Lil'wat Nation

Forest Resources Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.

Interviews families of the Lil'wat Nation in British Columbia who have children with developmental disabilities in order to gain a better understanding of child rearing beliefs and practices.

Includes five case studies: First Nations–Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and County of Antigonish, Squamish Nation-The District of Squamish Government-to-Government Collaboration, Lil'Wat Nation - The Village of Pemberton, and the City of Toronto's Our Common Grounds initiative.

Descriptive study traces the changes of both collective and private land control on a British Columbia reserve over the past 50 years.

Summarizes key findings into the steps taken by three First Nations communities to provide culturally appropriate early childhood training and care programs.

Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status, environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.

Statistics based on responses of 2,476 individuals from 36 First Nations.

Discusses First Nations land use planning; and looks at how the Lil’wat Nation is implementing aspects of its land use plan by taking advantage of provincial strategic planning initiatives.

Resource and Environmental Management Project (MRM)--Simon Fraser University, 2014.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.

Preface and chapter eight from book: Supporting Indigenous Children's Development: Community-University Partnerships.

Author uses a personal essay to discuss basic tenets of Indigenous knowledge, ways of knowing, and ontological constructs; uses Líl̓wat language concepts to help illustrate her points. Highlights experiential and action based teaching and learning, relational understanding, and the concepts of flux, balance.

Focusing on the Mount Currie communities' protesting for Indigenous rights through the two Constitution Express movements.