Product of decades-long process aims to restore Heiltsuk’s system of coherent governance destroyed by colonial powers
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The Heiltsuk Nation has ratified its first written constitution, a milestone in reclaiming sovereignty and turning colonial harm into empowering self-governance. By weaving hereditary chiefs, elected leaders, and women’s council into one unified system, they’re restoring traditions once suppressed and charting a future firmly rooted in their own laws and culture.