Kilslaay Kaajii Sding Miles Richardson
Kilslaay Kaajii Sding Miles Richardson, O.C., is a citizen of the Haida Nation and Canada. In 1984, he was the youngest person to be elected president of the Council of the Haida Nation, a position he held until 1996. During his tenure at CHN, Miles led the drafting of the Constitution of the Haida Nation; development of the first comprehensive Haida Nation land and marine use plan, enacted under Haida law; and negotiation of the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, the first nation-to-nation agreement between the Haida Nation and Canada, which protected the Gwaii Haanas area of his people’s homeland, Haida Gwaii.
In 1995, he was appointed a Commissioner to the BC Treaty Commission; in 1998, Miles was chosen as its Chief Commissioner and served in that role until 2004. In 2007, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Kilslaay Kaajii Sding Miles Richardson