Opinion: Few things range more widely in Indigenous communities than the roles assigned to hereditary chiefs.
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Who has final say in an Indigenous community? As Vancouver Island author and Gwawaenuk hereditary chief Bob Joseph says, “It depends.” The conflict has grown even more important in the past year because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That has led democratic governments, including, to look more desperately to Canada and B.C. as a source for this transitional energy, which produces fewer carbon emissions than coal and oil.
Ross said internal conflict over the clout of the hereditary chiefs “tore our community down to the family level.”
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