Old Massett Village Council is a

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of the

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people, located in

Old Massett Old Massett, named G̱aw in X̱aad kíl, is an Indigenous Canadian village on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. It lies on the east side of Masset Sound close to the town of Masset; the area of land it is on is legally designated Ma ...

, on

Haida Gwaii Haida Gwaii (; hai, X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / , literally "Islands of the Haida people") is an archipelago located between off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Hecat ...

. Old Massett Village Council is one of two Canadian band governments for the Haida Nation, the other is the

Skidegate Band Council The Skidegate Band Council, also known as the Skidegate First Nation, is a band government of the Haida people, one of two of the Haida Tribal Society aka the Council of the Haida Nation. Its offices are located in Skidegate, British Columbia. In ...

. The main governing body of the Haida people is the

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Indian Reserves

Indian Reserves under the administration of Old Massett Village Council are: * Ain 6, N shore of

Masset Inlet Masset Inlet is a large saltwater bay located in the heart of the lowland of northern Graham Island, the northernmost and largest island of the Haida Gwaii islands on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is fed by several rivers, the la ...

Graham Island Graham Island () is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), lying off the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from the other pri ...

, 66.40 ha. * Cohoe Point 20, Dibbell Bay, E. of

Langara Island Langara Island, known as Kiis Gwaii to the Haida ( Haida: ''Ḵ'íis Gwáayaay''), is the northernmost island of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. The island is approximately in size. It is located approximately south of Alaska. Hist ...

, 10.10 ha. * Daningay 12, west side of Virago Sound,

, 8.50 ha. * Egeria Bay 19, Egeria Bay, Langara Island, 10.10 ha. * Guoyskun 22, Rhodeas Point, Langara island, 20.20 ha. * Hiellen 2, mouth of Hiellen River, south of

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, McIntyre Bay, Graham Island, 27.40 ha. (site of Hiellen) * Jalun 14, northwest of Nankivell Point, mouth of Jalun River, north coast of

, 7.10 ha. * Kioosta 15, south shore of

Parry Passage Parry Passage is a strait and marine waterway between Langara Island (N) and Graham Island (S) in Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, in British Columbia, Canada. Name origin and history Also called Parry Channel, the pas ...

, northwest tip of

40.90 ha., site of

Kiusta Kiusta ( hai, K’yuusda) located on Haida Gwaii is the oldest Northern Haida village: and the site of first recorded contact between the Haida and Europeans in 1774. Haida lived in this village for thousands of years, due to the sheltered nature o ...

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, left bank of the

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, four miles south of the mouth of

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, 3.60 ha. *

Kung 11 Ḵung (Qañ or Dream Town) is a Haida village, located on the west side of Alexandra Narrows on Graham Island, the largest and northernmost island of Haida Gwaii (X̱aayda gwaayaay) alongside British Columbia, Canada. Alexandra Narrows, known on s ...

, west side of Alexandra Narrows, which connects

and Virago Sound, 28.70 ha. *

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, at the mouth of the

Yakoun River The Yakoun River is the largest river on Haida Gwaii, off the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Estimated to be in length, it is located on Graham Island, the northernmost and largest of the archipelago, and runs in a twisting course genera ...

, Yakoun Bay, southeast short of

, 78 ha. * Mammin River 25, mouth of the

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on Mammin Bay,

, Graham Island, 2.50 ha. * Masset 1, east shore of

Masset Harbour Masset , formerly ''Massett'', is a village in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Masset Sound on the northern coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Col ...

below its entry point, north coast of

(Old Massett), 299.50 * Meagwan 8, at Wiah Point, north coast of Graham Island east of Virago Sound, 19.80 ha. * Naden 10, west shore at mouth of Naden River, Naden Harbour, Graham Island, 10.90 ha. * Naden 22, at mouth of Standly Creek, Naden Harbour, Graham Island 2.60 ha. * Owun 24, at the mouth of Awun River on Awun Bay, south shore of Masset Inlet, Graham Island 3 ha. * Saouchten 18, Rooney Point, west side of Masset Harbour, Graham Island 11.40 ha. * Satunquin 5, at Strathdang Kwun, point on west side of Yakoun Bay,

, Graham Island, 3.60 ha. * Susk 17, Peril Bay, east of Frederick Island, west shore of Graham Island, 63.10 ha. * Tatense 16, southwest tip of

, south of Parry Passage, northwest of Graham Island 6.50 ha. * Tiahn 27, Tiany Bay, north shore of Graham Island, 2.30 ha. * Tlaa Gaa Aawtlaas 28, 63.70 ha. * Yagan 3, at Yakan Point, west of

, on McIntyre Bay, south of Graham Island, 34.80 ha. (site of

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) * Yan 7, west side of entrance to Masset Harbour, Graham Island, 106.80 ha. (site of

Yan Yan may refer to: Chinese states * Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty * Yan (Han dynasty kingdom), first appearing in 206 BC * Yan (Three Kingdoms kingdom), officially claimed indepe ...

. * Yasitkun 21, northwest coast of

, northwest of Graham Island, 20.20 ha. * Yatze 13, southeast of Klashwun Point, west of Virago Sound, north coast of Graham Island, 18.20 ha.

References

Old Massett Village Council, First Nation Profile, Indigenous and Northern Affairs CanadaOld Massett Village Council, A-Z First Nations Listing, Government of British ColumbiaOld Massett Village Council
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