CLIENT: Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe Management Ltd.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
PRI worked with Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe Management Ltd. (ttml.ca) to develop a proposed First Nations Woodland Licence. Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe includes the following First Nation communities: Ăthelets (Aitchelitz), Sq’ewqéyl (Skowkale), Shxwhá:y, Th’ewá:li (Soowahlie), Sxwoyehálá (Squiala), Ch’íyáqtel (Tzeachten) and Yeqwyeqwí:ws (Yakweakwioose).
APPROACH:
The collaboration with the nations included reviewing elder interview information; reviewing the S’ólh Téméxw Use Plan (STUP), a Stó:lō-based set of relationships with the land that “aims to bring visibility and recognition to this set of relationships by using a single picture to identify areas on the landscape that are of cultural significance to Stó:lō and require protection” TTML also identified conversation areas in addition to habitat areas for Species At Risk. Modeling strategies were developed to protect/monitor and manage these resources over time.
OUTCOME:
The outcome of the collaboration was the completion of a First Nation Woodland License proposal that incorporated the Cultural Landscape Features, Sensitive Waterways, Subalpine Parkland and other values that FNs in the area deem important. This FNWL application will be the basis for the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe (and member nations) further support economic opportunity and stewardship goals over much of their traditional territory.