Squamish Nation Real Estate
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It was a significant day – the last day when one could order a meal from the splendid kitchen of the Park Royal Hotel. One last table was in earnest discussion. I recognized some old acquaintances, and in short order was introduced and re-introduced to:
- Chief Leanne Joe, small business officer with Squamish Nation Business Revenue and Services.
- Shannon Hobson of Simon Fraser University
- David Lane, a land consultant
- Byron Joseph of the Squamish Nation, Co-Chair of the Council
- Peter Clark, of the Washington, D.C., Appraisal Foundation
- Anne Whonnock (Syexwaliya), Councillor of the Squamish Nation
- Mark Selman of Simon Fraser University, and
- Chief Floyd Siam
- Philip Langridge, associated with a local property corporation
- Russell Isaac
Among the persons listed were the founding directors of the Spakwus Society, an organization concerned with real estate. On behalf of this society, Simon Fraser University’s Learning Strategies Group has organized the First Nations Real Estate Leadership, Business, and Management Core Program, a 5-day seminar on such topics as strategic planning, risk assessment, real estate economics, history and culture of First Nations in B.C., and the building of government-to-government trust and relationships. The seminar opened with a prayer at 8:30 am Monday and closed with a prayer at 2:30 pm on Friday afternoon. The core program was sponsored by.
Although the discussions of this meeting dealt with matters in confidence, we may speculate. The Ambleside lands of the Squamish Nation, including the “doggie park” where Shirley and I exercised Thanda our Rhodesian Ridgeback, are aboriginal land. Many West Vancouverites assume this is municipal parkland; it is not.
Park Royal South is also aboriginal land. There, the new Village at Park Royal, a visionary retail centre opened in late September to broad acclaim, is one manifestation of a new cooperative relationship between non-aboriginal capital and aboriginal lands.
We have met the future.
Squamish's traditional territory ranges from the Lower Mainland to Howe Sound and the Squamish valley watershed, measuring 6,732 square miles. The First Nation has approximately 3,230 members, 2,000 of whom live on Squamish Nation reserves.
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