Hagwilget Village First Nation
People | Dene |
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Headquarters | PO Box 460, New Hazelton, BC V0J 2J0 |
Province | British Columbia |
Land | |
Main reserve | Hagwilget 1 |
Other reserve(s) | Bulkley 1
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Land area | 1.586 km2 |
Population (2020) | |
On reserve | 201 |
On other land | 30 |
Off reserve | 567 |
Total population | 798 |
Government | |
Chief | Cynthia Joseph |
Council |
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Website | |
http://www.hagwilget.com/ |
The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a First Nations band government of the Wet'suwet'en subgroup of the Dakelh (Carrier) people, located at Hagwilget, British Columbia, Canada, which is just east of Hazelton, British Columbia. The band is one of the 13 member governments of the , which functions as a tribal council[citation needed] (but is a traditional government) in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan.[1]
Chief and Councillors[]
Position | Name | Term Start | Term End | Reference |
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Chief | Dora Wilson | 08/31/2007 | 08/30/2009 | [2] |
Demographics[]
INAC number 534, the Hagwilget Village First Nation had 694 members as of July 2009.[3]
References[]
- ^ Resolution No. 36 of the Assembly of First Nations, re Delgamuukw and Gisday’wa versus Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia
- ^ "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nations Detail". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ "Hagwilget Village". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- Dakelh governments
- Wet'suwet'en
- Bulkley Valley
- Skeena Country
- First Nations stubs
- Canada politics stubs
- British Columbia stubs