Neekah's Knitting Needles Dreams was the first Witsuwit'en to

was the first Witsuwit'en to give Commission Evidence in the Delgamuukw land claims case in which the Witsuwit'en and Gitxsan of Northern British Columbia were battling for title to their traditional territories

ethnologists

and Daniel Heath Justice are also included

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and Sky Woman Lives On: Contemporary Examples of Mothering the Nation by Lina Sunseri

Neekah's Knitting Needles Dreams was the first Witsuwit'en toNeekah's Knitting Needles is a delightful story about learning to knit in the Cowichan style based on the knitting of Cowichan people from near Port Alberni. In Neekahs Knitting Needles, the knittling style is based on the work of Odelia Smith from Tsartlip First Nation near Victoria, B. C. Coast Salish knitting is also part of a National Film Board documentary, The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters. Sheena Lot is a picture book illustrator and has