Guest Speaker n̓aasʔałuk 
Indigenous Culture in Practice

Aboriginal Gathering Place Speaker Series
We are very pleased to present na̓ asʔałuk (John Rampanen)!

Please join us online
Thursday, February 3rd from 11:30am-12:30pm 
 via Zoom Webinar

Artist Bio
 n̓aasʔałuk (John Rampanen) comes from ʕaḥuusʔatḥ (Ahousaht) and qiłcmaʔatḥ (Keltsmaht) ancestry within the nuučaan̓ uł (Nuu-chah-nulth) territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He is a Cultural Consultant, Historian and, Decolonial Strategist that is actively involved with Language & Cultural Revitalization specializing in areas of: spirituality, medicinal practice and plants, history, traditional governance and indigenous foods. n̓ aasʔałuk is also an Independent Instructor with the University of Victoria where he develops and offers land-based approaches to language immersion through a nuučaan̓ uł lens. A former founding member of the West Coast Warrior Society, he is also an advocate and activist with a firm stance on Indigenous sovereignty. As a father of eight, he shares a family-oriented approach toward cultural revitalization and believes firmly that language and connecting with land is the key to the future wellbeing for indigenous peoples.