IPCA Establishment Productive Retreat
This summary provides an overview of the IPCA Establishment Productive Retreat, held in 2019 and hosted on Tla-o-qui-aht Territory.
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.
Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Lessons learned from BC examples
This report highlights lessons learned from the three IPCAs in British Columbia: K’ih tsaa?dze Tribal Park, Dasiqox Tribal Park and the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks.
Learning Our Language Is Like Learning to See in Full Color: An Interview with Gisèle Maria Martin (Tla-o-qui-aht)
This is an interview with Gisèle Martin about language revitalization, the connection with the land, and the important role that language and culture revitalization play in Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks.
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.
We Visited the First Nations Community That’s Standing Up to Mining Companies by Turning Their Land Into a Tribal Park
This article describes the evolution of Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, from its beginnings as a logging blockade to a more recent fight over resource extraction. The article also discusses ecosystem service fees as a funding model.
Canadian Battle Rages Over Lovely Timbered Isle
This article discusses the battle to defend Meares Island and its declaration as a Tribal Park in 1984.
COVID-19 not the first pandemic Indigenous Peoples have quarantined from
Using Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks as an example, this article demonstrates how Tribal Parks and other types of IPCAs can serve as refuges during pandemics, disasters, and other unforeseen events
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.