Nak'azdli Band is a
Dakelh
The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
The "Carrier" name was derived from an English translation of ''Aghele'', the name from the neighbouring Sekani ...
First Nation
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
band with a main community located within the village of
Fort St. James, British Columbia
Fort St. James is a district municipality and former fur trading post in northern central British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south-eastern shore of Stuart Lake in the Omineca Country, at the northern terminus of Highway 27, which conn ...
. The nation has 16 reserves totalling 1,458 hectares, and approximately 1977 members living both on - and off reserve.
The Nak'azdli Band chief is Aileen Prince.
References
Further reading
* ''Nak'azdli t'enne Yahulduk''/Nak'azdli Elders Speak, edited by Lillian Sam. (Penticton, B.C: Theytus Books ltd, 2001),
External links
Nak'azdli Band website
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Dakelh governments
Omineca Country