“Thousands of years ago, Syalutsa, the first Quw’utsun’ person fell from the sky and landed near Koksilah ridge (Cowichan Tribes 2018). Not long after, he was followed by his younger brother, Stuts’un, who landed on Swuqus (Mount Prevost). Among the first lessons that Syalutsa and Stutsun were taught by the Creator was to perform kw’aythut (spiritual bathing) “in every little stream, river or lake” (Marshall 1999, p. 16) in order to connect with and learn from spirits, and the land upon which their lives depended. In addition to kw’aythut, Syalutsa taught his brother Stutsun to take only what is needed from the land. Together, these practices allowed the brothers to better understand their place in the world, a teaching that would be passed on to their descendants for generations to come. Evident from the Quw’utsun’ creation story, water is a powerful source of connection to the land, and spiritual bathing is a fundamental part of culture and identity… Having lived here for thousands of years, Quw’utsun’ territory including the Koksilah watershed, is full of places that imbue a combined sense of history, culture, identity and land stewardship.” (Pritchard et al., 2019, p.7)