Embrace and respect your own healing potential 🌿

Grateful to Elroy White/Central Coast Archaeology for taking on assessments @ future site for KWC! We committed to low-impact approach that respects marks our ancestors left. Elroy's work = crucial part of what informs our project! #InternalistArchaeology #HeiltsukExpertise

#NewProfilePic courtesy of #Haíɫzaqv artist Max Johnson Sr, winner of our logo contest! His piece entitled “Ancestral Guidance” will be our logo going forward and we couldn’t be prouder or more inspired! #TeamKunsoot #IAmKunsoot

Wondering how to pronounce Qíɫcutkv (the root word for Gullchucks/Kunsoot)? Here’s Robert Hall, who sat down with us to talk about the area & its name. Please note he shared this is the ‘Qvúqvay̓aitx̌v pronunciation & may differ slightly in other dialects. 🌿#SpeakYourLanguage

Ǧiáxsix̌a to everyone who came out to our Urban Haíɫzaqv open house in Vancouver! More urban gatherings to come. 🌱 Photo by Travis Hall!

A beautiful day for the Haíɫzaqv traditional blessing of the kunsoot wellness centre #Haíɫzaqv

#blessed / Ǧiáxsix̌a to everyone who came out to the Kunsoot (Qíɫcutkv) site blessing today!

Yím̓ás Harvey Humchitt spreading eagle down at the site #blessed

Ǧiáxsix̌a to these young Haíɫzaqv men for running the barge to bring people ashore. These humble guys never hesitate to lend a hand and they don’t slow down until everyone is taken care of!

qvúsax̌ḷa Wígviɫbaya - Wígviɫba is spreading qvús (#eagledown)

Our elders tell us that Haíɫzaqv people were once as numerous as the trees. Now, like a calm, deep breath expanding and filling the lungs, we are stretching ourselves back across the territory that our ancestors inhabited as a whole. 🌱 📹=Yím̓ás Wigvilhba-Wákas/Harvey Humchitt

As we peer through fireweed to see the walls of new cabins going up, we imagine the families who will soon be living their Haíɫzaqv identity on the land here again. Like fireweed, we are resilient; we thrive despite adversity and come up stronger. #thelandismedicine #iamkunsoot

Today we were blessed to share the Kunsoot vision with visiting delegates from Haida Gwaii and coastal communities as part of the Heiltsuk/Haida Women’s Gathering! The power of our matriarchs and the power of our homelands are inextricably linked.

Lovely new feature from The Narwhal on wellness and cultural infrastructure in our community, including both Gvúkva’áus Haíɫzaqv and our ongoing Kunsoot Wellness Centre project! thenarwhal.ca/heiltsuk-risin…

We love sharing the power and beauty of #Kunsoot with friends, family, and allies. Ǧiáxsix̌a for joining us there today @gwitchinkris Hayden King Jo Anne Walton! #thelandheals #Qíɫcutkv