Taku River Tlingit First Nation
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The Taku River Tlingit First Nation are the band government of the in far northern British Columbia, Canada and also in Yukon. They comprise two ḵwaan (tribes) of the Tlingit people, who are otherwise coastal, the Áa Tlein Ḵwáan of the Atlin Lake area and the Deisleen Ḵwáan of Teslin Lake, whose main focus is the Teslin Tlingit Council in Teslin, Yukon. Their band offices are in Atlin, British Columbia.[1]
Indian Reserves[]
Despite their presence in Yukon, all Taku River Tlingit Indian Reserves are located in British Columbia:[2]
- , 2 miles east of Fourth of July Bay, Atlin Lake, 3 miles S of Atlin, 48.6 ha. 59°37′05″N 133°40���30″W / 59.61806°N 133.67500°W
- , on the east shore of Atlin Lake one mile south of Atlin, 1.2 ha. 59°34′00″N 133°41′00″W / 59.56667°N 133.68333°W
- , at Five Mile Point, east shore of Atlin Lake, S of Atlin, 881.40 ha. 59°30′00″N 133°40′00″W / 59.50000°N 133.66667°W
- , east shore of Teslin Lake at the mouth of the Jennings River, 54.90 ha. 59°40′30″N 132°08′40″W / 59.67500°N 132.14444°W
- , north end of McDonald Lake, 12 miles NE of Atlin, 48.60 ha. 59°44′00″N 133°33′00″W / 59.73333°N 133.55000°W
- , on the at the east end of east of the south end of Atlin Lake, 69.60 ha. 59°14′00″N 133°13′00″W / 59.23333°N 133.21667°W
- , at the confluence of the Nakina and , east of the south end of Atlin Lake, 15.20 ha. 59°07′00″N 133°00′00″W / 59.11667°N 133.00000°W
- , at the south end of Teslin Lake, on the west shore north of the old Hudson's Bay Company trading post, 50.20 ha. 59°34′00″N 132°07′00″W / 59.56667°N 132.11667°W
- , on west shore of Teslin Lake at the mouth of the , 91.40 ha. 59°47′00″N 132°17′00″W / 59.78333°N 132.28333°W
- Unnamed Indian Reserve No. 10, Atlin Townsite, 2.80 ha. 59°34′00″N 133°42′00″W / 59.56667°N 133.70000°W
See also[]
- History of the Tlingit
- List of First Nations governments in British Columbia
- Teslin Tlingit Council (in Yukon)
- Taku River/T'aḵú Téiú' Conservancy
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- Atlin District
- First Nations governments in Yukon
- Tlingit
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