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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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