Carrier
Sekani Tribal Council
Member Bands
Burns Lake Indian Band (Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation)
Location: At Burns Lake, approximately 220 km west of Prince George. (Four reserves
on 184.6 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 101 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence, August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Nadleh Whut'en Band
Location: Main community is on Nautley Indian Reserve #1, near Fort Fraser,
approximately 130 km west of Prince George. (Seven reserves on 969 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 417 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence, August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Nak'azdli Indian Band
Location: Main community is on Nak'azdli Indian Reserve #1, adjacent to Fort St.
James, approximately 145 km northwest of Prince George. (16 reserves on 1,458.2 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 1,695 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Saik'uz First Nation (formerly Stony Creek)
Location: Main community is on Stony Creek Indian Reserve #1, approximately 95 km
west of Prince George. (10 reserves on 3,235.7 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 863 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Stellat'en First Nation
Location: Main community is on Stellaquo (Stella) Indian Reserve #1, at the mouth
of the Stellako River, approximately 150 km west of Prince George. (Two reserves on 851.5
hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 417 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Takla Lake First Nation
Location: Main community is on North Takla Lake Indian Reserve #7, at Takla Landing
on the east shore of Takla Lake, approximately 130 km north of Burns Lake. (17 reserves on
809.4 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 644 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Tl'azt'en Nation
Location: Most band members live on the Tache, Nancut and Pinchie reserves,
approximately 50 km northwest of Fort St. James. (49 reserves on 2,785.7 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 1,524 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence August 2007, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
NOTE: CSTC lists Tl'azt'en Nation as one of eight member bands. Canada does not recognize
Tl'azt'en Nation as a member of the CSTC.
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
Location: Between Burns Lake and Houston. Main community is on Palling Indian
Reserve #1, near Burns Lake. (11 reserves on 620 hectares.)
Number of Band Members: 213 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and
Residence 2001, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
The Wet'suwet'en First Nation is not affiliated with the
Office of Wet'suwet'en
treaty table, which is negotiating a comprehensive treaty settlement independently within
the B.C. treaty process on behalf of the Hagwilget and Moricetown First Nations.
Background
Negotiating status
: Negotiating
a comprehensive treaty settlement
within the British Columbia Treaty
Commission six-stage
treaty process.
Negotiating affiliation
: Negotiating
with Canada and British Columbia
on behalf of its eight member bands.
Location
: Central
B.C., west and northwest of Prince
George.
Total band members
: 5,874
(Source: Registered Indian Population
by Sex and Residence 2007, Indian
and Northern Affairs Canada)
Negotiations
The
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC)
entered the treaty process in January
1994, and reached Stage
4 of the six-stage process, negotiation of an agreement in principle, in April 1997.
Planned Meetings
As dates are established for
open public meetings, they will be publicized
through the local media and posted on
the B.C. Treaty Commission website Negotiations
Calendar. |
Final Agreements
Principle
