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Vanessa Gonzales

Community Liaison at Squamish Nation

chiyakselut (Vanessa Gonzales) is a cultural practitioner from Squamish Nation whose lineage bridges three nations: Squamish, Musqueam, and Cree from Saskatchewan. She practices traditional medicine, harvesting medicines and teas and creating salves for healing. Her artistic practice spans glass etching, wool weaving, and cedar weaving — traditional arts that carry cultural knowledge through material form. Vanessa...