My heart is full after spending several days out on the land with members of the Ma’amtagila, as well as friends and supporters of theirs from all over the world.
Much love and solidarity to the Ma’amtagila and their territory ❤️🌲🌊
Much love and solidarity to the Ma’amtagila and their territory ❤️🌲🌊
August 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM
My heart is full after spending several days out on the land with members of the Ma’amtagila, as well as friends and supporters of theirs from all over the world.
Much love and solidarity to the Ma’amtagila and their territory ❤️🌲🌊
Much love and solidarity to the Ma’amtagila and their territory ❤️🌲🌊
This is almost 40 hectares of recently logged old-growth forest on a ridge in Ma'amtagila territory, so-called northern Vancouver Island.
Despite promising to save these forests, BC's NDP government regularly permits their destruction.
Learn more here:
www.wildernesscommittee.org/SaveOldGrowth
Despite promising to save these forests, BC's NDP government regularly permits their destruction.
Learn more here:
www.wildernesscommittee.org/SaveOldGrowth
August 22, 2023 at 4:13 PM
This is almost 40 hectares of recently logged old-growth forest on a ridge in Ma'amtagila territory, so-called northern Vancouver Island.
Despite promising to save these forests, BC's NDP government regularly permits their destruction.
Learn more here:
www.wildernesscommittee.org/SaveOldGrowth
Despite promising to save these forests, BC's NDP government regularly permits their destruction.
Learn more here:
www.wildernesscommittee.org/SaveOldGrowth
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
The Tree of Life’ gathering
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering
ecojustice.ca
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
There’s a petition to remove Gunn as candidate, signed by large number of current &former respectable counsellors, Chiefs, mayors etc FROM the riding.
Gunn made HORRIFIC, RACIST, FALSE remarks about 1st ppls &residential schools (so did PP🤬), but PP is standing by him.
All we need to know about PP🤬
Gunn made HORRIFIC, RACIST, FALSE remarks about 1st ppls &residential schools (so did PP🤬), but PP is standing by him.
All we need to know about PP🤬
April 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There’s a petition to remove Gunn as candidate, signed by large number of current &former respectable counsellors, Chiefs, mayors etc FROM the riding.
Gunn made HORRIFIC, RACIST, FALSE remarks about 1st ppls &residential schools (so did PP🤬), but PP is standing by him.
All we need to know about PP🤬
Gunn made HORRIFIC, RACIST, FALSE remarks about 1st ppls &residential schools (so did PP🤬), but PP is standing by him.
All we need to know about PP🤬
Image: Paul Walde in the field, Ma'amtagila territory
@paulwalde.bsky.social
@paulwalde.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Image: Paul Walde in the field, Ma'amtagila territory
@paulwalde.bsky.social
@paulwalde.bsky.social
This July, the Kwakwaka'wakw Revitalization Project (KRP) gathered to witness the Ma’amtagila Nation reawaken their sacred ancestral village site at Hiladi—“the place to make things right.”
Learn more about KRP by visiting our website at the link below.
www.youthclimatecorps.com/yccmap/north...
Learn more about KRP by visiting our website at the link below.
www.youthclimatecorps.com/yccmap/north...
August 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This July, the Kwakwaka'wakw Revitalization Project (KRP) gathered to witness the Ma’amtagila Nation reawaken their sacred ancestral village site at Hiladi—“the place to make things right.”
Learn more about KRP by visiting our website at the link below.
www.youthclimatecorps.com/yccmap/north...
Learn more about KRP by visiting our website at the link below.
www.youthclimatecorps.com/yccmap/north...
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
The Tree of Life’ gathering
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering
ecojustice.ca
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
Panel members include scientist Alexandra Golt, James Steidle (Stop the Spray), Chief Mak’wala Rande Cook of the Ma'amtagila Nation (and Awi'nakola Foundation) and Charlotte Dawe (Wilderness Committee).
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March 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Panel members include scientist Alexandra Golt, James Steidle (Stop the Spray), Chief Mak’wala Rande Cook of the Ma'amtagila Nation (and Awi'nakola Foundation) and Charlotte Dawe (Wilderness Committee).
This valley is called Tessium Creek, and it's one I've talked about a hundred times before -- the entire valley bottom has been smoked, and now BCTS (the provincial government's own logging company) is working its way up the less-productive ridges:
August 22, 2023 at 5:22 PM
This valley is called Tessium Creek, and it's one I've talked about a hundred times before -- the entire valley bottom has been smoked, and now BCTS (the provincial government's own logging company) is working its way up the less-productive ridges:
For #PhycologyFriday, here’s a big pebbly mudflat of rockweed (Fucus distichus) mixed with what I believe is yet-to-bud Glasswort (Salicornia) that I saw this week visiting Ma’amtagila territory in northern Vancouver Island. Both are common species, but this seemed like an unusual habitat/growth!
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For #PhycologyFriday, here’s a big pebbly mudflat of rockweed (Fucus distichus) mixed with what I believe is yet-to-bud Glasswort (Salicornia) that I saw this week visiting Ma’amtagila territory in northern Vancouver Island. Both are common species, but this seemed like an unusual habitat/growth!
It's always important to put the logging industry's rhetoric about "access to fibre" in the proper context. In valley after valley all across BC, these corporations have done this: systematically taken almost all of the valuable trees.
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April 11, 2024 at 3:45 PM
It's always important to put the logging industry's rhetoric about "access to fibre" in the proper context. In valley after valley all across BC, these corporations have done this: systematically taken almost all of the valuable trees.
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WHO WE ARE
Makwala-Rande Cook
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde
Kelly Richardson
Stephanie Smith
Paul Walde
Our group came together at the invitation of Awi’nakola founder, artist, and Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala-Rande Cook.
Makwala-Rande Cook
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde
Kelly Richardson
Stephanie Smith
Paul Walde
Our group came together at the invitation of Awi’nakola founder, artist, and Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala-Rande Cook.
February 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
WHO WE ARE
Makwala-Rande Cook
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde
Kelly Richardson
Stephanie Smith
Paul Walde
Our group came together at the invitation of Awi’nakola founder, artist, and Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala-Rande Cook.
Makwala-Rande Cook
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde
Kelly Richardson
Stephanie Smith
Paul Walde
Our group came together at the invitation of Awi’nakola founder, artist, and Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala-Rande Cook.
Hase’ Collective’s Ax’nakwala begins with Forestorium, a new full-length, site-specific operatic performance addressing the primary forests of Vancouver Island and the challenges they face. It takes place within one of the few remaining old growth forest tracts located in Ma’amtagila territories.
July 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hase’ Collective’s Ax’nakwala begins with Forestorium, a new full-length, site-specific operatic performance addressing the primary forests of Vancouver Island and the challenges they face. It takes place within one of the few remaining old growth forest tracts located in Ma’amtagila territories.
Heading back out onto the backroads to connect with people and the land on Kwakwaka’wakw territories. I’ll be in and out of service, so I’ll likely catch ya next week 🌲✌🏼
August 16, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Heading back out onto the backroads to connect with people and the land on Kwakwaka’wakw territories. I’ll be in and out of service, so I’ll likely catch ya next week 🌲✌🏼
Images taken by Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala Rande Cook. Views from Hiladi Village, the traditional village site of the Ma’amtagila people.
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Images taken by Ma’amtagila Hereditary Chief Makwala Rande Cook. Views from Hiladi Village, the traditional village site of the Ma’amtagila people.
Image: Stephanie Smith in the field, Ma'amtagila territory
February 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Image: Stephanie Smith in the field, Ma'amtagila territory
These are new roads being built this month into an at-risk old growth forest the BC NDP government promised to protect. This is why the United For Old Growth Day of Action on Sept28 is necessary.
Learn more and get involved here:
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/OldGrowthDayOfAction
Learn more and get involved here:
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/OldGrowthDayOfAction
September 7, 2023 at 7:07 PM
These are new roads being built this month into an at-risk old growth forest the BC NDP government promised to protect. This is why the United For Old Growth Day of Action on Sept28 is necessary.
Learn more and get involved here:
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/OldGrowthDayOfAction
Learn more and get involved here:
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/OldGrowthDayOfAction
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
The Tree of Life’ gathering
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering
ecojustice.ca
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The land remembers: Ma’amtagila sovereignty and the ‘Tree of Life’ gathering ecojustice.ca/news/the-lan...
"On the 25th Day of July 2025, the Ma’amtagila Nation gathered at Hiladi to recall the work of those before us and affirm its sovereignty." (Ma'amtagila Declaration of Sovereignty).
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July 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"On the 25th Day of July 2025, the Ma’amtagila Nation gathered at Hiladi to recall the work of those before us and affirm its sovereignty." (Ma'amtagila Declaration of Sovereignty).
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Image: Kelly Richardson in the field, Ma'amtagila territory @kelly-richardson.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Image: Kelly Richardson in the field, Ma'amtagila territory @kelly-richardson.bsky.social
The best place to spend #InternationalDayOfForests is of course the forest, but a close second is in the Mungo Martin Bighouse with Kwakwaka’wakw leaders and members of the Awi’nakola—Tree of Life community 🌲❤️🌲
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The best place to spend #InternationalDayOfForests is of course the forest, but a close second is in the Mungo Martin Bighouse with Kwakwaka’wakw leaders and members of the Awi’nakola—Tree of Life community 🌲❤️🌲
Happy to be working with some familiar faces for this summer’s upcoming action in Ma’amtagila Territory
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Happy to be working with some familiar faces for this summer’s upcoming action in Ma’amtagila Territory
"Ma'amtagila folks are rebuilding and re-occupying their ancestral village of Hiladi, located on so-called Northern Vancouver Island.
We're throwing a fundraiser party to raise cash to cover the costs of building, transportation, and summer programming."
Learn more:https://fb.me/1Uo4B6dHr47SSRu
We're throwing a fundraiser party to raise cash to cover the costs of building, transportation, and summer programming."
Learn more:https://fb.me/1Uo4B6dHr47SSRu
February 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Ma'amtagila folks are rebuilding and re-occupying their ancestral village of Hiladi, located on so-called Northern Vancouver Island.
We're throwing a fundraiser party to raise cash to cover the costs of building, transportation, and summer programming."
Learn more:https://fb.me/1Uo4B6dHr47SSRu
We're throwing a fundraiser party to raise cash to cover the costs of building, transportation, and summer programming."
Learn more:https://fb.me/1Uo4B6dHr47SSRu
Grateful to share powerful moments with the Awi’nakola Foundation, Rande Cook, the Ma’amtagila people, the MTPP crew and staff, and all those who came together to co-create Tree of Life, a gathering dedicated to reawakening Hiladi.
Read more about our time: mothertreeproject.org/news/
Read more about our time: mothertreeproject.org/news/
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Grateful to share powerful moments with the Awi’nakola Foundation, Rande Cook, the Ma’amtagila people, the MTPP crew and staff, and all those who came together to co-create Tree of Life, a gathering dedicated to reawakening Hiladi.
Read more about our time: mothertreeproject.org/news/
Read more about our time: mothertreeproject.org/news/
We spent last week at Hiladi on Ma’amtagila territory for the 5th Annual Awinakola Gathering!
This year’s gathering focused on art & deepening our connection to the land. We're grateful for the opportunity to learn, connect and be part of this meaningful gathering.
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This year’s gathering focused on art & deepening our connection to the land. We're grateful for the opportunity to learn, connect and be part of this meaningful gathering.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We spent last week at Hiladi on Ma’amtagila territory for the 5th Annual Awinakola Gathering!
This year’s gathering focused on art & deepening our connection to the land. We're grateful for the opportunity to learn, connect and be part of this meaningful gathering.
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This year’s gathering focused on art & deepening our connection to the land. We're grateful for the opportunity to learn, connect and be part of this meaningful gathering.
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