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gathering of people on lelu island

Lelu Island declaration a win for Salmon Nation

First Nations leaders and supporters come together to defend wild salmon against a proposed LNG project in the Skeena Watershed.

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January 29, 2016 22 April 2016

aerial photo of a river winding through a densely forested landscape

On the banks of the Kitlope River

Ecotrust's creation story begins on the banks of the Kitlope and in partnership with the Haisla First Nation.

Spencer B. Beebe
March 16, 2015 27 April 2015

Woman with traditional drum

Annita McPhee
Indigenous Leadership Award honoree

McPhee has demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing the economic prosperity of her Tahltan Nation people, while protecting their lands

Oakley Brooks
October 28, 2014 26 November 2014

Arthur Williams Sterritt, Indigenous Leadership Award Honoree

As an artist and then leader among BC coastal First Nations, Art demonstrates a great and rare ability to identify what ought to be done and

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October 23, 2014 26 November 2014

A lone canoe crossing a wetland before an icy mountain.

We’ve got some stories for you

This spring, Ecotrust is excited to unveil two exciting new storytelling venues. First, we will be launching a completely redesigned website offering new ways for you to explore our latest work, partnerships, and events here at the Natural Capital Center. …

Carolyn Holland
February 20, 2014 01 October 2014

A road transects a plot dark green forest in northern British Columbia

Announcing Commonplace magazine

Announcing the first issue of Commonplace, a chaotic and impassioned celebration of home.

Astrid Scholz
August 27, 2013 01 October 2014

Kwaxsistalla in the clam gardens. Photo by Nancy Turner.

Inside the clam gardens, a source of coastal sustenance

In this story, Kwakwaka’wakw Clan Chief Adam Dick, known by his traditional name Kwaxsistalla, travels back to the clam gardens off

Oakley Brooks
March 26, 2013 01 October 2014

Wooded coastline with fog

Facing crushing development, First Nations withdrawing permission

By Ian Gill One week before Christmas, 2012, the B.C. government announced a permanent ban on oil and gas development in the Sacred Headwaters. “As part of a tripartite agreement, Shell Canada is immediately withdrawing plans to explore for natural …

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March 20, 2013 01 October 2014

Steep mountains behind river

BC Sacred Headwaters freed from oil and gas development

British Columbia environmental, tribal and community groups earned a measure of self-determination yesterday in winning a ban on coalbed methane development in the headwaters region that feeds the mighty Nass, Stikine and Skeena rivers. Here’s the news from our friends …

Oakley Brooks
December 20, 2012 01 October 2014

Past Indigenous Leadership Awards honorees

A rich sense of honor: Learning from tribal leaders

In this world of broken economies, broken climates, and broken institutions, it’s an opportune time to ask: what if native people were in charge? On Haida Gwaii (the Islands of the People) off northern British Columbia, an area one-third the …

Spencer B. Beebe
December 6, 2012 21 January 2016