Six First Nations, BC and Canada will preserve and steward a large chunk of the Central Coast. That means no pipelines. The area will be protected under Indigenous law, and known as Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon, pronounced “Me-ah-yall-twa Ha-lee-joh-gom hOH-own,” meaning “Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon.” It will cover 6,700 square kilometres of B.C.’s Central Coast.
“This is the first time, at least in the last 150 years, where our people have a formal say in marine management,” Doug Neasloss, stewardship director and elected council member of the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation, told The Tyee. Read more