Gitsegukla Indian Band

Gitsegukla
Band No. 531

People	Gitxsan
Headquarters	Gitsegukla
Province	British Columbia
Land [1]
Main reserve	Gitsegukla 1
Other reserve(s)	Andimaul 1 Gitsegukla Logging 3 New Gitsegukla 2
Land area	19.31 km2
Population (2025) [2]
On reserve	388
On other land	66
Off reserve	657
Total population	1111
Government [3]
Chief	Annie Howard
Website
www.gitsegukla.net

The Gitsegukla Indian Band (formerly Kitsegukla) are a First Nation based at the community of Gitsegukla (formerly Skeena Crossing) near the meeting of the Skeena and Gitsegukla River in northwestern B.C. ^[4]

Chief and Councillors

The Chief and Councillors listed below were elected in 2021, for a term that will end in 2024: ^[5]

Chief: Ann Howard

Councilors: Wendy Wesley, Brian Wesley Sr., Julia Walker, Crystal Smith, Thelma Marsden, Jennifer Gladstone-Howard, Mel Aksidan, Randy Russell

Demographics

INAC number, 535 the Gitsegukla Indian Band has 914 members. ^[6]

References

1. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
2. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
3. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
4. "Gitxsan Treaty Society". Executive Council of British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
5. "Council Members". Gitsegukla First Nation. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
6. "Gitsegukla". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.