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Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council

Member Bands

Lhoosk'uz Dene Nation (Kluskus Indian Band)

Location:
Population scattered on seven remote reserves accessible by air or horse and wagon only. Located 173 km west of Quesnel. (17 reserves on 1,647.5 hectares.)

Number of Band Members:
197 (Source: Registered Population as of April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Nazko Indian Band
Location:
112 km west of Quesnel. The largest community is on Nazko Indian Reserve #20. (19 reserves on 1,851.4 hectares.)

Number of Band Members:
326 (Source: Registered Population as of April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Red Bluff Band (Lhatko Dene Nation)

Location: Located 0.5 km outside of Quesnel off Highway # 97. The community is on the Quesnel Indian Reserve #1. (Four reserves on 682.7 hectares.)

Number of Band Members:
148 (Source: Registered Population as of April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Toosey Indian Band
Location:
Located about 40 km south of Williams Lake. The main community is on Toosey Indian Reserve # 1. (Four reserves on 2,582.5 hectares.)

Number of Band Members:
278 (Source: Registered Population as of April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Ulkatcho First Nations

Location: Anahim Lake, approximately 100 km east of Bella Coola, and 325 km west of Williams Lake. (21 reserves on 3,245.7 hectares.)

Number of Band Members:
931 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Background

Negotiating Status:
The Nazko First Nation is negotiating a comprehensive treaty settlement independently with Canada and British Columbia under the B.C. Treaty Commission process. The other four member bands are not involved in the B.C. treaty process.

On August 15, 2012, Nazko First Nation signed an Incremental Treaty Agreement (ITA) with the B.C. government which will expand economic development and job creation opportunities, and provide early land transfers to the First Nation in advance of a treaty final agreement.

Government representatives are working to build relationships with the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council outside of the British Columbia Treaty Commission six-stage treaty process.

Location
: The tribal council office is in Williams Lake. Member bands are located throughout west-central B.C., from Quesnel and Williams Lake west almost to Tweedsmuir Park.

Total band members
: 1,880 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence April 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Discussions

Staff from the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation undertake discussions with First Nations outside the treaty process on a wide range of topics. Initiatives can involve building relationships with First Nations, and addressing concerns associated with asserted traditional territories.

The Province and First Nations have been working on forestry agreements with Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council and other interior First Nation to fight the mountain pine beetle while helping the First Nations fulfill their long-range economic development goals

In April 2004, The Province signed a forestry agreement with the Nazko Indian Band providing the First Nation with $731,000 in forestry revenues over five years and access to 79,000 cubic metres of timber within their asserted traditional territory in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area.

Also in April 2004, government announced funding for the Lhoosk'uz Dene (Kluskus) Nation to establish a program to consult with the Minister of Forests to remove beetle-infested trees in the Quesnel and Prince George timber supply areas.

In March 2006, the Lhoosk'uz Dene (Kluskus) Nation negotiated two forestry agreements that provide access to up to 548,000 cubic metres of timber and $445,000.

Also in March 2006, the Red Bluff Band (Lhatko Dene Nation) signed two forestry agreements that provide $325,000 and access to up to 285,000 cubic metres of timber.