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STRONGER TOGETHER: SHARING KNOWLEDGE ACROSS THE WORLD
  In September 2026, Coast Funds hosted a learning exchange introducing participants from around the world to its long-established, Indigenous-governed conservation finance model. Coast Funds, developed with First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest of …
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GUATEMALA AND THE GREAT BEAR SEA
“Indigenous Peoples all over the world are under the same pressure and have the same plight of their territories being desecrated, destroyed: their sea life, their land animals, their sky animals. Whether it’s Mamalilikulla here…
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INDIGENOUS TRAINING AND EDUCATION: THE NANWAKOLAS MODEL
Like a well-working app, the machinery of the Nanwakolas Council Guardian training and certification support system runs quietly year-round in the background of the member First Nations’ Guardian programs, offering the essential skills and qualifications…
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Living Loxiwe
A case study for reflecting on BC’s Heritage Conservation Act (HCA), Heritage Conservation Act Transformation Project (HCATP), and provincial Archeology Branch procedures and policies   A recent report for the Ha-ma-yas Guardians authored by archaeologist Nicole Smith in collaboration with Nanwakolas Council uses…
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Before You Add A Rock
Before You Move a Rock “The clams cared for the people, and the people cared for the clams. When the people were no longer able to access a beach where their ancestors had gone since…
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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
The Referrals Department at Nanwakolas Council has been providing an invaluable service for nearly 20 years to the member First Nations—one that also creates good relationships with business and helps support economic certainty. “Twenty years…
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GOING DEEP
Some of the Ha-ma-yas Guardians take their research skills to the next level: underwater. “I’m really happy I did the dive course. It’s not easy, and you have to dedicate the time and work into…
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A DIFFERENT DRUM
The Ha-ma-yas Guardians have added drums and songs to their stewardship toolkit. “We talk a lot about the connections between everything, and that’s a big part of being a Guardian, knowing that connection, knowing that…
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