Telegraph Creek · Tahltan Territory
My stories.
My voice.
My future.
I am a Story Warrior: I listen with respect, make something real, and help carry the stories of my family and community forward.
My journey begins
My story matters.
Whether I write, draw, record a memory, or spend time with an Elder, there is a place for me here. I bring my curiosity, my questions, and my voice.
Two ways to get involved
Choose my journey.
Make my story.
I use the Story Warriors Classroom or Tell Me Your Story journal to record my memories, interview grandparents or Elders, and keep the words that matter.
Explore my writing projects →Show up for community.
I spend meaningful time with Elders and young people. I share a meal, listen, help out, and build strong connections.
Explore the program →Stories to carry forward
Books for my journey.
These books hold Tahltan stories, memories, and ideas to return to — on my own, with my family, or together in the classroom.
What is a Story Warrior?
A Story Warrior fights forgetting with stories.
I listen, write, draw, and speak with respect and care. I look after Elders, help those who need it, and support children because they carry the future.
The Story Warrior definition
What it means to be a warrior.
A true warrior is not shaped by the body they are born into, nor proven by raising a weapon.
They are known by the courage they carry, the mercy they choose, and the storms they endure without surrendering their soul; sometimes their greatest fight is to remain gentle in a world that demands battle.
A warrior cares for Elders, protects those who need help, and looks after children, because children carry the future.
A warrior fights forgetting with stories — with listening, writing, drawing, and speaking with respect and care.
I am a warrior when I listen with respect, write with care, protect the stories that matter, and carry my voice, my memories, my language, my land, and my people forward.
Who we are
We are the youth of the Tahltan. With a voice.
We are mentored. And we mentor.
We share our stories. And we help preserve and share stories of our elders — our knowledge keepers through spoken and written word and through documentaries.
Because this is how we preserve and revitalize our culture and traditions for the youth of the next generation. And every generation after that.
Our Mentors
We learn from our Knowledge Keepers.
And as we seek our own sacred fire that glows within, we also learn from outside the community — from Indigenous athletes, writers, artists and musicians all across Canada.
Join First Nations actress Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs in a live virtual session at 11:00 a.m. Pacific on Thursday, September 11 as she talks about her acting roles on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Acting wasn’t always in the cards for Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs. She grew up on Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, where she didn’t see a lot of acting roles for Indigenous women. So she decided to go to school to become a social worker instead and was working at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal when she was cast in her first leading role, Aila in 2013’s Rhymes for Young Ghouls. Since then, Jacobs has had standout roles in crime drama Cardinal, Netflix’s supernatural series The Order and Amazon Prime Video’s American Gods as fan fave Sam Blackcrow. “I kind of hate the term ‘strong female leads’ – essentially all of the women-identifying people I know are strong women. I want to find characters who have a lot of agency and are strong and very different. In my mind, my future will look like accepting roles that I’m really passionate about and really inspire me.”
K. Devery Jacobs as Sam Black Crow in American Gods from Amazon Prime.
Our Elders
Our Oral Tradition
Our Language
