long ago about Pine Ridge, she said, and it aptly described the beginnings of Haahuupayak and Nuu-chah-nulth control over Nuu-chah-nulth education.
Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations are fed up with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s lack of commitment to ‘Nation-to-Nation’ reconciliation. Yesterday, representatives from the Nations, known as T’aaq-wiihak, entered court to make closing arguments on a lengthy battle about their Aboriginal commercial fishing rights.