The Makah Tribe has made an application to harvest a grey whale in accordance with their treaty rights. If successful, they could be carrying out a traditional hunt in just a few weeks.
According to the Makah Tribe website, they have explicitly reserved their right to hunt whales in the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay. The Treaty, between the Makah Tribe and the United States, expressly provides the tribe the right to hunt whales.
Nearly 50 years after artist Nick Howard sold his newly carved mask to a visiting American tourist, an elderly brother has made the decision to give the mask back.
Peter Burr, 80, of Seattle said he was given the beautiful mask from his older brother about 10 years ago.
“Now I am 80 years old, and, before I meet MY Maker, I wished to give it back to ITS maker!” Burr wrote in an email to Ha-Shilth-Sa.
One of Canada’s most iconic ocean storm watching spots has a new interpretive centre with a wraparound observation deck.
Located at the end of Coast Guard Drive in the town of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, B.C., the public space overlooking the Amphitrite Point Lighthouse on the legendary Wild Pacific Trail was officially unveiled at a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 25.
“This place is called ʔič̓aačišt and it means, ‘One sees the place rise up out of the water as one approaches it’,” said Jeneva Touchie, Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government manager of language services.
Slowing the flood of booze into Ahousaht won’t be possible unless the remote community can enact effective bylaw enforcement, says the First Nation’s Tyee.
Tyee Ha’wilth Hasheukumiss, Richard George, addressed the prevalence of alcoholism in his community during a Nuu-chah-nulth Council of Ha’wiih Forum on Fisheries meeting Feb. 12. The toll of bootlegging has caused Ahousaht to “find ourselves in a worse position than we ever have been,” said Hasheukumiss.
All Nuu-chah-nulth teams have reason to celebrate after a jam-packed Junior All Native Tournament in Kelowna, but it might just be the Hitacu Itty Bitty Ballerz 10U team that hit the road with the biggest feather in their cap.
The super young squad from Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ went undefeated, and the tournament organizers even had to enforce new rules after the Ballerz blew out the first team they played.
It was a radiant night for the Maaqtusiis Suns girls 13U basketball team from Ahousaht First Nation.
With 10 seconds left on the clock and a comfortable 18-point lead over Lax kxeen United from Prince Rupert, Suns fans started to drum and sing their Victory Song.
“When I heard that Victory Song, I was excited,” said Suns coach Robert Stanley. “I really don’t know what to say. I’m still at a loss for words. I’m super proud of them. I was happy because our girls worked so hard. They’d done it.”
A significant milestone has been reached in the long-running battle for survivors of the federal Indian hospitals, as a proposed settlement has been reached in the Hardy v. Attorney General of Canada class action lawsuit.
Tseshaht Pride 17U and Tseshaht Lightning 13U hustled their way to a pair of third places at the 2025 Junior All Nation Tournament (JANT) in Kelowna on March 16 to 21.
After winning their first three games, Pride fell to Nuxalk (Bella Coola) At’Maakw, who went on to win the tournament for the second year running.
Pride went on to battle the Van City Panthers for a chance at redemption and a ticket to the final, but the Panthers nabbed the early morning game 60-57.
For Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations on Canada’s west coast, the early March Pacific herring spawn marks the beginning of the Nuu-chah-nulth harvest wheel and the renewal of all resources.
Huu-ay-aht First Nation citizen Larry Johnson couldn’t conceal his glee as he made his way to Bamfield on March 7 in anticipation of the annual spectacle.
“Everything takes off. This is the beginning,” said Johnson, the president of Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood LP (NSLP) and the chairman of the Maa-nulth Fisheries Committee.
More holes have opened on the road to Nitinaht, renewing calls for adequate maintenance of the route as access in and out of the remote community is temporarily severed.