Edith Moore is starting a new job as communication liaison for Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council. Her role will be to pass information to member nations and assist in the exchange of knowledge between communities.

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Passion is a powerful thing. Reflecting on how my parents raised me, I can see where my passion and love for my own people started.

My English name is Edith and my traditional name is Qut Qet. I am proud to say that I am from the Halalt First Nation. My grandmother was Edith Norris (née Thorne) and I carry both her English and traditional names.

Being raised by a missionary is where my passion all started. My father, Les Moore, came to visit Vancouver Island on a cross-Canada trip from England back in the 1940s. He never left after he met and fell in love with the then-chief’s daughter, Janet Norris.

They began a ministry together, as their hearts called them to reach out with a message of God’s love to reserves, such as Nitinat, Port Hardy, Bella Bella, Bella Coola and many others that could not be reached by road. So, they worked with the Mattaniah Indian Mission, which was a Christian marine mission based out of Chemainus. Of course, their children were part of this quest, and this is where I believe my passion was seeded.

I am so pleased to announce that I will be a communication liaison for NmTC with our nations. Once again, I am following my passion of reaching out to our people by being part of the NmTC vision.

This vision is to assist our nations in building skills and capacity in the core areas of community planning, governance, finance and economic development. It is the tribal council’s belief that we can learn from one another as we move forward together. Now having a communications liaison person, a gap will be filled to better meet all our communities’ growth and development.

My hope is to meet and build real relationships within every one of our member nations. My goal is to listen to the needs of our members and NmTC staff. And my plan is to better connect us all with personal  communications.

We are taught as First Nations people to go visit, sit and listen and to share food and drink with our relatives. If you have a need or a message, then that message is delivered face-to-face.

This is the way I was taught to communicate and this is the teaching I will respect and follow in this new work.

So, with much excitement, I can’t wait to visit our nations to meet with each and every one of you, my respected relations.