We are an uninvited guest of  Quw'utsun mustimuuhw' (Quw'utsun people) in their stolen and occupied homeland.  Hul'q'uminum'-speaking nations who have governed and cared for their territories since time uncounted range from Snaw-Naw-As First Nation ("Nanoose Bay") and Snuneymuxw First Nation ("Nanaimo") in the north to Malahat First Nation in the south. Five nations (Cowichan Tribes, Halalt First Nation, Ts'uubaa-asatx First Nation, Lyackson First Nation, and Penelakut Tribe), forming the Hul'q'umi'num' Treaty Group, have engaged with colonial governments over many years, determined to repatriate-rematriate and protect some of the lands taken by our society.