Wei Wai Kum Nation
Campbell River and Loughborough Inlet
The Wei Wai Kum Nation is part of the larger Laich-Kwil-Tach First Nations group and speaks the Lik’wala language.
The Wei Wai Kum Nation’s main community is located in Campbell River on Vancouver Island
Wei Wai Kum Nation
The Wei Wai Kum Nation’s territory reaches from Topaze Harbour and the headwaters of Loughborough Inlet to Tsable River.
The Wei Wai Kum’s vision for their Nation states “Our culture, history and current success in business provides the foundations for our future generations.”
This vision is supported by the Nation’s focus on education and recognition that children are its greatest resource. The Nation is working to ensure that the family and community are grounded in traditional language, culture, literacy, health nutrition, and education.
The Wei Wai Kum Nation is in the process of developing a land code which will allow the Nation to “resume and exercise their own jurisdiction, control, and decision making over their lands and resources.”
Related to Wei Wai Kum Nation
Wei Wai Kum Guardians: In the Steps of Our Ancestors
For millennia, the Wei Wai Kum, part of the Laich-Kwil-Tach group of First Nations, have watched over and cared for the lands and waters in their territory. Today, the Nation’s Guardians combine traditional knowledge with scientific tools to carry out that responsibility in a modern way, bringing their findings back to decision makers.
Wei Wai Kum Nation: Seaside Cottages Boost Tourism In Campbell River
By expanding a reliably performing tourism business—Thunderbird RV Park—Wei Wai Kum Nation is investing in economic development to reach new markets, providing significant new sources of revenue and employment for its people.
Knight Inlet Lodge Acquired by Na̲nwak̲olas
Na̲nwak̲olas is thrilled to be acquiring the ‘platinum standard setting’ Knight Inlet Lodge – a business that, under the guidance of Dean and Kathy Wyatt, has become the leader in the eco-adventure lodge business in British Columbia, with an international reputation that is second to none.
Wei Wai Kum Business Expansion Featured In The Campbell River Mirror
Featured on the business section cover in this week’s Campbell River Mirror, the Wei Wai Kum Nation is serving up a powerful example of how First Nations are investing in the expansion of reliably performing tourism businesses to create significant new sources of revenue and jobs for their people.
Talking Stick – Fall 2017
The fall 2017 issue of Talking Stick features the Wei Wai Kum Nation’s new seaside cottages in Campbell River, Old Massett Village Council’s longhouse village at Tlielang (Hiellen), and how First Nations are creating family-supporting jobs across the coast.
Wei Wai Kum Organizations and Resources
Online Resources
- Wei Wai Kum Nation
Wei Wai Kum Kwaikah Treaty Society
- Wei Wai Kum Nation
Sasamans Society - Voices of Our Children
- Wei Wai Kum Guardians
Ha-Ma-Yas Stewardship Network
- Wei Wai Kum Marine Planning
Na̲nwak̲olas Council Society
Related Protected Areas
- ƛəx̌əᵂəyəm / Forward Harbour Conservancy
- ᕈNacinuxᵂ/Phillips Estuary Conservancy
- Cetan/Thurston Bay Conservancy
- Hənʎəmdᶻi Məkola/Yorke Island Conservancy
- Pałəmin/Estero Basin Conservancy
- Qudǝs/Gillard-Jimmy Judd Island Conservancy
- Thurston Bay Marine Provincial Park
- Xᵂakᵂəᕈnaxdəᕈma/Stafford Estuary Conservancy