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Food & Fish Policy Survey- Click the link: heiltsuk.civiq.co/surveys Tuígila Agreement for Implementation of Haíɫzaqv Title, Rights and Self-government. Tripartite Agreement Creates Path to Negotiate the Implementation of Heiltsuk Nation Title and Rights Haίƚcίstut Newsletter Sept, 2020 Community Notice - June 12, 2020 Click Here! Check out our new video about the Haíɫcístut Reconciliation Process! 'We're the ones that have to live here': Heiltsuk still feel impact of fuel spill - CBC, Oct 13, 2017 Heiltsuk greets Canada C3 expedition with reconciliation agenda - Oct 7, 2017 READ ABOUT HEILTSUK in Ecology and Society (2017) - "Everything revolves around the herring" - The Heiltsuk-herring relationship through time. |
The Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department (HIRMD) is located in Bella Bella, BC, home of the Heiltsuk Nation. HIRMD was established in January 2010 as an integrated approach to stewardship and decision-making related to Heiltsuk W̓áxv:w̓uísax̌v (land, ocean, submerged land, surface water, groundwater, subsurface and air space).
Mandate and ResponsibilitiesBy providing technical advice to the Heiltsuk Joint Leadership — consisting of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council (HTC) and the Heiltsuk Yím̓ás — HIRMD is responsible for:
Guiding PrinciplesThe recognition and protection of Heiltsuk Aboriginal Rights and Title are considered in all of HIRMD’s activities and decisions. HIRMD has developed specified strategic objectives, set out in the HIRMD Strategic Plan (2024-2027) and is guided by:
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Kelly Brown, Director of the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, tells us about the deep connection Heiltsuk have to the land and sea.