Coastal Relationalities and Regeneration
Our Vision
Through our work, we seek to:
1) Improve the lives of Indigenous individuals and families by living our knowledges, languages, and food/medicine ways.
2) Enable Indigenous communities to uphold their ancestral responsibilities to their lands and waters.
3) Bolster and amplify Indigenous resurgence actions to improve wellbeing of Indigenous communities.
The Coastal Relationalities and Regeneration (CORR) Learning Constellation & Community-Based Research Initiative is a collaboration between Nuchatlaht First Nation (Vancouver Island), Anishinaabek (Eastern/Central Great Lakes region), Kānaka Maoli (Hawaiʻi), and Māori (Aotearoa). CORR uses Indigenous research methodologies to contribute to coastal Indigenous communities’ acts of resurgence and reclamation of their lands and waters.
Our Work: Meet the Constellation
The project conceives of each partner community as a star in a learning constellation, united by their common goals to improve Indigenous lives, enable Indigenous communities to uphold their ancestral responsibilities, and amplify Indigenous resurgence.
Aotearoa
We are working with Māori partners in Whāingaroa and Pukehou/Te Hauke, on the north island of Aotearoa. They are part of the Aotearoa Water Patrol and Whenua Wai Ora.
Baawiting, Gnoozhekaaning & Bkejwanong
Our Anishinaabe partners are based in the Great Lakes region, on both sides of the settler border. They formed Ojiibikan, a non-profit organization with members from Bkejwanong, Gnoozhekaaning, and Baawiting. They are also revitalizing Anishinaabe language and culture through schools.
Hawaiʻi
Kānaka Maoli constellation members are working with HŌʻĀ to revitalize their homelands in Hawaiʻi.
Nuchatlaht Tribe
Nuchatlaht Tribe is a self-governing Indigenous nation located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. They are one of fourteen members of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.
Knowledge Sharing: Featured Resources
Learn about the things we are doing and some of our learning along the way
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Nuchatlaht Tribe in court to reclaim their land.
The latest quarterly CORR newsletter, from March 2026.
Dr. Reo is interviewed by NPR about invasive species.
