Klahowya/Greetings

Support Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation on seeing the BC Government recognize tinwis as the name of this Tofino beach which today on a map is known as Mackenzie Beach (Tofino is within Tla-o-qui-aht homelands).

Tla-o-qui-aht's language says things as they are, in this example tin means calm and wis means beach; tinwis known as calm waters.

Join Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks, Tin Wis Resort, ZenSeekers and others and sign this petition today so we can turn the clock back to move forward on Canada's reconciliACTION efforts.

For thousands of years tinwis was known as tinwis but at the turn of the century colonizers renamed it to Mackenzie Beach.  Why deprive Tla-o-qui-aht of their traditional names when these names are part of their culture.  A society striped of its culture can become lifeless and its people drained of motivation or hope for the future.

Let's see the name "Mackenzie Beach" surf off into the sunset.  Let's make history together and see tinwis back to tinwis.

Sign today and as a show of gratitude, the Tin Wis Resort is making a contest out of this - everyone who signs by November 15, 2023 will be entered to win a two nights stay at this oceanside oasis, https://tinwis.ca/

Leave things better then they are - its called regenerative tourism and this petition is your chance to bring light to Tla-o-qui-aht people.

For more on this historic moment and your chance to turn Tofino tides, please have a read to this ZenSeekers story https://www.zenseekers.com/story/your-chance-turn-tofino-tides

Join Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks lead Saya Masso and ZenSeekers Founder Jim Barr in a live discussion about the history here and your chance to turn Tofino tides. You may have already read the story, you may have already signed the petition, and in this YouTube LIVE you'll learn about why Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation traditional placenames are a key piece to their cultural resurgence. Watch our Youtube Live here: https://www.youtube.com/live/meQMraTIRZg?si=HErRQhPxxkJn-EfJ