Haisla Nation

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The Haisla Nation is a First Nations government in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the community of Kitamaat, British Columbia.

The Haisla people speak the Haisla language, and were like their language and along with the neighbouring Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv peoples incorrectly known in the past as the "Northern Kwakiutl". The community is renown for it's delicious eulachon grease, and has produced many talented West Coast artist such as Derek Wilson, Hank Robertson, Lyle Wilson and Sammy Robinson. The Haisla Braves still hold the longest winning record in the All Native Basketball Tournament in Prince Rupert, B.C. from the 1970s.

Award winning fiction writer Eden Robinson and her sister, CBC broadcaster Carla Robinson are part of the Haisla and Heiltsuk Nations. The Haisla also made history with the return of the Gyp'sgolox Totem Pole in 2006, which was stolen from their territory in the early 1900s and put into a museum in Sweden. A National Film Board documentary by Gil Cardinal called "Totem" tells the story of how the Haisla stubbornly held onto the belief that they would get their beloved pole back home. After the documentary was done, they did. Kitamaat Village has a large recreation centre, health clinic, elementary school, seafood restaurant, firehall, dock, camp ground and soccer field.

Hereditary clans are Eagle, Beaver and Blackfish (Killerwhale)