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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
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
Bella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is the capital of the Heiltsuk and is an unincorporated community and Indian reserve community located within Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on the east coast of
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…Off the western coast sits Haida Gwaii. Waxvwuisaxv overlaps with Canada and British Columbia. The Heiltsuk people themselves currently mostly live on Bella Bella Indian Reserve No. 1 on Campbell Island. Nowadays, about 50% of the Heiltsuk have to live outside of Waxvwuisaxv, mostly in Nanaimo, Vancouver and Victoria. The Heiltsuk…
Bella Bella from the water
View of Bella Bella in 1942