Bella Bella people

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First Nations people Indigenous people of Canada Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

The Bella Bella people, more properly known as the Heiltsuk, are an Indigenous First Nations group of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, with a rich maritime culture and longstanding ties to the region’s coastal ecosystems.

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Label	Occurrences
Bella Bella people canonical	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people of Canada ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Heiltsuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle	Northwest Coast Indigenous art ⓘ
associatedWith	Great Bear Rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion	Northwest Coast culture area NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyTraditionallyBasedOn	fishing ⓘ gathering intertidal resources ⓘ hunting marine mammals ⓘ
engagedIn	marine stewardship and conservation initiatives ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Heiltsuk Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Heiltsuk Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollectiveRightsUnder	Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLongstandingTiesTo	coastal ecosystems of the Central Coast of British Columbia ⓘ
hasPrimaryCommunity	Bella Bella, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRichMaritimeCulture	true ⓘ
language	Heiltsuk language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Central Coast of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
practices	potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
recognizedAs	Aboriginal rights holders in their traditional territory ⓘ
religionTraditionally	Indigenous spiritual beliefs of the Northwest Coast ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Central Coast of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside Passage of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal inlets and islands of the Central Coast of British Columbia ⓘ
uses	cedar canoes ⓘ wooden longhouses ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heiltsuk → ethnonymVariant → Bella Bella people ⓘ