The Tàłtàn Nation is a

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-type organization (but ''not'' a tribal council) combining the governments of two

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s of the

Tahltan The Tahltan or Nahani are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. The Tahltan constitute the fourth division of the ''Nahan ...

people in the

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of the

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. The two member governments are the Iskut First Nation and the

Tahltan First Nation The Tahltan First Nation, also known as the Tahltan Indian Band, is a band government of the Tahltan people. Their main community and reserves are located at Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. Their language is the Tahltan language, which is an ...

, which is also known as the Tahltan Indian Band. The Tahltan Nation is governed by the Tahltan Central Council, which is composed of representatives of 10 families from each band and has its offices at

Dease Lake Dease Lake is a small community in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is 230 km south of the Yukon border on Stewart–Cassiar Highway (Highway 37) at the south end of the lake of the same na ...

and Telegraph Creek.

Organization

The British Columbia Government Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation webpage describes the status of the Tahltan Nation as follows:

"The overarching Tahltan Central Council (with offices at Dease Lake) is representatives of 10 families from each band. The TCC links the Tahltan bands and has represented them on issues of joint concern, specifically on asserted inherent rights and titles. Neither the Tahltan Indian Band nor the Iskut First Nation are affiliated with a tribal council and are recognized as separate, unaffiliated Indian bands by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. However, the TCC is a registered society under the B.C. Society Act."

The Tahltan nation has 2 clans, Wolf and Crow. The Tahltan nation also has managed to get mining operations off their lands thanks to The TCG president Chad Day. Such as the company that owns Jade Fever. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/22/popular-reality-show-jade-fever-pulls-the-plug-amidst-mining-. controversy-with-northwest-bc-first There are two active mines on the Tahltan territory, they are the Red Chris mine and the Brucejack mine.

Past Leaders

Annita McPhee, 3-term president Tahltan Central Government,
Band Chiefs
Richard McLean, 2010-2016
Terry Brow, 2016-2018
Rick Mclean, 2018-2020
Carmen Mcphee, 2020-2024

References

{{BritishColumbia-stub Tahltan First Nations governments in British Columbia Stikine Country

Organization

Past Leaders

See also

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