NEWS
July 25, 2025
Ma'amtagila DECLARATION OF SOVEREIGNTY
On the 25th day of July 2025, the Ma'a̱mtagila Nation gathered at Hiladi to recall the work of those before us and affirm its sovereignty. The Ma'a̱mtagila Nation recognizes the integral role of its laws, traditions, conventions, and values in perpetuating its sovereignty…
June 24, 2025
Ma'amtagila NATION DEMAND HALT TO LOGGING WITHIN TFL 64
Ma'a̱mtagila leadership strongly reaffirm to all involved parties that logging operations in these areas are taking place without Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from Ma'a̱mtagila Hereditary Chiefs and in direct violation of our rights under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, while contravening the spirit of the BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act…
November 2022
A JOURNEY HOME
In November a group of Ma'a̱mtagila leaders met with and took five University of Victoria students on a boat tour of Ma'a̱mtagila territory. Along with fourth-year Indigenous Law School students Mercedes, Dustin, Taryn, Shelby, and Laura, we boarded the Miss Chief and Captain Allan Souch (tour guide for Nawalakw Education Society) took us out on the water....
December 15, 2021
Ma'amtagila Nation opposes application for new fish farm
On Tuesday, chiefs from four Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw nations voiced fierce opposition to an application for a new fish farm in the Johnstone Strait, off Vancouver Island. The public meeting was a step towards Grieg Seafood and Tlowitsis Nation gaining approval for a new large, open-net facility near the entrance to Knight Inlet…
March 3, 2021
Ma'amtagila Nation Seeks Recognition of Inextinguishable Rights & Title
The Ma’amtagila leadership demand the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and the Tlowitsis First Nation Chief and Council to cease all negotiations or treaty processes pertaining to Ma’amtagila territory and invite healing and reconciliation of historical and ongoing injustices.