International Year of the World's Indigenous People (1993)

The Qatuwas Festival, an international gathering of maritime indigenous nations of the Pacific Rim, was hosted this summer by the Heiltsuk Nation in their village of Bella Bella, approximately 350 miles up the British Columbia coast from Vancouver, Canada. The festival, held from 27 June to 3 July, coincided with the United Nations International Year of the World's indigenous people (1993).
Heiltsuk chiefs, adorned with ermine head-dresses, greeting visiting canoes as they arrive on the shores of Bella Bella.