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Native Ecology Foundation
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1243 Bay Street, #418
Victoria, BC
V8T 4X4

Contact: S.D. Vektoor

Purpose: To educate the public in B.C. about the value[ of traditional native self-government, primarily through economic models featuring traditional native skills.

Activities/Services: Community Action, Counseling, Courses, Education, Exhibits, Library, Lobby, Research, Speakers, Workshops

Budget: Less than $25,000

Founded: 1991

Geographic Scope: Regional

Highlights: At a protest at the local forestry office, a distinguished Haida Elder, Bill Lightbown, used his oral speaking skills to inspire many of us young ecoforestry students with the idea that traditional land claims held the best hope for breaking the forest tenure stranglehold of the transnational corporations.

Languages: English

Locals:
2 local branches

Membership: 20

Other: Creating economic models and business plans for traditional native groups in B.C., particularly with "Natural Selection" forestry; eco-wilderness tours; eco-products marketing.

Personnel: 20 volunteers

Resources: Newsletter

Structure: Non-Profit

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Native Ecology Quarterly

Frequency: 4/yr

Subscription Price: $10


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