Leona Brown
Individual
Biography
Leona Brown is a Gitxan and Nisg’a mother of three children and is of the Fireweed House and the Killerwhale Clan. She writes, "I am an Indigenous Independent Cultural Facilitator. I gained three years of training in Land and Lives around Indigenous Culture with the Resurfacing History Program coordinated by Jolene Andrew. This work has become my Healing Journey, the grassroots reachings and knowledge is shared with my children. This knowledge is important to know who we are and where we come from and how we live with the Lands and Waterways around us. As a Gitxsan Refugee in the unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-waututh, I have been taking on land based work here in the city and thrive as a great ambassador to the work Resurfacing History has taught me around Indigenous food and resources that we harvest in the city. I advocate at every opportunity with School Boards, City of Vancouver, and Vancouver Parks Board for all opportunities for Indigenous People to relearn our culture on the lands and waterways that we live on and actively talk of Reconciliation."Nu chexw kw’átchnexw kwétsi sḵel̓áw̓? // Can you See Beaver?, 2024
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