Skidegate Band Council
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The Skidegate Band Council, also known as the Skidegate First Nation, is a band government of the Haida people, one of two of the Haida Tribal Society aka the Council of the Haida Nation
. Its offices are located in Skidegate, British Columbia.
s under the administration of the Skidegate Band Council are:
Council of the Haida Nation
The Council of the Haida Nation is the Aboriginal Sovereign Authority and Government of the Haida Nation. The Haida Nation is engaged in a Title dispute of their territories, Haida Gwaii, with the government of Canada. The Haida Nation also includes portions of Alaska...
. Its offices are located in Skidegate, British Columbia.
Indian Reserves
Indian ReserveIndian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
s under the administration of the Skidegate Band Council are:
- Black Slate 11, on Slatechuck CreekSlatechuck CreekSlatechuck Creek is a short but culturally important stream on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Only 6.7 km in length , it is located on the south flank of the small range including Slatechuck Mountain, to the north of which is...
, about 2 miles (3 km) west of its mouth on Kagan Bay, Skidegate Inlet 17.7 ha (43.7 acre). - Cumshewa 7, north shore of Cumshewa InletCumshewa InletCumshewa Inlet, also recorded or referred to in exploration logs as Cumchewas Harbour and Tooscondolth Sound, is a large inlet on the east coast of Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia...
west of McCoy Cove, east side of Moresby IslandMoresby IslandMoresby Island is a large island that forms part of the Haida Gwaii archipelago in British Columbia, Canada, located at . Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site includes Moresby and other islands...
, 22.6 ha (55.8 acre). - Deena 3, south shore of Skidegate Inlet on north side of South Bay, north end of Moresby Island, 48.2 ha (119.1 acre).
- Kaste 6, at mouth of Copper Creek, on Copper bay, northeast cost of Moresby Island, 15.4 ha (38.1 acre).
- Khrana 4, east end of Maude Island, in Skidegate Inlet, between Graham and Moresby Islands, 85 ha (210 acre).
- Lagins 5, mouth of Lagins Creek at head of Graham Island, Skidegate Inlet, 16.2 ha (40 acre).
- New Clew 10New Clew, British ColumbiaNew Clew, also Clue, Kloo, Kliew, Klue, Clew Indian Reserve, is a locality and First Nations reserve of the Haida people, located on the north shore of Louise Island, which is located in Cumshewa Inlet in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.New Clew is...
, on north shore of Louise IslandLouise IslandLouise Island is a island in the Queen Charlotte Islands, in British Columbia, Canada, off the east coast of Moresby Island. It was named for Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria...
, 11.2 ha (27.7 acre). - Skaigha 2, east coast of Graham Island at Halibut Bay, 7 miles (11 km) north of Skidegate Mission, 25.1 ha (62 acre).
- Skedance 8, on east tip of Louise IslandLouise IslandLouise Island is a island in the Queen Charlotte Islands, in British Columbia, Canada, off the east coast of Moresby Island. It was named for Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria...
, 68.4 ha (169 acre) (near, but not at the site, of the village of SkedansSkedansSkedans, also known variously as Koona, Q'una, Koona LLnaagay, K'uuna Llnagaay, Q!o'na Inaga'-I, and Q:o'na, which are variants of its traditional name in the Haida language, is a village located at the head of Cumshewa Inlet in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia,...
). - Skidegate 1, at Skidegate Mission, mouth of Skidegate Inlet, southeast of Graham Island, 505.7 ha (1,249.6 acre).
- Tanoo 9, east shore of Tanoo Island, 26.3 ha (65 acre).