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Samantha Beynon was born and raised on Kxeen Island, British Columbia, on her ancestral Ts’msyen land. She now lives and works on the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking Peoples and the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. She has Nisg̱a’a, Ts’msyen, and European heritage with roots in Ging̱olx, Gitlax̱tʼaamiks, and Lax Kw’alaams. Maternally, she comes from Wilps Axdii Wil Luugooda (The House that is Always Full) and the Ganhada Frog Clan. She comes from the family names Beynon, Trimble, Gurney, Adams, and Fitzgerald. Samantha holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Vancouver Island University, and she is committed to lifelong learning and supporting her community through Indigenous education. She is a passionate writer and educator, a loving mother and wife, and the author of Oolichan Moon.
Lucy Trimble’s traditional Nisga’a name is Hlgu Maksguum Ganaaw; she comes from Wilps Axdii Wil Luugooda, The House that is Always Full, in the Nass Valley. She hails from the Frog clan and has maternal roots in Gingolx, BC. Trimble also works as an Indigenous Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician for coastal Ts’msyen communities and has been in the social service field for the past ten years. She holds an MSWI through the University of Victoria and is a student at the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art. Her passions include breathing life into land-based Indigenous ways of healing and seasonal traditional food harvesting.
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