The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a

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 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 Wet'suwet'en subgroup of the

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 ...

(Carrier) people, located at

Hagwilget Hagwilget or Hagwilgyet is a First Nations reserve community of the Wet'suwet'en people located on the lower Bulkley River just east of Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The community's name means "well-dressed" as in "ostentat ...

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, Canada, which is just east of

Hazelton, British Columbia Hazelton is a village located at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1866 and in 2011 had a population of 305. The nearby larger community of New Hazelton is the northernmost point ...

. The band is one of the 13 member governments of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, which functions as a tribal council (but is a traditional government) in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the

Gitxsan Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory encompasses approxim ...

.Resolution No. 36 of the Assembly of First Nations
re Delgamuukw and Gisday’wa versus Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia

Chief and Councillors

Demographics

INAC number 534, the Hagwilget Village First Nation had 694 members as of July 2009.

References

External links

Hagwilget website
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