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    The Heiltsuk /ˈheɪltsək/, sometimes historically referred to as Bella Bella, or Híɫzaqv are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British...
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  • Heiltsuk /ˈheɪltsək/, Híɫzaqv, also known as Bella Bella and Haihais, is a dialect of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that...
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    The Heiltsuk Nation (Heiltsuk: Haíɫzaqv) is a First Nations government in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred...
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  • Columbia Heiltsuk dialect, a dialect of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala spoken by the Heiltsuk people Heiltsuk Nation, the tribal government representing the Heiltsuk This...
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    Bella Bella, also known as Waglisla, is the home of the Heiltsuk and is an unincorporated community and Indian reserve community located within Bella Bella...
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  • the Miawpukek (as Miawpukek Horizon Maritime Services) and the Heiltsuk (as Heiltsuk Horizon); in addition, Horizon operates joint ventures with Kotug...
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  • Heiltsuk–Oowekyala is a Northern Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language spoken in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken...
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    or x̣àʼisəla, "(those) living at the rivermouth, living downriver". The Heiltsuk (/ˈhaɪltsʊk/ HYLE-tsuuk) are an indigenous Nation of the Central Coast...
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  • Queen Charlotte Strait. The Wuikinuxv people and their neighbours the Heiltsuk and Haisla peoples were in the past sometimes known incorrectly as the...
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  • Island), airport north west of Bella Bella Old Bella Bella, the name for the Heiltsuk village that grew up around the Hudson's Bay Company's historic Fort McLoughlin...
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    the lowercase letter lambda from the Greek alphabet (λ). It is used in Heiltsuk, Liqʼwala, Kwakʼwala, and Pilagá. In these languages, Latin lambda represents...
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  • and ’Wuik̓ala in the language itself, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk–Oowekyala, a Northern Wakashan language spoken around Rivers Inlet and...
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    Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan Ditidaht Haisla Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Kwakʼwala Nuu-chah-nulth Siouan Stoney Sioux Assiniboine other...
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    Eden Robinson (category Heiltsuk people)
    and Heiltsuk First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. Robinson was born in Kitamaat, British Columbia, and is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First...
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    considered a separate language) Heiltsuk-Oowekyala (also known as Bella Bella) – about 200 speakers (2005) Heiltsuk dialect (also known as Bella Bella...
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  • 086 years old, making it one of the oldest settlements in North America. Heiltsuk On Your Knees Cave Settlement of the Americas "GeoNames.org". www.geonames...
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    spawn was a significant part of the Heiltsuk band's way of life prior to contact. The Court found that the Heiltsuk have a pre-existing right to harvest...
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    British Columbia, was by First Nations such as the Coast Salish, Haida, Heiltsuk, and Tsimshian, among others. Such Indigenous work comes particularly in...
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    Okanagan Saanich shíshálh Shuswap Squamish Thompson Wakashan Ditidaht Haisla Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Kwakʼwala Nuu-chah-nulth Siouan Stoney Sioux Assiniboine other...
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  • Historically, the Haisla, along with their neighboring Wuikinuxv and Heiltsuk peoples, were mistakenly identified as the Northern Kwakiutl. The name...
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    "The Raven and the First Men" "The Bear and His Indian Wife": 419  The Heiltsuk were formerly known as the Bella Bella people and lived along the central...
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    Season of Heiltsuk Art, the collection was also part of the Kaxlaya Gvilas (Heiltsuk) exhibit put together collaboratively with the Heiltsuk Nation and...
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    Hutchins in H. R. Schoolcraft 179 Northwest Coast British Columbia, Canada Heiltsuk (Bellabella) and Haisla 2,700 1780 James Mooney 180 NE Woodlands New England...
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    Old Bella Bella, also known as Old Towns or Qlts, was the name for the Heiltsuk village that grew up around the Hudson's Bay Company's historic Fort McLoughlin...
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    major home building suppliers to threaten logging companies harvesting in Heiltsuk territory with boycotts. This forced the provincial government and the...
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    Haida wait for their Heiltsuk hosts to welcome them to sing and dance at a peace potlatch in Waglisla....
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  • populated by northern coastal natives, especially Tsimshian, Haida, Tlingit, Heiltsuk, and Kwakwakaʼwakw. There were also Songhees villages and other natives...
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    applied to a style of art created primarily by artists from Tlingit, Haida, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Tsimshian, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth and other First Nations...
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    such as the potlatch and subsequent treaty signing between the Haida and Heiltsuk Nation. A small number of Kaigani Haida also live on the traditionally...
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