Heiltsuk
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The Heiltsuk, sometimes historically referred to as Bella Bella, or Híɫzaqv are an Indigenous people of Waxvwuisaxv along the Central Coast of British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bell
Detail of a 19th-century bentwood chest by Heiltsuk artist Captain Richard Carpenter (Du'klwayella)
Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) (Native American). House Post, from a Set of Four, 19th century. Cedar wood, Brooklyn Museum
Heiltsuk, Ladle with Skull, 19th century, Brooklyn Museum
Richard Carpenter bent-wood chest detail 01
Waxvwuisaxv
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Waxvwuisaxv is the unceded traditional territory, jurisdiction and country of the Heiltsuk nation. It is also called Haíɫzaqv W̓áwís and Heiltsuk Country. Waxvwuisaxv includes "the land, the submerged
Heiltsuk
…The Heiltsuk , sometimes historically referred to as Bella Bella, or Híɫzaqv are an Indigenous people of Waxvwuisaxv along the Central Coast of British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella. The government of the Heiltsuk people is the Heiltsuk…
Picture of a Kermode bear, a rare kind of black bear that has white colored fur.
North shore of Pooley Island in the Great Bear Rainforest of Waxvwuisaxv.
Heiltsuk ladle
Image of caught Pacific Herring