Indigenous nation
Sumas First Nation
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Source: fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca, checked (+1 more)Governed here by
- Sumas First Nation Chief and Council Indigenous
Upcoming votes
Who it applies to
- Includes Everyone on the reserves and settlements of Sumas First Nation: by-laws made by its council under the Indian Act apply to everyone there, members or not. Source: fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca, checked
- Includes Members of Sumas First Nation, wherever they live. Indigenous Services Canada keeps the membership list (Indian Act s. 11). Members living off reserve can vote for Chief and Council., wherever they are Source: fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca, checked
Places within Sumas First Nation
Reserves (3)
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles, Reserves/Settlements/Villages of First Nation 578: reserves loaded as members (matched to Statistics Canada 2021 census subdivisions by overlap with ISC Canada Lands polygons, by name, or by hand). For: Sumas First Nation (name, type and address code)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Indigenous Services Canada, First Nation Profiles: official name and number of First Nation 578 (ISC name "Sumas First Nation"). For: Sumas First Nation (name, type and address code)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Membership authority per ISC First Nation Profiles: Section 11 Band. Off-reserve voting: Corbiere v. Canada, [1999] 2 SCR 203. For: Who Sumas First Nation applies to