MEDIA RELEASE – NUU-CHAH-NULTH TRIBAL COUNCIL DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DRUG CRISIS CONTINUES TO DEVASTATE FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES
September 20, 2024
VACFSS acknowledges, with deep respect and gratitude, that our work takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking Musqueam Peoples, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/Sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We recognize the past, present, and future generations of the Coast Salish Peoples who help us steward this land, as well as honour and celebrate this place.