THE INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGN KWA'MUTSUN NATION PREVAILS AS A CENTRE FOR HONOURING MOTHER EARTH AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE EVENTS CYCLES THAT ARISE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF OUR CONSTANT QUEST TO SECURE FAMILY AND NATION WITHIN THE JUST SOCIETY - AND, IT IS WITHIN THIS CONTEXT THAT WE CONSTANTLY INVENTORY EARTH'S GIFTS TO ALL LIFE FORMS AS NURTURING ELEMENTS AND RESOURCES FOR HEALING OF BOTH OURSELVES AND THIS EVOLVING ENVIRONMENT