OceanExpert ID : 18848
Council of the Haida Nation
CHN
(Council of the Haida Nation)
Box 98
Queen Charlotte British Columbia V0T 1S0
Canada
Type
Government
Please login to view email.
Telephone
+1 (250) 559-4468
Fax
+1 (250) 559-8951
www.haidanation.ca/ OR https://haidamarineplanning.com/
Activities
The Council of the Haida Nation (Haida: X̱aaydaG̱a Waadlux̱an Naay) is the Haida Government of the Haida Nation. The Haida Nation is engaged in a Title dispute of their territories, Haida Gwaii, and holds them to be independent from Canada. The Haida Nation, culturally, also includes portions of Alaska. The Kaigani Haida, who are the Alaskan group, are not part of the same government and are constituted separately within the Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. There are two villages on Graham island, Canada of the Haida Nation, G̱aaw, known in English as Old Massett and Hlg̱aagilda, known in English as Skidegate.
The Council, formed in 1973, has been involved in many conflicts over the fate of its territories, which have been part of Canada since 1871, and by the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands prior to that. No treaties between the Crown and the governments of the Haida were ever signed, as in most of the rest of the current Canadian province of British Columbia. The Constitution of the Haida Nation was accepted formally in 2003.
The Council of the Haida Nation Marine Planning Program is staffed by the Haida Oceans Technical Team, a group of marine planning professionals who provide expertise and technical support for the CHN’s marine planning and plan implementation initiatives, including:
- Haida Gwaii Marine Plan
- Gwaii Haanas Land-Sea-People Plan
- SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Management Plan
- Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Plan
- Tri-partite shipping discussions (Canada-Province of British Columbia-First Nations)
- Marine Protected Area network planning
In addition, HOTT provides support for other marine-related initiatives, including: reconciliation, cooperative and coordinated management with BC and Canada, and communications and outreach.
