Lawrence Mitchell of Snaw-naw-as blanketed Mark Gauti, of T’Sou-ke First Nation, during the NmTC directors’ meeting in Nanaimo in mid-November.

The ceremony took place in honour of Gauti’s creation of the Great Blue heron design that was adopted as the logo of the Salish Sea Sentinel one year ago.

Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council chose the heron as its official logo a few months later as part of its rebranding campaign.

NmTC chair, Chief James Thomas of Halalt, said Chief Gordon Planes of T’Sou-ke suggested using a heron as a logo because “the heron is always along the waterfront…watching, looking at what’s going on.

“It is an excellent name for a magazine reporting the activities of our member nations. It is now used on all our web sites and printed literature.”