A wild experiment is under way in British Columbia, Canada: the government is rewriting its laws to share power with Indigenous nations… Decades in the making, this transition entered history in 2019, when BC became the first jurisdiction to sign the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into law. This means the regional government would share decision-making power over land management matters with First Nations, potentially affecting leasing and licences for forestry, mining and construction. …“We’re building a plane while flying it,” says Terry Teegee, chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations and chair of BC’s UNDRIP implementation committee. “It’s unique to anywhere in the world.” “It’s path-breaking,” agrees Sheryl Lightfoot, an Anishinaabe scholar and member of the UN expert mechanism on the rights of Indigenous peoples. “What we see in BC is such a deliberate, intentional approach to implement the Declaration,” Lightfoot says.