 His father was Arthur Helin-(pronounced Hel-een) (Haymaas), was a commercial fisherman and basketball star, was also in Chief lineage in the Gitlan tribe of the Tsimshian Nation.Some of Bill's accomplishments include designing three patches worn by astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle "Columbia" 1996, and then two for Canadian Astronaut Dr.Robert Thirst, on his second mission to the International Space Station in 2011.Plus a number of other important projects for the Can.