[1] The tournament is hosted by Prince Rupert, BC, and attracts upwards of 4,000 people, including the athletes, coaches, and spectators.
Josiah Wilson, a status member of the Heiltsuk Nation, was not permitted to play in the 2016 edition of the All Native Basketball Tournament.
The tournament organizers deemed that Wilson was ineligible to participate as he did not have sufficient Indigenous ancestry based on his blood quantum.
Previous to this ruling by the organizers, Wilson participated at the tournament on two separate occasions for the Heiltsuk Nation, as he is a status member.
The organizers agreed that Wilson was eligible to participate in all future tournaments and that they would make a public apology.
Perry Terrell was deemed to be ineligible to compete for his preferred team, the Prince Rupert Synergy Storm.
This subject came to light when the Skidegate Saints, a senior division team, wore shirts that had NO LNG written on them, which was their way of protesting the development of liquefied natural gas plants in the area.