HOW CANADA'S HAISLA BECAME THE WORLD'S FIRST INDIGENOUS LNG OWNERS

When Maureen Nyce, the new chief of the Haisla First Nation, donned a hard hat and safety vest for an August visit to the site of the Cedar LNG pipeline, she did so not as a visiting dignitary or cultural emissary - but as an owner.

The Haisla - who have occupied territory on Canada's Northwest coast for 9,000 years - own a 50.1% equity stake in the $4-billion Cedar LNG export project near the town of Kitimat, British Columbia. Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline owns the remainder.

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