Indigenous
Sqwá First Nation Chief and Council
Governs Sqwá First Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- Alisha Peters Chief · since April 2025
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6 councillors
Elected
- Dean Williams Councillor · since November 2023
- Elia Lockhart Councillor · since November 2023
- Ronald Williams Councillor · since November 2023
- Rose Ann Bernal (Stewart) Councillor · since May 2026
- Sheila Stewart Councillor · since November 2023
- Tana Mussell Councillor · since April 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Alisha Peters as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Dean Williams as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Elia Lockhart as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Ronald Williams as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Rose Ann Bernal (Stewart) as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sheila Stewart as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tana Mussell as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 178
CHILLIWACK, BC V2P 6H7- Phone (604) 792-9204
- Web skwah.ca
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Custom Electoral System". For: Sqwá First Nation Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Custom Electoral System". For: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2023-11-26, expiry date 2026-11-25. For: Dean Williams as Councillor, Elia Lockhart as Councillor, Ronald Williams as Councillor, Sheila Stewart as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-05-05, expiry date 2026-11-25. For: Rose Ann Bernal (Stewart) as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-04-04, expiry date 2026-11-25. For: Tana Mussell as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-04-07, expiry date 2026-11-25. For: Alisha Peters as Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, November 25, 2026