The Hagwilget Village First Nation is a First Nations band government of the Wet'suwet'en

Wet'suwet'en

Wet'suwet'en are a First Nations people who live on the Bulkley River and around Broman Lake and Francois Lake in the northwestern Central Interior of British Columbia...

 subgroup of the Dakelh

Dakelh

The Dakelh or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.Most Carrier call themselves Dakelh, meaning "people who go around by boat"...

 (Carrier) people, located at Hagwilget

Hagwilget, British Columbia

Hagwilget or Hagwilgyet is a First Nations reserve community of the Wet'suwet'en people located on the lower Bulkley River just east of Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The community's name means "well-dressed" as in "ostentious", though another meaning is "the quiet people"...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, which is just east of Hazelton, British Columbia

Hazelton, British Columbia

Hazelton is a small town located at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1866 and has a population of 293...

. The band is one of the 13 member governments of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, which functions as a tribal council (but is a traditional government) in alliance with the 35 members of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan.

Chief and Councillors

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

Demographics

INAC

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Aboriginal peoples...

number 534, the Hagwilget Village First Nation has 694 members.

External links

• Hagwilget website (dead link)