Wet'suwet'en First Nation

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The Wet'suwet'en First Nation is a First Nations band located outside of the village Burnssh Columbia. [1] [2] It was formerly known as the Broman Lake Indian Band and is still usually referred to as Broman Lake although this is no longer its official name. [3] Its members speak the Witsuwit'en dialect of Babine-Witsuwit'en, a Northern Athabaskan language. The main community is on Palling Indian Reserve No. 1.

Athabaskan languages large group of indigenous languages of North America

Athabaskan is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three groups of contiguous languages: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern. Kari and Potter 2010:10 place the total territory of the 53 Athabaskan languages at 1,563,000 mi2 or 4,022,000 km2.

As of March 2017, the Nation had 257 registered members, with 85 members living on the First Nation's own reserve. [4] As of February 2013, the Nation had approximately 234 registered members, with 123 members living on reserve. [5]

The Nation is a member of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council [6] and of the Broman Lake Development Corporation.

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council is a tribal council representing eight First Nations in the Central Interior of British Columbia. It was originally known as the Lakes District Tribal Council. The CSTC was incorporated in 1979 and is a registered non-profit society.

The Wet'suwet'en First Nation was formerly part of the Omineca Band. In 1984 the Omineca Band split into the Broman Lake and Nee-Tahi-Buhn bands. The Skin Tayi band later split off from Nee-Tahi-Buhn.

The Unist'ot'en Clan has had a checkpoint for the last half decade, the Unist'ot'en Camp [7] , which has been stopping all pipeline crews from entering the Yintah since they do not have permission from the hereditary chiefs, who are represented by their spokesperson Freda Huson.

Other Wet'suwet'en nations include the Burns Lake Indian Band, Hagwilget Village First Nation, and Moricetown.

The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a First Nations band government of the Wet'suwet'en subgroup of the Dakelh (Carrier) 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 Wet'suwet'en, which functions as a tribal council in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan.

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References

  1. ↑ Canada, Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2013-02-06). "Wet'suwet'en First Nation". www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Wet'suwet'en". www.wetsuweten.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  3. ↑ "Browman Lake Community, Wetsuweten". www.wetsuweten.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  4. ↑ Branch, Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Communications (2008-11-03). "Home". fnp-ppn.aandc-aadnc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  5. ↑ Canada, Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs (2013-02-06). "Wet'suwet'en First Nation". www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  6. ↑ Branch, Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Communications (2008-11-03). "Home". fnp-ppn.aandc-aadnc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  7. ↑ "UNIST'OT'EN CAMP — Heal the People, Heal the Land". Mother Theme. Retrieved 2019-01-12.


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