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Gisele Maria Martin

@zazele.bsky.social
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Indigenous Cultural Lifeways & Language Advocate, Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardian, Dugout Canoe Skipper, Outdoor Guide, Seasonal Lecturer and Public Speaker🌿

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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Podchat 37 | Learning from Indigenous Worldviews to Build a Better Tomorrow with Gisele Martin
YouTube video by Nerdy About Nature
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and Tourism Tofino youtu.be/h9ZCe1YWCBk?...
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Travel Beyond podcast trailer - Načiks (Tofino)
YouTube video by TourismTofino
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Todays Nuu acronym while collaborating on more Indigenous Protected Areas: FCMT! 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 Work is ongoing to protect Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) sites, but let’s also protect Future Culturally Modified Trees (FCMTs)!!
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Here is a video i worked on a few years back for Carving On the Edge Festival, about canoe carving. youtu.be/tCQudOKOLGE?...
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Čapaciił ~Traditional canoe carving in ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ Tribal Parks with Joe Martin
YouTube video by Carving on the Edge Festival
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
“Naʔaataḥ “ (Listen Up!) doesn’t mean listen with your ears, it is “Observe with your whole being”. Not one eye or even 2, but with your heart, guts AND intuition. ʔiisaak is a law, meaning ‘Observe, appreciate and act accordingly’. Indigenous observing is not limited to using our eyes.
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
'Sustainability' sounds like a colonial method for keeping nature on life support. Nuu-chah-nulth instead practiced 'Abundability', reciprocity with care for biodiversity and growing the next generations of life. eg: clam gardens have been built and maintained on the coast for over 5000 years
“sustainability?”  ….. “Abundability!”
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“Rights?…..Responsibilities!” Practicing responsiveness is part of the Nuučaanuł / Nuu-chah-nulth law ʔiisaak: observe, appreciate and act accordingly
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
oh rad! ʔuuščakšiƛʔick (Uush-chak-shitl-itsk) Thank you Marcie!
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#TlaoquiahtTribalParks
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Nuučaanuł ancestors practiced land care, protecting and growing Indigenous biological wealth over thousands of years. We have a responsibility to care for the next generations of future life, including next seasons insects, birds, bears and salmon. “Land Use Plan?….Longterm Land Care Instead!”
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Some english expressions around perceived success are really at odds with long term Indigenous land care. “Pave the Way?…Deactivate the Road!”
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Cultural tourism discussions are happening and while it’s important for our stories songs and existence to be audible, after all the colonial silencing i am not for ‘sharing’, but presenting and orating in defiance!
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Gisele Maria Martin @zazele.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
here goes!
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