Moon Tide Reconciliation

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Elder Martin Sparrow

At Moon Tide Reconciliation, Martin shares his knowledge and skills through cultural workshops on cedar weaving, carving, and smoked fish. In the Sparrow Smoke House, located in the Musqueam Nation, Martin teaches traditional methods of smoking fish, passing on these important skills and traditions to the next generation.
Martin is dedicated to preserving and sharing Indigenous history and traditions, and to promoting understanding and respect between cultures. He works to create cultural safe spaces and to empower youth to give back to their elders and community, and to build a more equitable and just future for all."

Syilx &Nlaka'pamux Knowledge keeper Shona Sparrow 
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Shona is a master facilitator of the Kairos Blanket Exercise, a powerful tool for promoting understanding and awareness about the history and impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples. She is dedicated to creating cultural safe spaces and empowering youth to give back to their elders and community through education and mentorship. At Moon Tide Reconciliation, Shona works to bridge the gap between youth and elders and to build a more equitable and just future for all.

Elder Doreen Sterling, Syilx & Nlaka'pamux Elder
Residing in Merritt, B.C., Elder Doreen Sterling is a deeply respected figure across the Syilx and Nlaka'pamux territories, embodying wisdom and guidance rooted in traditional teachings. Moon Tide Reconciliation is honored to work with Elder Doreen, who imparts invaluable lessons on self-respect, honoring one’s journey, and fostering care for Elders and youth. Her teachings emphasize reverence for the land, air, and waterways, sharing knowledge passed down from her Elders to ensure these values endure for future generations.

Elder Kathy Miller is a respected member and knowledge keeper from the unceded territory of Katzie, Matsqui, Kwantlean, and Seimamo. She is also a facilitator for both Moon Tide Reconciliation and Kairos Canada and has been facilitating both programs both in person and virtually for the past three years and continues to do so.
Kathy has three children, her eldest daughter lives on the island, her second daughter lives in Kamloops, and her son lives in the same home as Kathy with two suites. She is also the grandmother of five.
Elder Kathy resides in her community of Katzie and has a deep passion for preserving and sharing her culture and history. She is self-taught on how to survive off the land through farming, growing vegetables, fruit, and haying. She has spent many years learning how to live off the land, raising her children, and passing on her knowledge to the next generation.
Elder Kathy has experience in farming and gardening, raising chickens, pigs and other livestock, and using the resources she has available to sustain her family. She has also built four homes all together, including one in Coombs, BC, and has learned how to mix cement. She also has experience in carpentry and construction, and planted and sold blueberries. She also sold firewood. Additionally, Elder Kathy has enjoyed dragon boating for 6 years. Now she is enjoying her children, grandchildren and her semi-retirement.

Elder Kelly White Snuneymuxw and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm

• Lead Facilitator, Elder, and Knowledge Keeper at Moon Tide Reconciliation

• Inter-Governmental at Indigenous Innovations YVR Clinic

• Founding Board Member/ Co-Captain at Indigiknow

• Elder in Residence at Innovations YVR Clinic

• Fabric Artist Star Quilts- Mentor, Elder Facilitator at WAHRS- Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society

• Singer at Moon Stone Women Drum Group

• Indigenous Advisory at VPD

• Sales/ Custom orders. Designer Ribbon Skirts, Blouses, and Wedding dresses at Star Quilts Designer.

• Elder/Trainer at Kairos Canada Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.

• Executive Producer at Independent Film.

• Memorial March Feb 14 member at SisterWatch

• Stories from the Salish Sea Producer, Hostess at Shaw TV: Producer Volunteer.

• Director (Business) Producer at National Aboriginal Veterans Day: Nov 08 Annuals

• Studied Web Casting at Native Education College.

• Studied at Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC

• Studied Documentary Film & Video at Vancouver Film School.

• Lives In Vancouver, British Columbia

• From Nanaimo, British Columbia

Lana Arnold youth/ Syilx & Standing Buffalo 
2nd Year ECE- Early Child Education. Passionate about working with Elder Mentorship and educating on Reconciliation. Lana's parents were 60 scoop survivors, and her grandparents were Residential School Survivors. Lana is bridging the Elder & Youth with positive work reconciliation work with understanding Intergenerational History and the compassion Lana brings to Moon Tide Reconciliation with empathy.