Indigenous
Metlakatla First Nation Chief and Council
Governs Metlakatla First Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- RN Robert Nelson Chief · since September 2023
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6 councillors
Elected
- AL Alvin Leask Councillor · since September 2023
- CS Cynthia Rose Smith Councillor · since August 2024
- EL Erika Leighton Councillor · since September 2023
- KJ Karen Jeffrey Councillor · since August 2024
- ML Miranda Leighton Councillor · since September 2023
- SM Sharon Morven Councillor · since September 2023
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Robert Nelson as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Alvin Leask as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Cynthia Rose Smith as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Erika Leighton as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Karen Jeffrey as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Miranda Leighton as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sharon Morven as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 459
PRINCE RUPERT, BC V8J 3R2- Phone (250) 628-3234
- Web metlakatla.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: Metlakatla 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: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2023-09-30, expiry date 2027-09-29. For: Robert Nelson as Chief, Alvin Leask as Councillor, Erika Leighton as Councillor, Miranda Leighton as Councillor, Sharon Morven as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-08-23, expiry date 2027-09-29. For: Cynthia Rose Smith as Councillor, Karen Jeffrey 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, September 29, 2027