The Hagwilget Village Council is a First Nations

band government In Canada, an Indian band (), First Nation band () or simply band, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the ''Indian Act'' (i.e. status Indians or First Nations). Bands are typically small groups of people: the largest in ...

of the

Wetʼsuwetʼen The Wetʼsuwetʼen are a First Nations in Canada, First Nation who live on the Bulkley River and around Burns Lake, Broman Lake, and François Lake in the northwestern British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia. The We ...

subgroup of the

Dakelh The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous people living a large portion of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The Dakel ...

people, located at Hagwilget,

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, Canada, which is just east of

Hazelton, British Columbia Hazelton is a village municipality in the Skeena Country, Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. The place is on the southeast side of the Skeena River immediately north of the Bulkley River mouth, where the confluence forms a pen ...

. The band is one of the 13 member governments of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wetʼsuwetʼen, which functions as a tribal council in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the

Gitxsan Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan and Kitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory enco ...

.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

Chief and Councillors

Demographics

INAC number 534, the Hagwilget Village First Nation had 694 members as of July 2009.

References

External links

Hagwilget website
Bulkley Valley Skeena Country {{BritishColumbia-poli-stub