A selection of our latest work in land use research and representation.

Tla’amin Nation Harvest app (2020)

Amidst ever-increasing pressure to improve knowledge regarding Spring (Chinook) salmon, the Tla’amin Nation needed to improve the efficiency of data collection regarding the harvesting of culturally-significant species, to better understand community activities and to fulfill compulsory reporting via the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Aboriginal Harvest Monitoring System (AHMS). Land Forest People associate Jonathan Taggart worked with the Tla’amin Nation fisheries department to develop a mobile application to streamline harvest data collection: the Tla’amin Harvest App supports Tla'amin natural resource managers in better understanding how much fish, shellfish, and wildlife are being harvested by Tla'amin citizens, as well as in tracking community effort in harvesting species that are in decline.

Sq'ewá:lxw Digital Atlas (2018)

Associate Jonathan Taggart worked with Sq'ewá:lxw community researchers to create the Sq'ewá:lxw Digital Atlas – a community-accessible, secure online map portal combining Elders' knowledge and stories with 360º imagery documentation of culturally significant places throughout the Lexwthíthesam and Lexwskw’owōwelh watersheds. The project is a knowledge-mobilizing extension of the Sq'ewá:lxw Traditional Land Use & Ecological Knowledge study designed to reinvigorate place-based knowledge and stories across generations. Sq'ewá:lxw weaver Crystal Chapman was commissioned to weave virtual reality goggles from yellow cedar through which members could view 360º imagery at a community project launch and celebration.

Sq’ewá:lxw Traditional Land Use & Ecological Knowledge Study (2017-2018)

Associate Jonathan Taggart worked with Sq’ewá:lxw community researchers to record and map Elders’ knowledge and stories of culturally significant places throughout the Lexwthíthesam and Lexwskw’owōwelh watersheds. The project foregrounds Elders’ narratives of traditional ecological knowledge and environmental change, indexes Sq’ewá:lxw culturally significant species with their use and distribution, and illustrates the Sq’ewá:lxw seasonal round. The project supports the Stó:lō Resource and Research Management Centre in responding to development applications in S’ól h Téméxw (Stó:lō Territory) and mobilizing knowledge of place across generations.