This First Person column is written by Jordan Michael, Tyee Ha’wiilth (Chief) of the Nuchatlaht First Nation. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
This fall, over 200 years since the first Europeans visited Nuchatlaht territory, I travelled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend COP26, the eminent climate change conference in the world.
What I saw there was disappointing.
You probably haven’t heard of the Nuchatlaht. We are a small nation from the West Coast of Vancouver Island. We have lived and thrived on these lands for thousands of years.
We were here when British captain James
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