Today is the first event for the Uts'am Witness Society since the project finished its work in Sims. Come see the premiere of our trailer, to promote the upcoming book.
This is the beginning new work, to extend the reach of the project to all four directions. A part of this new work will be the book about the project which will be launching in 2013. We are also hoping to gather stories from those who were part of the past Uts'am Witness project.
NOTE: this is the project launch, not the book launch. Pre-sales of the book will support the Uts'am Witness Society. The book will be available in 2013.
What's Next?
We are starting to raise money to build a more interactive website, and to subsidize the printing in order to keep the price of the book accessible to everyone while having it printed in Canada in an environmentally friendly way.
How to help!
Pre-buy the book to support the project. Buy more than one! All proceeds to go the Uts'am Witness Society to develop the website and for eco-printing of the book
Join the mail list to be kept informed on the project
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
Uts'am/Witness Project
For ten years, thousands of people – artists, loggers, government officials, tourists, youth at risk, families, and children – made the journey from Vancouver to Sims Creek in the Elaho Valley, as participants in the Uts’am/Witness project. These weekend journeys to threatened areas of “wilderness”, hosted by Squamish Nation Hereditary Chief Bill Williams, telasemkin-siyam, brought people into direct contact with ceremony and with nature; with Squamish stories, dance, games, art, and opportunities to hear from elders, scientists, conservationists, and artists from native and non-native traditions.
HOW IT BEGAN
In 1996, the Randy Stoltmann Wilderness Area (named by WCWC) was threatened by logging. Environmental activists who wanted to protect the area found the need to consult the Squamish Nation and its claims, history & stewardship of the Elaho Valley. It’s a remote area and difficult to reach. Only experience of the land will lead people to protect it. They required knowledge of its history, its place in indigenous culture, its geology, plant life, animals... All of which led to building bridges between indigenous and settler cultures, city and rural people, elders and youngsters, scientists and artists, loggers and activists, and to vehicles working their way up the long logging road to Sims Creek every summer.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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