A First Nation on B.C.’s central coast has filed a lawsuit looking to recover lands it claims were “alienated” more than a century ago. …Filed in a BC Supreme Court Jan. 26, the suit from the Dzawada’enuxw First Nation targets about five square kilometres of land at the head of the Kingcome Inlet. The lands are currently owned in fee simple by the Interfor, the Nature Trust of BC, and the province of British Columbia. The case also names the Government of Canada. …A spokesperson for Interfor said the company has “longstanding and ongoing discussions” with the Dzawada’enuxw, and that it is not engaged in any active forestry operations on its fee-simple parcels in the valley. …The lawsuit… builds off a landmark 2025 decision that found the Cowichan Nation had its Richmond, BC, village sites and fishing rights taken from it under colonial rule. …None of the claims have been tested in court.