Indigenous
Tahltan Chief and Council
Governs Tahltan
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
Richard Jackson
Chief · since January 2025
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5 councillors
Elected
- Brian Quock Jr. Councillor · since January 2025
- Dennis Quock Councillor · since January 2025
- Lorraine Callbreath Councillor · since January 2025
- Margaret Asp Councillor · since January 2025
- Scott Hawkins Sr. Councillor · since January 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Richard Jackson as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brian Quock Jr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Dennis Quock as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Lorraine Callbreath as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Margaret Asp as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Scott Hawkins Sr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 46
TELEGRAPH CREEK, BC V0J 2W0- Phone (250) 235-3151
- Web tahltan.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 "Indian Act". For: Tahltan 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 "Indian Act". For: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-01-08, expiry date 2027-01-07. For: Richard Jackson as Chief, Brian Quock Jr. as Councillor, Dennis Quock as Councillor, Lorraine Callbreath as Councillor, Margaret Asp as Councillor, Scott Hawkins Sr. 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, January 7, 2027