Kitsumkalum First Nation is a

band government In Canada, an Indian band or band (french: bande indienne, link=no), sometimes referred to as a First Nation band (french: bande de la Première Nation, link=no) or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subjec ...

of the

Tsimshian The Tsimshian (; tsi, Ts’msyan or Tsm'syen) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their communities are mostly in coastal British Columbia in Terrace, British Columbia, Terr ...

people based at Kitsumkalum, British Columbia in the Skeena River valley in the North Coast region near

Terrace, British Columbia Terrace is a city located near the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The community is the regional retail and service hub for the northwestern portion of British Columbia. With a current population of over 12,000 within municipal boundarie ...

, Canada. They are a member government of the

Tsimshian First Nations Tsimshian First Nations is a treaty council based on the British Columbia Coast near Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

treaty council.

Chief and Councillors

Demographics

The Kitsumkalum First Nation has 655 members.

Indian reserves

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s under the administration of the Kitsumkalum First Nation are: * Dalk-ka-gila-quoeux Indian Reserve No. 2, on the

Kitsumkalum River Kitsumkalum is an original tribe/ galts'ap (community) of the Tsimshian Nation. Kitsumkalum is one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation in British Columbia, Canada. Kitsumkalum and is also the name of one of their Indian Reserve just west of th ...

, 6 miles NW of

Terrace Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...

, 114.10 ha. * Kitsumkaylum Indian Reserve No. 1, on the right bank of the Skeena River at the mouth of the

, 449.90 ha. *

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, on left bank of the Skeena River, at mouth of the

Ecstall River The Ecstall River is a tributary of the Skeena River in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges, and flows about to the lower tidal reach of the Skeena River at Port Essington, about southeast of Prince Ru ...

* Zimagord Indian Reserve No. 3, right bank of Skeena River at the mouth of the

Zymagotitz River The Zymagotitz River is a tributary of the Skeena River located in the North Coast Regional District of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains, and flows south and west about to the Sk ...

, at Remco CN station, 31. 0 ha.

References

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