Eine indigene Nation in Kanada begrüßt die historische Verfassung: „Wir sind jetzt die Architekten der Gewissheit für uns selbst“
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/12/canada-indigenous-heiltsuk-constitution
Eine indigene Nation in Kanada begrüßt die historische Verfassung: „Wir sind jetzt die Architekten der Gewissheit für uns selbst“
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/12/canada-indigenous-heiltsuk-constitution
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From the article:
By enshrining the power of both elected members and hereditary chiefs, the nation has established a political system ready to weather internal fractures. Elsewhere in British Columbia, hereditary chiefs of the Wetʼsuwetʼen people broke with the elected council over a natural gas pipeline, prompting a feud which spawned intense protests and police raids. The Heiltsuk, aware that outsiders hope to one day log their forests or fish their waters, want a unified voice in any proposal.
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This is great and I think it’s the right way forward. I know it doesn’t have a ton of legal power, but I think it’s a really great step for them.
Everything is, sadly,about the money that only a few will pocket…while leaving the rest of the 1st nation to struggle.