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Bella Bella
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English
Alternative forms
en Bellabella
Noun
p 1
en Heiltsuk.
Proper noun
+, British Columbia
1
en ucomm r/Central Coast p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en Betsy Trumpener Heiltsuk woman unable to restore Indigenous surname on ID because system can't handle its spelling w:CBC News 2021-07-08 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/heiltsuk-nation-indigenous-name-bc-government-identification-1.6093186 "It's particularly frustrating for me, because the reason why I have an incorrect name is because it was anglicized by Indian agents. I didn't create the problem, but I'm not getting any help to fix that," said H̓áust̓i, 34, who lives in the Heiltsuk coastal community of Bella Bella, B.C. https://web.archive.org/web/20241210013323/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/heiltsuk-nation-indigenous-name-bc-government-identification-1.6093186