Negotiation and Consultation
- Negotiation of Specific Claims Settlement Agreements
- Negotiation of Revenue Sharing Agreements and Crown consultation and accommodation procedures
Kiah is a lawyer at Sequoia Legal LLP. She first practiced at a full-service law firm in downtown Vancouver on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations. Kiah obtained her law degree from the University of Edinburgh and completed an LL.M in Public International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her Master’s Thesis focused on the use of victim impact statements domestically and internationally. She was called to the Bar in 2020.
Prior moving to Victoria in October 2022, Kiah lived in Treaty One Territory in Winnipeg. In 2021, she completed the CBA’s Young Lawyers International Program and was placed virtually with Lawyers for Human Rights located in South Africa. Her work focused on the impact of the extractive industry on mining-affected communities and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in the Southern African Development Community.
Kiah is now working with Indigenous communities and tribal councils advising on issues such as band governance, specific claims, land protection, Crown consultation and accommodation, estate planning, natural resource management, employment issues, and economic development.