Bev Sellars

Bev Sellars is a Xat'sull (Soda Creek) First Nations leader, lawyer and writer from British Columbia. She served multiple terms as Chief of the Xat'sull (Soda Creek) First Nation and has been an outspoken advocate on residential school truth and reconciliation, Indigenous rights, and responsible resource development. Her memoir They Called Me Number One (Talonbooks) recounts her experience at St. Joseph's Residential School and has received multiple awards and shortlistings. She also authored Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival and has served in advisory roles for Indigenous governance and mining-impacts organizations.