Congratulations to Councillor Dennis Thomas for being named to Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40! As our Nation’s Senior Business Development Manager, Dennis works hard to oversee Tsleil-Waututh’s economic development projects, ensuring that each project contributes towards supporting the well-being of our Nation and our community members.

On Friday, December 10th, an MOU was signed between Lil̓wat7úl (Líl̓wat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as well as the City of Vancouver and the Resort Municipality of Whistler.

We would like to inform everyone on the safety of the COVID-19 Vaccination for our TWN children, now that Health Canada has approved the COVID19 vaccination for children ages 5-11 years old. Vaccinating children in this age group will help to keep them safe at school and support community immunity for all of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation community.

On October 8th, Tsleil-Waututh and Metro Vancouver announced that Belcarra Regional Park will become known as təmtəmíxwtən/Belcarra Regional Park — a new name that reflects the park’s history. təmtəmíxwtən translates to “the biggest place for all the people” in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language and the site is the largest of Tsleil-Waututh’s ancestral villages, primarily occupied as a winter village.

On September 30th, members of our Tsleil-Waututh community, and our family members from Musqueam and Squamish, will take part in a pilgrimage walk to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Walking from our Tsleil-Waututh Reserve, located along Dollarton Highway in North Vancouver, our community members and staff will walk 8.5 kilometres to the site of the former St. Paul’s Residential School, now the site of St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School.

Tsleil-Waututh Nation members took staff from the Province of BC for a tour of Say-Nuth-Khaw-Yum, the Indian Arm Provincial Park. Our cultural leaders spoke about importance of protecting park and significance to our Tsleil-Waututh people. The park’s area is a key place of cultural and spiritual significance where our people have practiced our culture since time immemorial.