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Rough seas calming: Tin Wis, past, present, and future
Tin Wis is within Tla-o-qui-aht Ḥaaḥuułi and the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, and like the ancestral village site that existed here for tens of thousands of years, the 85-room beachfront hotel stands facing one of the oldest highways on earth – the ocean. Connected to this deeply storied place, Tin Wis Best Western Resort’s own evolution relies upon the resilience of the Tla-o-qui-aht people, ancestral land and identity, and the perseverance of Cultural Lifeways as well as the Indigenous laws which protect biological diversity.
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Pivot Point: Committing to Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
What does it mean to move beyond acknowledgement and toward meaningful action? For ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ ƛ̓iiʔiik (Tsimka Martin) and Jeanette Sheehy, that question became the starting point for Pathways from Settler Colonialism to Right Relationship and Indigenous Sovereignty, a workshop created to help participants deepen their understanding of settler colonialism, Indigenous sovereignty, and their own responsibilities to the lands and communities where they live and visit. Grounded in ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ wisdom and storytelling, the workshop creates space for difficult questions, honest reflection, and, importantly, tangible action. As Tourism Tofino prepares to host sessions this fall, we spoke with Tsimka and Jeanette about the friendship and conversations that inspired the workshop, the importance of moving from gratitude to reciprocity, and what it can look like to commit to Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples.
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Winter’s Harmony
The prelude to a west coast winter storm builds like improvisational jazz: those first haunting blue notes of whistling wind, the percussive Pacific backbeat as ocean rewrites shoreline, that elusive frisson of electricity as you catch its cadence. There is a unique quality to the winter light here with the kaleidoscopic sky shaded from tangerine to indigo as a child’s kite soars above the beach, its fabric snapping like a riff. A pod of neoprene-armored surfers leapfrog waves just offshore, paddling out to play amidst the action, alongside SUPs and surf kayaks.
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This place that has my heart
For me, one of the first signs of hope for our community is when neighbouring Indigenous-owned Tin Wis Resort removes the gates barring access to its beachfront buildings and to the beach itself. While I absolutely love where I live with my dog Okami and we are able to seek solace at Mackenzie Beach via another more meandering route, stir-craziness quickly sets in.
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