Jody Okabe

Ama sah, Jody di whyuu, Kitsumkalum di wil whatguu. My name is Jody Okabe and I am a Two Spirit Indigiqueer of Ts’msyen, Japanese and French ancestry and a member of Kitsumkalum. My family belongs to W’aap Koom, (The House of Raven) Ganhada Clan, and my people are from the sea. I grew up in Ts’msyen, Tse’Khene, and Lheidli T’enneh territory and am an uninvited guest here on the stolen, unceded and occupied homelands of the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Watuth) First Nations. I am a musician, facilitator, community outreach worker, and da’as biip (auntie/uncle).

Dii= łoomsk, sagayt= k’üülm g'oot.