Skidegate Band Council (SBC; ), is a

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

Haida Haida may refer to: Haida people Many uses of the word derive from the name of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. * Haida people, an Indigenous ethnic group of North America (Canada) ** Council of the Haida Nati ...

people, located in

Skidegate Skidegate () is a Haida people, Haida community in in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait. ...

, on

Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii (; / , literally "Islands of the Haida people"), previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between off the British Columbia Coast, northern Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia ...

. Skidegate Band Council is one of two Canadian band governments for the Haida Nation, the other is

Old Massett Village Council Old Massett Village Council (OMVC; ) is a band government of the Haida people, Haida people, located in Old Massett, on Haida Gwaii. Old Massett Village Council is one of two Canadian band governments for the Haida Nation, the other being Skidega ...

. The main governing body of the Haida people is the

Council of the Haida Nation The Council of the Haida Nation (CHN; ) is the elected government of the Haida people, the Indigenous occupants of the Haida Gwaii archipelago in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The council consists of a president and vice-president el ...

, and as such the two band councils function as village governments. As of March 2025, the band has 1,788 registered members, and 11 reserves, with a total area of .

Reserves

Skidegate Band Council has 11 reserves, whose combined total area is , with the main reserve being

. Reserves numbered 1-8 were allotted by reserve commissioner Peter O'Reilly in 1882, 9 and 10 were added in 1916 by Royal Commission, and 11 was purchased from the British Columbia government in 1941.

References

External links

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Skidegate Band Council, A-Z First Nations Listing, Government of British ColumbiaSkidegate
– BC Assembly of First Nations Haida governments Haida Gwaii {{First Nations in British Columbia, state=collapsed