Plans to construct a traditional longhouse in North Vancouver's Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park (Indian Arm Park), have progressed one step further, with the granting of $260,000 in funds from the B.C. “Building a longhouse in Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park has been a longstanding goal for Tsleil-Waututh Nation and has been identified as a priority in the park plan,” said Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief, Jen Thomas. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation building will serve as a significant place of community, education, and healing for Nation members, said Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin. Say Nuth Khaw Yum, an 18 kilometre fjord that extends north from Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, lies in the centre of Tsleil-Waututh traditional territory and has long been an area of significance to the Nation's people. In 1998 an agreement that stated BC Parks and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation would manage the park co-operatively was signed.

Source: Daily Nation June 22, 2023 11:23 UTC