About REZ13
REZ13 is a vehicle for filming ‘Stories from Indian Country’. We are seeking individuals who are fiercely ‘shining their light’ and leading by example. As a film production company we are looking to tell ‘the other stories’ instead of the clichéd versions that lazily stereotype the First Nations people of so-called Canada.
As Sterling Peterson says “There are a lot of successful people out there, innovative First Nations people and a lot of beautiful people who want to share their stories… The world wants to hear their stories…”
When other young First Nations people experience these ’Beacons of Light’ stories it resonates in a powerful way as examples of how to create successes in their own endeavours.
Contact us if you think we would like to hear your story.
Chief Louie – Executive Producer Rez13
Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) chief and *author Clarence Louie is Executive Producer of REZ13.
Re-elected nineteen times as chief, Louie’s band ranks at the top of First Nations with band-owned companies such as Nk’Mip, an award winning winery co-owned with Arterra Wines. The band also have land lease agreements with a number of companies including one with Area 27, a world class Jacques Villeneuve designed race track in Oliver.
* Chief Louie’s best-selling book ”Rez Rules” published in 2021 is an exposé on Indian affairs in Canada, now being used as a “blueprint” for creating a positive future for North American First Nations people.
Chief Clarence Louie
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chief Clarence Louie is a sought-after speaker and entrepreneur who has been Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) for 38 years. He is one of six First Nations leaders emphasizing economic development in Native American Indian communities as a means to improve people’s standard of living.
Leases for the OIB include Arterra (Jackson Triggs), Spirit Ridge Resort, Sonora Dunes Golf Course, the District Wine Village, the Okanagan Correctional Institute, plus over 1,100 acres of prime vineyards.
OIB owned businesses also include the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, a campground, RV park, and more.
Sterling Iniipoka Peterson
WRITER/ PRESENTER
“It's our job as a youth to go back to our roots and to learn from our elders and, more importantly, to learn from the land and from the water.”
Sterling (Iniipoka) is a member of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB). He lives in the Similkameen Valley within the Syilx territory.
Sterling is a creative and critical thinker who made a presentation at the COP28 conference in Dubai in 2023 as a representative for First Nations youth as a Ring of Fire cohort. See Sterling’s Eco Collaboration outline.
Stephanie Seaton
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Photographer, documentary filmmaker and graphic designer, Stephanie Seaton, originally from Vancouver, is now based out of Summerland in the Okanagan.
Seaton’s background is in advertising and branding for the outdoor gear industry. Her company Unlimited Vision was the agency of record for Arc’teryx Equipment in North Vancouver for nine years and Petzl America, Salt Lake City for seven.
In the centre of the image is Deon Nel, a Kelowna photographer who has worked with Seaton on a number of projects, and on the left is REZ13 talent Nykita Sky.