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12 INVEST in BC 2 0 2 3 Official Publication of the BC Economic Development Association. In special partnership with BCBusiness. FIRST NATIONS MEAN BUSINESS F resh off winning a landmark legal settlement that awarded it $65 million and control over 38,000 square kilo- metres of its traditional territories in northeastern B.C., the Blueberry River First Nation opted to start up a company last fall. Blueberry River Resources will devote more than half the settlement money to restore lands degraded by industrial activity, through subsidiaries including a greenhouse operation raising native plants and a land restoration contractor. But its mandate doesn't stop there. It aims to create sustainable opportunities and self-sufficiency for Blueberry River First Nation members in areas such as renewable energy and carbon capture and storage. It will work with energy exploration and production companies whose activities were severely curtailed by order of the Supreme Court of B.C. before a recent A new generation of Indigenous-owned enterprises stands ready to partner with outside investors TOP LEFT: DESTINATION BC/KARI MEDIG; TOP RIGHT: SQUAMISH NATION/REVERY ARCHITECTURE/KASIAN ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND PLANNING/TANDEM STUDIOS; BOT TOM RIGHT: LNG CANADA S O C I A L L I C E N C E