Their community college, Wilp Wilxo´oskwhl Nisga´a (WWN), is a member of UArctic.
Berg's first meeting was in the Nisga'a Governmental House in Gitlaksdamiks (New Aiyansh) with Harry Nyce (photo below) and several other governmental employees.
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Berg then met with the board of the Wilp Wilxo´oskwhl Nisga'a, also in Gitlaksdamiks and spoke about the University of the Arctic and the role of the IPIC. Berg also gave a lecture about his own research project this year (he is a Fulbright scholar at the University of Washington, Seattle): Sámi immigration into the Pacific Northwest. There was a discussion about similarities between the Nisga´a and his own people: The Sámi of Northern Norway.
The same afternoon Berg visited chief Johnny Robinson´s oolichan fish camp in Fishery Bay. Oolichan fishing is a key activity for the Nisga´a in early spring, because the oolichan is the first fish species that can be caught in the Nass River after the winter season. These fisheries are extremely important.
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Picture on the left: Berg with Deanna L.E. Nyce, UArctic Council representative for WWN.
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