Indigenous
Hagwilget Village Council
Governs Hagwilget Village Council
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- SJ Sheila Joseph Chief · since October 2025
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4 councillors
Elected
- BM Brian Michell Councillor · since October 2025
- DK Debra Kenni Councillor · since October 2025
- JW John Wilson Councillor · since October 2025
- MR Mike Ridsdale Councillor · since October 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sheila Joseph as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brian Michell as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Debra Kenni as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- John Wilson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Mike Ridsdale as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 460
NEW HAZELTON, BC V0J 2J0- Phone (250) 842-6258
- Web hagwilget.com
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 "Indian Act". For: Hagwilget Village 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 "Indian Act". For: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-10-03, expiry date 2027-10-02. For: Brian Michell as Councillor, Debra Kenni as Councillor, John Wilson as Councillor, Mike Ridsdale as Councillor, Sheila Joseph 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, October 2, 2027