Ms. Ruth Nahanee (Senior Advisor, Capacity Building, Training and Professional Development, First Nations Lands Management Resource Centre) at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Chap men wa ha7lh siyam en siyay. Greetings, dear friends.

My name is Ruth Nahanee. I'm from the Squamish Nation. My mother is from the Cowichan First Nation in British Columbia. My Squamish ancestral name is Seamia. I worked for the Squamish Nation for 21 years in the areas of land registry, land management, and resource management. I currently work with the Lands Advisory Board, as Graham stated, as a senior advisor for the last four years.

Thank you.