A Visit to Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks: Joe’s Studio in the Forest
In this video, Tla-o-qui-aht Elder and Master Carver Joe Martin shares teachings about Tla-o-qui-aht forestry practices and ethics at his "workshop in the forest."
Working Models for Fisheries Collaborative Management
This report was prepared to assist the First Nation Marine Society to plan how it might get involved in collaborative fisheries and ocean management. This report researches and describes a variety of organizations involved in collaborative fisheries or ocean management.
The SEAS Toolkit: A resource for planning your on-the-land Indigenous youth program
This Toolkit was developed by Nature United and their community partners to help support and strengthen land-based education programs for Indigenous youth.
Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks!
This full-colour newsletter provides an introduction and overview of Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, including the announcement of Tranquil Tribal Park and Esowista Tribal Park, a short history of the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation's struggle to regain control of their lands and lives, and Tribal Parks management in the context of Tla-o-qui-aht governance systems.
Done Waiting on BC, Gitanyow declare new protected area: “this is our land”
This article from the Narwhal covers the Gitanyow's declaration of an IPCA.
The Past Shapes the Future
This article highlights the conservation economy at work with the small-scale run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects in Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation celebrates wisdom of past as they look to the future
This article examines the establishment of Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks. It also examines options for achieving appropriate legal recognition when it is not forthcoming.
Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver sign historic park agreement
This article highlights a Historic Park Agreement signed by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver. This signifies a more formal approach to collaboration and outlines how they will come together to identify common interests and share ideas to achieve the ultimate goal of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the land.
How First Nations-led protests in Canada sparked a conservation movement
This article is about Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, examining the decades-long struggle to defend Meares Island and how Tribal Parks have become a tool for decolonization.
Indigenous-led conservation, natural law and a different future
This article about the Hereditary Chief of Ahousaht First Nation explains that by respecting and upholding Indigenous rights, there is a healthier ecological outcome because communities are able to make decisions for and about their people and territories.