Lax Kw'alaams Band

Last updated on April 1, 2025

Current activities

Negotiating independently with Canada and British Columbia in the B.C. treaty process.

Treaty stage

Stage 2 - Readiness to negotiate

Completed agreements

Cut-off claims

Lax Kw'alaams Cut-off Claim Agreement - 2008

First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) revenue sharing agreements

Lax Kw'alaams First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund Revenue Sharing Agreement (Middle Creek Hydro Project) - 2015

Natural gas pipeline benefits agreements

Lax Kw'alaams Natural Gas Pipeline Benefits Agreement (Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project) - 2017

Pacific Trail Pipelines (PTP) Group Limited Partnership (FNLP)

Lax Kw'alaams First Nations Limited Partnership (FNLP) Pacific Trails Pipeline (PTP) Economic Participation Agreement - 2008

Other LNG related agreements

Lax Kw'alaams LNG Benefits Agreement - 2017
Lax Kw'alaams LNG Benefits Agreement Coast Fund - 2016
Agreement on Environmental Monitoring of the Pacific Northwest LNG Project (Lax Kw'alaams & Metlakatla) - 2017

Forestry agreements

Reconciliation Agreements

Lax Kw'alaams Phase 1 Land Reconciliation Agreement - 2024

Information

Location: Port Simpson, approximately 30 km northwest of Prince Rupert

Region: North Coast

Member of: Independent

Website: Lax Kw'alaams Band

Population: 4,237

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