Our Teams

Meet Our Dedicated Team

The How We Walk with the Land and Water Team is committed to the mission set out before us: to empower holistic Indigenous land and water relationship planning.

We are entrusted by and accountable to Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.

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Haa Shaa du Hen (Chief) Maria Beniot, Carcross/Tagish First Nation

Chief Sean Smith, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

Chief Ruth Massie, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

Organizational Structure

How We Walk Together

  • Charlie James, Elder representative, Carcross/Tagish First Nation             

    Marie Grant, Elder representative, Carcross/Tagish First Nation

    Margaret McKay, Elder representative, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

    Richard Craft, Elder representative, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

    Lousie Clethero, Elder representative, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

    Shirley Beattie, Elder representative, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

    Belit Peters, Youth Representative, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

    Vacant, Youth Representative, KDFN

    Vacant, Youth Representative, CTFN

  • Reta Johns  Acting Manger, Lands & Natural Resources, Carcross/Tagish First Nation

    Roy Neilson  Manager, Land & Resource Planning, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

    Amanda Leas, Manager, Heritage, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

  • Roy Neilson, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

    Joseph Fred, Kwanlin Dün First Nation

    Natalie LeClerc, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

    Mike Draper, Ta’an Kwäch’än Council

    Frank James, C/TFN

    Reta Johns, C/TFN

  • Office Staff

    Heather Friday, Project Manager 

    Bêlit Peters, Analyst and Community Coordinator

    Ruby Ashthorn, Coordinator

    Rebecca Kingdon, Map-based Land & Water Vision Coordinator

    Sydney Miller, Community Coordinator


    Working Group Leads

    Jen Herkes, Heritage Working Group Lead, Consultant

    John Meikle, Map-based Land & Water Vision Lead, Consultant

    Maggie Triska, Technical Lead, Round River Conservation Studies


    Community Advisors

    Lyndsay Amato, Analyst and Community Coordinator, C/TFN

    Bêlit Peters, Analyst and Community Coordinator, TKC

    Colleen James, Community Coordinator & Cultural Advisor, C/TFN

    Rae Mombourquette, Analyst and Community Coordinator, KDFN

    Sydney Miller, Community Coordinator, TKC