The Tsilhqotʼin National Government (TNG), is the official

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government (

tribal council A tribal council is an association of First Nations bands in Canada, generally along regional, ethnic or linguistic lines. An Indian band, usually consisting of one main community, is the fundamental unit of government for First Nations in Can ...

) serving the

Tsilhqotʼin The Tsilhqotin or Chilcotin ("People of the river", ; also spelled ''Tsilhqutin, Tŝinlhqotin, Chilkhodin, Tsilkótin, Tsilkotin'') are a First Nations in Canada, North American tribal government of the Northern Athabaskan languages, Athabask ...

Nation. Their office is located in

Williams Lake, British Columbia Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo. Williams Lake is one of the largest cites, by population of metropolitan area, in the Cariboo after neighbouring Quesnel ...

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. The member communities represented by TNG are ʔEsdilagh,

Tsi Del Del Tŝideldel, also called Redstone, is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community of the Tsilhqot'in people, located near Chilanko Forks in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the ...

Yunesitʼin The 'Yunesitʼin are a First Nations people in the Chilcotin District of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Tsilhqotʼin people and reside around the community of Hanceville, an unincorporated settlement and Ind ...

, Tlʼetinqox, Xeni Gwetʼin, and Tlʼesqox. Tlʼesqox also belongs to the Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council, as does Ulkatcho - a community with both

Dakelh The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous people living a large portion of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The Dakel ...

(Carrier) &

heritage. TNG was established in 1989.

Departments

*Stewardship *Employment *Health *Fisheries *Language & Education *Administration

Member communities

* ʔEsdilagh (

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, BC) *

( Redstone, BC – AKA Alexis Creek First Nation) *

(Stone – Hanceville, BC) * Tl'etinqox (Anaham –

Alexis Creek Alexis Creek is a creek in the Chilcotin District of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast from its source in Alexis Lake into the Chilcotin River a short distance upstream from the town of Alexis Creek. Name origin The name was conferr ...

, BC) * Xeni Gwetʼin (

Nemiah Valley Nemaiah Valley, also spelled Nemiah Valley and Nemaia Valley, is an unincorporated locality and First Nations reserve and ranching community between Chilko Lake and the Taseko Lakes in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British C ...

, BC) * Tlʼesqox (Toosey –

Riske Creek Riske Creek, originally Chilcoten and also Chilcotin, is a ranching and First Nations community located on the Fraser River just southwest of the city of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It is the location of the offices of the Toosey ...

, BC)

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External links

Tsilhqotʼin National Government homepage
First Nations tribal councils in British Columbia Tsilhqot'in governments 1989 establishments in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-poli-stub

Departments

Member communities

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See also

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