‘The islands are our homelands, too,’ says W̱SÁNEĆ youth
“The islands are our relatives, the relatives of the deep,” says Peter Underwood of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation.
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Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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