Halfway River First Nation is a Dunneza

Dunneza

The Dane-zaa are a First Nation of the large Athapaskan language group; their traditional territory is around the Peace River of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada...

 First Nations government with a 3988 ha

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

 reserve located 75 km northwest of Fort St. John, British Columbia

Fort St. John, British Columbia

The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city covers an area of about 22 km² with 22,000 residents . Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally...

. It is a Treaty 8

Treaty 8

Treaty 8 was an agreement signed on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area. The Treaty was signed just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta.-Treaty:...

 nation.

The Halfway River people were at one point part of the "Hudson Hope Indian Band" but in 1971 they split off, and the remaining people formed West Moberly First Nations

West Moberly First Nations

The West Moberly First Nations is a First Nation located in the Peace River Country in northern British Columbia. They are part of the Danezaa people and language group...

. As of January 2008, there were 235 registered members, with 132 living on the reserve.

The current chief is Ed Whitford.

External links

• Halfway River First Nation
• Halfway River at the Treaty 8 Tribal Council.
• INAC Profile