Shamentsut - Amanda Nahanee

NEW: Music Video

Lady Sinncere - Can't Kill Me
​(F. A-SLAM, Christie Lee, Global Party Starters)[Official Music Video]

Amanda Nahanee offers cultural advising including: facilitating Aboriginal engagement; corporate Aboriginal training for tourism, education, relationship building and cross- cultural relationships; and acting as a liaison for Aboriginal business.

Our services include: major event planning, coordination, marketing and social media marketing, presentations workshop, and event facilitation.
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Amanda Nahanee works as a history educator, and engages in curriculum development, research, analysis, and reporting. As a Performing artist she is an actor, model, First Nations storyteller, First Nations singer, and dancer.

• Prominent member of the Squamish Nation culturally, interpersonally and publicly
• Extensive knowledge of Squamish lands history, and resources
• Strong written and oral proficiency of Squamish language, mythology, geology, history, music, and ceremonies
• First Nations Ambassador since 1992, locally/ nationally/ international, representing the connections between ideas and potential outcomes.

Professional Experience

• Traditionelle, President/ Manager
• Justice Institute of British Columbia, Program Planner
• First Nations Ensemble, Program Coordinator/Founder
• Vancouver Public Library, Inaugural First Nations Story-teller In-Residence
• Environic's /UBC, Story-teller and Interviewer
• Ayetaway Cultural Camp, First Nations Camp Leader
• Skxwu7mesh Lil-wat-ul Cultural Center, Guide/Trainer
• Aboriginal Tourism BC Trail Blazers Training Program, Ambassador/Trainer
• 2010 Legacies Now, Celebrations Project Assistant
• StoreyScapes: City of Vancouver Social Planning Initiative, Story Gatherer and Community Engagement
• National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, Aboriginal Youth Ambassadors
• Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Cultural Festival Coordinator
• Arrow Mentorship Program, Program Coordinator
• Takaya Tours, Senior Tour Guide
• Urban Native Market, Assistant Manager

Professional Activities
2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies, Squamish Speaker Welcomed the world to Vancouver on behalf of the Squamish Nation • Squamish Nation Cultural Diplomat • Administrator and Instructor of Provincial Aboriginal Training Programs • Workshop Facilitator • Cultural Consultant for events, projects and programs • Resource for Aboriginal Youth and Talent Engagement • Has background knowledge of, and interest in, the music industry and Music BC •  Cultural Presenter Chinook SongCatchers, Spakwus Slulem, First Nations Artists Ensemble 

Community Involvement
Youth Representative BoD– Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance Workshop facilitator 
-Tourism Industry Pathways/ Go2BC
-The Effects of Colonialism in America (SFU)
-The Importance of Potlatching the North West Coast (Institute of Tourism -Significance of Storytelling (Minerva Foundation, BC Hydro BoD) 
-Trailblazers Train the Trainer (ATBC)
-Performance Trainer (Native Youth Artist Collective)

President BoD-Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association 2005 Cultural Coordinator
-International Indigenous Youth Conference

Youth Advisory Council-Redwaybc.ca Native Youth Website Steering Committee
-Trout Lake Aboriginal day celebration

Volunteer History
I have volunteered innumerable hours of community service for youth/community outreach at events, fundraisers, community feasts, gatherings, and ceremonies.

Awards
Mayor’s Art Award 2012
Community Engagement: Emerging Artist

Education and Training
Native Education College
Aboriginal Tourism Operators 2012