Indigenous
Gitxaala Nation Chief and Council
Governs Gitxaala Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
Linda Innes
Chief · since April 2025
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Deputy Chief
Elected
Brenna Lynn Innes
Deputy Chief · since April 2025
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5 councillors
Elected
- EM Elliott Moody Councillor · since April 2025
- GW Gail Watkinson Councillor · since April 2025
Jamie Angus
Councillor · since April 2025
Joscelin Lewis
Councillor · since April 2025
- RR Rowena Ridley Councillor · since April 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Linda Innes as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Deputy Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brenna Lynn Innes as Deputy Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Elliott Moody as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Gail Watkinson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jamie Angus as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Joscelin Lewis as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Rowena Ridley as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 149
KITKATLA, BC V0V 1C0- Phone (250) 848-2214
- Web gitxaalanation.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 "Custom Electoral System". For: Gitxaala 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: Chief, Deputy Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-04-15, expiry date 2028-04-15. For: Linda Innes as Chief, Brenna Lynn Innes as Deputy Chief, Elliott Moody as Councillor, Gail Watkinson as Councillor, Jamie Angus as Councillor and 2 more
- 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, April 15, 2028