Hagwilget Village First Nation

Bulkley 1
Land area1.586 km2Population (2020)On reserve201On other land30Off reserve567Total population798GovernmentChiefDora WilsonCouncil
  • Sheila Joseph
  • Karen Plasway
  • Brian Michell
  • Jesse Stoeppler
Websitehttp://www.hagwilget.com/

The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a First Nations band government, a subgroup of the (Gitxsan) 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 |Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan, 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
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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nations Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  3. ^ "Hagwilget Village". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  • Hagwilget website


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