Indigenous
Shackan Chief and Council
Governs Shackan
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- LT Lindsay Tighe Chief · since March 2024
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2 councillors
Elected
- JJ Jordan Joe Councillor · since March 2024
- SJ Savannah Joe Councillor · since March 2024
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Lindsay Tighe as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jordan Joe as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Savannah Joe as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 1360, 2099 GRANITE AVENUE
MERRITT, BC V1K 1B8- Phone (250) 378-5410
- Web shackan.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: Shackan 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, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-03-20, expiry date 2027-03-19. For: Lindsay Tighe as Chief, Jordan Joe as Councillor, Savannah Joe as Councillor
- 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, March 19, 2027