Wuikinuxv Nation

these resources have been mismanaged and over plundered by interests outside of the Wuikinuxv Nation. “Rivers Inlet used to boast about being the second largest sockeye produc- ing system on the Pacific Coast,” Dan Smith, Tribal Manager, tells Business Elite Canada. At one point in the early 20th century, “there were so many non- Indigenous people chasing the salmon that the non- Indigenous people built the Brunswick Hospital.” Likewise, logging in the area was a very prosperous industry for decades. But the natural resources were a gift and a curse. Because the nation, as MARCH 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 3