
This Place Is Who We Are
Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
This Place Is Who We Are
Stories of Indigenous Leadership, Resilience, and Connection to Homelands
About this book
This Place Is Who We Are profiles Indigenous communities in central and northern coastal BC that are reconnecting to their lands and waters—and growing and thriving through this reconnection.
Indigenous peoples and cultures are integrally connected to the land. Well-being in every sense—physical, social, environmental, economic, spiritual and cultural—depends on that relationship, which is based on a fundamental concept: when the land is well, so are the people.
With increasing strength, Indigenous peoples in this vast region of BC—which spans the homelands of more than two dozen First Nations and one of the largest remaining coastal temperate rainforests in the world—are restoring what has been lost through environmental depredation and healing what has been devastated by colonization.
This volume is a collection of ten of these inspiring stories. X̱aayda voices explain how their Rediscovery camps are healing and empowering their youth; Dzawada̱’enuxw Hereditary Chief Maxwiyalidizi K’odi Nelson shares the story of building a healing centre and ecolodge; Wei Wai Kum Chief Christopher Roberts describes the challenges and opportunities for an urban First Nation looking to prosper while protecting the environment and ancient Ligʷiłdaxʷ history and living cultural values; and many more Indigenous leaders share their own experiences of growth, strength and reconnection.
Thoughtful and inspiring, This Place Is Who We Are illustrates what can be accomplished when conservation and stewardship are inextricably intertwined with the prosperity and well-being of communities.
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Table of contents
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Epigraph
- A Unique and Wondrous Place
- Place Names and Frequently Used Terms
- Foreword: We Have Always Been Here
- Introduction: This Place Is Who We Are
- Chapter One: StlâmstaliwaâThe Whole Human Experience
- Chapter Two: The Sacred Connection
- Chapter Three: The Work of Tx̱eemsim
- Chapter Four: HaiÌÉ«zaqv Unfettered
- Chapter Five: Our Homelands Build Us Up and Make Us Strong
- Chapter Six: A LigÊ·iĆdaxÊ· Bottom Line
- Chapter Seven: A Different Life
- Chapter Eight: A Voice for the Bears
- Chapter Nine: The Children Are Our Reason for Breathing
- Chapter Ten: GugwilxâyaâanskâWe Are Living It
- Conclusion: For the Generations Yet Unborn
- Timeline
- Endnotes
- To Learn More: Resources
- Acknowledgements
- Photography Credits
- Index
- About the Author