First nations are the best for coastal communities because of the connection to their lands and waters. We have a saying over in Nuu-chah-nulth, hishuk ish tsawalk, which means everything is one and everything is connected. First nations people have values like that and a love for their home.
As much as the Canadian history books like to talk about first nations people being very nomadic, we're very set on where our territories are, and we've been that way for millennia. We have a vested interest in taking care of the territory, and we're not going anywhere. I was born in Hesquiaht. Hesquiaht is going to be my home territory forever. That's never going to change boundaries. It's not going to go somewhere else.