Alphabetical listing of First Nations includes information about the First Nation(s) and current activities.
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First Nation |
Location |
Region |
Member of |
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Northwest B.C. near the Yukon border |
North |
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Northwest Territories |
Deh Cho First Nations Tribal Council |
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South Interior |
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Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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?Akisq'nuk First Nation (Columbia Lake Indian Band) |
South Interior |
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Alexandria Indian Band (?Esdilagh First Nation) |
South Central |
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Alexis Creek (Tsi Del Del) |
South Central |
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Anaham Indian Band (Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office) |
South Central |
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?Aq'am (St. Mary's Indian Band) |
West bank of the Kootenay River at the mouth of the St. Mary's River, 15 km northeast of Cranbrook |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Vancouver Island |
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Bella Bella Indian Band (Heiltsuk Nation) |
Central Coast |
Independent |
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Bella Coola Band (Nuxalk Nation) |
Central Coast |
Independent |
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Ft. St. James |
North Central |
Independent |
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Northeast |
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South Interior |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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Bridge River Indian Band (Nxwisten) |
South Interior |
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Burns Lake Indian Band (Ts'il Kaz Koh ) |
North Central |
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Campbell River Indian Band (Wei Wai Kum First Nation) |
Vancouver Island |
Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society / Kwakiutl District Council / Nanwakolas Council |
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Canim Lake Band (Tsq'escen’) |
South Central |
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Cape Mudge Band (We Wai Kai) |
Vancouver Island |
Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society and Kwakiutl District Council |
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Yukon |
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Quesnel Williams Lake, Chilcotin Plateau |
South Central |
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Central B.C., near Prince George |
North Central |
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Cayoose Creek Band (Sekw'el'was) |
South Interior |
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Yukon |
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Chawathil Band (Hope) |
Fraser Valley |
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Fraser Valley |
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Chemainus First Nation (Stz'uminus) |
Vancouver Island |
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Southbank, on south shore of Francois Lake, 23 km south of Burns Lake |
North Central |
Independent |
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South Interior |
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North and Central Coast |
North and Central Coast |
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South Interior |
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Columbia Lake Indian Band (?Akisq'nuk First Nation) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Near Duncan, Chemainus and Ladysmith, 60 km northwest of Victoria |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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7 km south of the B.C./Yukon boundary at Laird River near Lower Post |
North |
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North |
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Cowichan Lake, through Nitinat Lake, to the west coast of Vancouver Island |
Vancouver Island |
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Northeast |
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Douglas First Nation (Xa’xtsa) |
South Interior |
Independent / St'át'imc Chiefs Council |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Vancouver Island |
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?Esdilagh First Nation (Alexandria Indian Band) |
South Central |
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South Central |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Northeast |
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Fraser Canyon and South Interior |
South Interior |
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Gingolx Village Government (Kincolith) |
North West |
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Skeena and Bulkley Rivers, adjacent to the village of Hazelton |
North West |
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North West |
Independent |
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Gitga'at First Nation (Hartley Bay) |
North Coast |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nation Treaty Society |
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Along the Skeena, Bulkley, and Kispiox rivers |
North West |
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Gitlaxt'aamix Village Government (New Aiyansh) |
North West |
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Gitsegukla Indian Band (Kitsegugkla) |
North West |
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Gitwangak Band Council (Kitwanga) |
North West |
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North West |
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Gitxaala Nation (Kitkatla) |
North West |
Independent |
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Along Skeena, Bulkley and Kispiox Rivers. All are within a 40 km radius of Hazelton |
North West |
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Glen Vowell Indian Band (Sik-e-Dakh) |
North West |
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Adjacent to Port Hardy on the northeastern tip of Vancouver Island |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
Independent and Kwakiutl District Council / Nanwakolas Council |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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North West |
Independent and Office of the Wet'suwet'en Society |
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Haida Gwaii |
North Coast |
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Haisla Nation (Kitimaat Village Council) |
Kitamaat Village, 10 km south of Kitimat, at the head of Douglas Inlet |
North Coast |
Independent |
Vancouver Island |
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Northeast |
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Hartley Bay Village Council (Gitga'at) |
North Coast |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nation Treaty Society |
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Heiltsuk Nation (Bella Bella Indian Band) |
Central Coast |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island |
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South Interior |
Independent |
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Homalco (Xwemalhkwu) Indian Band |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Near Duncan, Chemainus and Ladysmith, 60 km northwest of Victoria |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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North |
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Kamloops Indian Band (Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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Northern B.C. and southern Yukon |
North |
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Fraser Valley |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island/ South Coast |
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Kincolith Village Government (Gingolx) |
North West |
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Confluence of the Skeena and Kispiox Rivers, 16 km north of Hazelton |
North West |
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Kitamaat Village Council (Haisla) |
Kitamaat Village, 10 km south of Kitimat, at the head of Douglas Inlet |
North Coast |
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Kitasoo/Xai'xais Band Council (Klemtu) |
Central Coast |
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Kitkatla First Nation (Gitxaala) |
Central Coast |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society |
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North West |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society |
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North West |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Klemtu Band (Kitasoo/Xai'xais) |
Central Coast |
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K’ómoks (Comox) First Nation |
Vancouver Island |
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Kluskus Indian Band (Lhoosk'uz Dene Government Administration) |
South Central |
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Southeast corner of B.C. north to the big bend of the Columbia River. |
South Interior |
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North |
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Between Comox Valley in the south and Smith Inlet in the north |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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Fraser Valley |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
Wei Wai Kum Kwiakah Treaty Society (WKTS) / Kwakiutl District Council / Nanwakolas Council |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Fraser Valley |
Independent |
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Kyuquot First Nation (Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h') |
Vancouver Island |
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Adjacent to the village of Burns Lake, 230 km west of Prince George |
North Central |
Independent |
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Lake Cowichan First Nation (Ts'uubaa-asatx) |
North shore of Cowichan Lake, approximately 80 km northwest of Victoria |
Vancouver Island |
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North West |
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Port Simpson, approximately 30 km northwest of Prince Rupert |
North Coast |
Independent |
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Leq'a:mel First Nation (Lakahahmen) |
Fraser Valley |
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North Central |
Independent |
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South Central |
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, Southern Dakelh Nation Alliance |
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Lhtako Dene Nation (Red Bluff) |
South Central |
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, Southern Dakelh Nation Alliance |
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Yukon |
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Lillooet Indian Band (T'it'q'et Administration) |
South Interior |
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Lillooet Tribal Council (St'át'imc Chiefs Council) |
Around Lillooet |
South Interior |
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Lil'wat Nation (Mount Currie Indian Band) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
Independent |
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Lower Kootenay Indian Band (Yaqan nu?kiy) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
Independent |
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South Interior |
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Pemberton, Mt. Currie, Lillooet |
South Interior |
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Vancouver Island |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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Westcoast of Vancouver Island |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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North Central |
Independent |
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5 km west of Prince Rupert, on the Tsimshian (Tsimpsean) Peninsula |
North Coast |
Independent & Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society |
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Mount Currie Indian Band (Lil'wat) |
South Interior |
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Vancouver Island |
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North & east of Port Hardy |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Lower Mainland |
Independent |
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Near Fort Fraser, approximately 130 km west of Prince George |
North Central |
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North Central |
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Centred around Alert Bay, south of Pt. McNeill on Cormorant Island |
Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Nanoose First Nation (Snaw-naw-as) |
Vancouver Island |
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Northern Vancouver Island and adjacent South Central Coast areas |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council (Alliance Tribal Council) |
Eastern and southern Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the Sunshine Coast |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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South Central |
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, Southern Dakelh Nation Alliance |
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North Central |
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Nemaiah Band (Xeni Gwet'in) |
South Central |
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South Thompson River just below Little Shuswap Lake, near Chase |
South Interior |
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New Westminster Indian Band (Qayqayt) |
Lower Mainland |
Independent |
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Between Merritt, Lytton and Spences Bridge |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Along Nass River, north west of Terrace |
North West |
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South Interior |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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North Thompson River Indian Band (Simpcw) |
South Interior |
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Southwestern part of the Yukon Territory |
Yukon |
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Northern Shuswap Tribal Council (Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw) |
Williams Lake and 100 Mile House |
South Central |
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N'Quatqua Band (Anderson Lake) |
South Interior |
Independent / St'át'imc Chiefs Council |
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Vancouver Island |
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West coast as far inland to Port Alberni |
Vancouver Island |
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Nuxalk Nation (Bella Coola Band) |
Central Coast |
Independent, Wuikinuxv Kitasoo Nuxalk Tribal Council |
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Nxwisten (Bridge River Indian Band) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Okanagan |
South Interior |
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North Coast |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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South Interior |
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Oweekeno Nation (Wuikinuxv) |
80 km from Bella Bella, on the Wannock River, between Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake |
Central Coast |
Wuikinuxv-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council |
Vancouver Island |
Independent / treaty with Ditidaht First Nation |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island |
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Southwest section of the Okanagan Valley, adjacent to the City of Penticton |
South Interior |
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Fraser Valley |
Independent |
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Fraser Valley |
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Prophet River Band (Denetsaa Tse K'Nai) |
Northeast |
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Qayqayt First Nation (New Westminister) |
Lower Mainland |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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North end of Vancouver Island and the Knight Inlet area on the mainland |
Vancouver Island |
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Red Bluff Indian Band (Lhtako Dene) |
South Central |
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Yukon |
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North Central |
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South Interior |
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Northeast |
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Scia'new First Nation (Beecher Bay) |
Vancouver Island |
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Seabird Island, in the Fraser River, 3 km east of Agassiz, 20 km northeast of Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
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Sechelt Peninsula (Sunshine Coast), 50 km northwest of Vancouver |
South Coast |
Independent |
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Sekw'el'was (Cayoose Creek Band) |
South Interior |
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Lower Mainland |
Independent |
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South Interior |
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South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Chase, Cache Creek, Clinton, Enderby, Kamloops, Barriere and Savona |
South interior |
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Fraser Valley |
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Shxwhá:y Village (Skway) |
Fraser Valley |
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Simpcw First Nation (North Thompson River) |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Skatin Samahquam Negotiations Inc. (formally In-SHUCK-ch Nation) |
Lillooet River Valley between Harrison Lake and Pemberton |
South Intteror |
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Skatin Nations (Skookumchuck) |
South Interior |
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Skawahlook / Sq’ewá:lxw First Nation |
On the Fraser River at the mouth of Ruby Creek, 15 km west of Hope |
Fraser Valley |
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Deadman and Thompson Rivers, approximately 40 km northwest of Kamloops |
South Interior |
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North Coast |
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North Central |
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2 km east of Sardis, south of Chilliwack and the Fraser River |
Fraser Valley |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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Fraser Valley |
Independent |
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Sliammon First Nation (Tla'amin) |
South Coast |
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Snaw-Naw-As First Nation |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island |
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Soda Creek Indian Band (Xat'sull) |
South Central |
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Vancouver Island |
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Sooke Band (T'Sou-ke Nation) |
Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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North Cariboo & West Chilcotin |
Cariboo/ Chilcotin |
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Spallumcheen (Splatsin) Band |
South Interior |
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Splatsin (Spallumcheen) Band |
South Interior |
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South Interior |
Nlaka'pamux First Nations, Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society |
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Lower Mainland to Howe Sound and the Squamish Valley watershed |
Lower Mainland |
Independent |
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Fraser Valley |
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Fraser Valley |
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St. Mary's Indian Band (?Aq'am) |
West bank of the Kootenay River at the mouth of the St. Mary's River, 15 km northeast of Cranbrook |
South Interior |
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North Central |
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Fraser Valley |
Fraser Valley |
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Fraser Valley area, mainly between Chilliwack and Hope |
Fraser Valley |
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Fraser Valley |
Fraser Valley |
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Stone Indian Band (Yunesit'in) |
South Central |
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Sts’ailes Nation (Chehalis Indian Band) |
Fraser Valley |
Independent |
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Stswecem’c Xgat’tem (Canoe Creek Indian Band) |
South Central |
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Stz'uminus First Nation (Chemainus) |
Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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North |
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Telegraph Creek, Iskut and Dease Lake |
North |
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North Central |
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Taku River Tlingit First Nation (Atlin First Nation) |
North |
Independent |
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Tanakteuk Indian Band (Da'naxda'xw/Awaetlala) |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Southern Vancouver Island |
Vancouver Island |
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Yukon |
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T'it'q'et (Lillooet Indian Band) |
South Interior |
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Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc (Kamloops) |
South Interior |
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Tla'amin Nation (Sliammon) |
South Coast |
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Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (Clayoquot) |
Vancouver Island |
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Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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North Central |
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Tl'etinqox Government Office (Anaham) |
South Central |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent / Nanwakolas Council |
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South Interior |
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South Central |
Tsilhqot'in National Government and Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council |
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Vancouver Island |
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Ft. Nelson in the north to McLeod Lake in the south |
Northeast |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Tsawataineuk Indian Band (Dzawada’enuxw) |
Vancouver Island / South Coast |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Lower Mainland |
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North |
Independent |
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Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe Society (Ch-ihl-kway-uhk First Nations) |
Chilliwack area |
Fraser Valley |
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Vancouver Island |
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Nass, Stikine and Skeena Rivers area |
North West |
Independent |
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Vancouver Island |
Independent |
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Tsi Del Del (Alexis Creek First Nation) |
South Central |
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Chilcotin Plateau, Coast Mountains, and north Cariboo |
South Central |
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Prince Rupert area |
North West / North Coast |
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Near Lillooet, on the bank of the Fraser River north of Pavilion Creek |
South Interior |
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Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (Burrard Band) |
Lower Mainland |
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T'Sou-ke Nation (Sooke) |
Vancouver Island |
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Fraser Valley |
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Vancouver Island |
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Ucluelet First Nation (Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ) |
Vancouver island |
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Anahim Lake, approximately 100 km east of Bella Coola, and 325 km west of Williams Lake |
South Central |
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, Southern Dakelh Nation Alliance |
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South interior |
Independent |
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South Interior |
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South Interior |
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Northeast |
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South Interior |
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North Central |
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Between Burns Lake and Smithers |
North Central & North West |
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Campbell River / Quadra Island |
Vancouver Island |
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We Wai Kai Nation (Cape Mudge Indian Band) |
Vancouver Island |
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Wei Wai Kum First Nation (Campbell River Indian Band) |
Vancouver Island |
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South Interior |
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South Central |
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Witset First Nation (Moricetown Band) |
North West |
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Wuikinuxv First Nation (Oweekeno) |
80 km from Bella Bella, on the Wannock River, between Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake |
Central Coast |
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Central Coast |
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Xat'sull First Nation (Soda Creek) |
South Central |
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South Interior |
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South Central |
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Fraser Valley |
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South Interior |
Independent |
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Yaqan nu?kiy (Lower Kootenay Indian Band) |
South Interior |
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North Central |
Independent |
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Yunesit'in First Nation (Stone) |
South Central |