4/1/2023 0 Comments Nootka sound vancouver island![]() Hearings began in the spring of 2022, with a final decision expected late in the year or early 2023. Credit: Alex Tsui.Īfter many decades of opposing the overexploitation of its territory by logging companies and fishing fleets and appealing to be included in management decisions, the Nuchatlaht launched its historic land title case on behalf of their Ha’wilth in 2017. Nuchatlaht land back rally at Supreme Court. ![]() Colonial governments and corporations have degraded the splendour of Nootka Island, raking vast swathes of forests off the land and hauling millions of fish and other marine life from the ocean. The Nuchatlaht, like Indigenous Nations across the continent, had their land and children stolen and were excluded from decision-making and the benefits of resources extracted from their territory. Nootka Island is the site of first contact between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans west of the Rocky Mountains. Nuchatlaht people are as ingrained in the valleys, coastlines and inlets as these places are in them. Nuchatlaht Ha’wiih (hereditary chiefs) have lived on and stewarded every inch of their hahoulthee (territories) on parts of what are now called Nootka and Vancouver Islands and the surrounding waters since time immemorial. ![]() There are unbreakable connections between this place and Indigenous cultures here. These landscapes are often called “rugged” or “wild,” but they’ve been home to people for thousands of years. On the west coast of what’s now known as North America, there are still places where ancient rainforests descend steep mountain slopes to meet the powerful waves of the Pacific Ocean. JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES REQUIRES RETURNING LAND
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