British Columbia: Heiltsuk Leadership Responds To Shortening Of Bella Bella JRP Hearings

British Columbia: Heiltsuk Leadership Responds To Shortening Of Bella Bella JRP Hearings   The Heiltsuk Nation has received confirmation from the Joint Review Panel that hearings will commence at 1 PM on April 3, 2012.   No clear plan is in place for accommodating the speakers whose testimony was cancelled over the lost 1.5 days. The list of speakers whose testimony is jeopardized includes more than half a dozen hereditary chiefs, elders and high-ranking women.   Many speakers...

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