Hagwilget Village First Nation

Hagwilget First Nation Government
Band No. 534

Location of the Hagwilget First Nation within British Columbia
Headquarters	PO Box 460, New Hazelton, BC V0J 2J0
Province	British Columbia
Land
Main reserve	Hagwilget 1
Other reserve(s)	Bulkley 1
Land area	1.586 km^2
Population (2020)
On reserve	201
On other land	30
Off reserve	567
Total population	798
Government
Chief	Dora Wilson
Council	Sheila Joseph Karen Plasway Brian Michell Jesse Stoeppler
Website
http://www.hagwilget.com/

The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a First Nations band government, a subgroup of the (Gitxsan) people, located at Hagwilget, British Columbia, Canada, which is just east of Hazelton, British Columbia. The band is one of the 13 member governments of the |Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan, which functions as a tribal council^{[citation needed]} (but is a traditional government) in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan.^[1]

Chief and Councillors

Position	Name	Term Start	Term End	Reference
Chief	Dora Wilson	08/31/2007	08/30/2009	[2]

Demographics

INAC number 534, the Hagwilget Village First Nation had 694 members as of July 2009.^[3]

References

1. Resolution No. 36 of the Assembly of First Nations, re Delgamuukw and Gisday’wa versus Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia
2. "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nations Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
3. "Hagwilget Village". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

External links

• Hagwilget website