Wilson Jack, Ucluelet First Nation chief removed by community for elk poaching

A dead Elk is shown in this undated handout photo near Port Alberni, B.C. In 2013, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council offered a $25,000 reward for the prosecution of those conducting an illegal elk kill in its territory. (Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation/The Canadian Press)

“I think this goes to show that our people didn’t take it lightly,” says Ucluelet First Nation president

CBC News,  April 7, 2016

Elders in the Ucluelet First Nation have removed their hereditary chief, Wilson Jack, from his legislature seat in the community after he was sentenced in provincial court for poaching elk out of season earlier this year.