Calvin Helin /həˈliːn/ is a Canadian businessman and writer on aboriginal topics who is a member of the Tsimshian First Nation in northwestern British Columbia.
He is from the Tsimshian village community of Lax Kw'alaams, B.C., son of Barry Helin (Niisłaganuus, a hereditary chief of the Gitlaan tribe) and Verna Helin (of the royal House of 'Wiiseeks of the Ginaxangiik tribe). In the Tsimshian matrilineal system, he follows his mother as a Ginaxangiik Tsimshian of the Gispwudwada (Killerwhale) clan.
He is the author of the 2006 book Dances with Dependency: Indigenous Success through Self-Reliance, which is illustrated by his cousin Bill Helin.
As of 2018, Helin was the president of Eagle Spirit Energy Holding Ltd.[1] Helin has taken an explicitly neutral stance on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (pipeline expansion) in Canada.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Is the dream of a First Nations-led pipeline plan more than a 'big joke'?". Retrieved 2019-02-01.
Sources
- Helin, Calvin (2006) Dances with Dependency: Indigenous Success through Self-Reliance. Vancouver: Orca Spirit Publishing and Communications.