Indigenous Education & Consulting Services

Rooted in Sḵwx̱wu̓7mesh language, culture and ways of knowing, we offer Indigenous-led knowledge sharing sessions and experiential workshops for teachers and students centering local history, language, and protocols.

Our practice uses archival images and community knowledge to make place-based learning respectful, transformational, and reflective of our Squamish worldview.

Knowledge Sharing Sessions

Place-Based Curriculum

Curriculum indigenization rooted in Sḵwx̱wu̓7mesh culture—we develop lessons including local language, territorial history, and land-based protocols for authentic professional development and classroom experiences.

Salish Weaving

Hands-on workshop blending technique and meaning: participants learn weaving methods while exploring the significance of patterns, wool sourcing, and time-honored protocols that sustain intergenerational knowledge.

Archival Storytelling & Research

We use archival images and records as teaching tools, modeling respectful research methods and storytelling techniques that foreground community voices and historical context.

Who We Are

Jordan Dawson

Indigenous Researcher

Ha7lh skwáyel ta néwyap, Jordan kwi en sna,
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh chen iy Kwakwaka’wakw.

My name is Jordan Dawson, and I am Sḵwx̱wu̓7mesh and Kwakwaka’wakw.

Past work I’ve done includes:

Indigenous Cultural Programming at MONOVA (The Museum and Archives of North Vancouver).

Genealogy and archival research for Sḵwx̱wú7mesh community-led research projects.

Public education on local Coast Salish history from a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh point of view.

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh history and place names, and traditional welcomes/greetings.

Spelex̱i̓lh
Anjeanette Dawson

Indigenous Educator

nú chexw men wa ha7lh (Greetings)

My name is Spelex̱ílh | Anjeanette Dawson and I am from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw.

Past work I have done includes:

Knowledge sharing focused on Indigenous Education.

Decolonizing your classroom, school, or learning space.

Counselling from an Indigenous Worldview.

Working with students with learning challenges or difficulties.

How to work with an Indigenous Communities & Parents

Sḵwx̱wu̓7mesh Village Sites of the North Shore

Pa̓piy̓ek U̓xwumixw (Brockton Point) c. 1915

City of Vancouver Archives 677-228

Xwemelch’stn Staḵw (Capilano River) n.d.

Sḵwx̱wu̓7mesh U̓xwumixw Archives

Eslha̓7an U̓xwumixw (Mission I.R. #1) c. 1909
North Vancouver Museum Archives #2850

Rooted in culture and community, rising through knowledge sharing.