Reviving Traditional Handwoven Textiles

Molly Willie, a proud member of the ‘Namgis First Nation founded tumtum threads to keep traditional Indigenous art, design, and production within home and partner communities. By doing so, we build economic resilience while honoring cultural heritage. tumtum threads offers handwoven products created through deep collaboration between First Nations families from the Kwakwaka’wakw in the Pacific Northwest of Canada and Zapotec (Bën Za) families in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Unlike mass-produced Northwest Indigenous designs manufactured overseas, every tumtum piece is designed and made by Indigenous hands, in Indigenous communities.

Raising The World’s Tallest Totem Pole 

Born in ‘Yalis (Alert Bay), the land of the ‘Namgis, Johnathan Henderson is a Ligwełdax hereditary Chief of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations and a member of the Wei Wai Kum Clan. A carver since 1994, he has dedicated his life to preserving and revitalizing Indigenous art and culture. As a child, he looked up at the World’s Tallest Totem Pole in awe—now, he is leading the effort to rebuild and raise a new one, uniting all 17 Kwakwaka’wakw Nations in the process. For over two years, Johnathan has traveled across the territories, speaking with hereditary and elected chiefs, carvers, elders, and matriarchs to ensure this totem represents the strength, unity, and resilience of the Kwakwaka’wakw people.

This totem pole is more than a carving; it is a symbol of cultural resurgence, identity, and intergenerational strength. Your donation directly supports the carving, materials, and the cultural protocols necessary to bring this project to life.

Making Indigenous Language Accessible for Youth

Culture Society is dedicated to the revitalization and preservation of endangered Indigenous languages in British Columbia. Our mission is to create accessible, engaging tools that support language learners at every level. Alumas is committed to empowering Indigenous communities to reclaim their languages. Alumas is led by Petr Javier, who is Kwakwaka’wakw and has been an avid student and teacher of Kwakʼwala , a language with fewer than 50 fluent speakers and at risk of extinction.

Petr Javier of Alumas was able to build the MVP of his language learning platform, submit several grant applications, do in-depth MVT work including drill downs into multiple indigenous language bases, and develop a scalable framework for the urgent work that is needed in revitilizing the first languages of this land.

Help restore indigenous languages and culture today

KnowledgeKeepr – The Bloomberg Terminal for Reconciliation

KnowledgeKeepr: Robert Jago, a Kwantlen and Nooksak Nation member, has been known in the media for speaking truth to power. In Robert’s extensive time in the media and indigenous rights advocacy he discovered 3 things:

1. There are many well meaning people who want to work with First Nations 2. A deep information gap on First Nations communities, and access to that info.
3. Conflict occurs when well meaning people try to work with first nations while clouded in the unknown (ignorance).

The platform provides target users in government, the media and business with a breadth and depth of information that until now has only been available through slow and costly consultations.