Gitsegukla Indian Band
{{Short description|Gitxsan band government in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox First Nation
| band_name = Gitsegukla
| band_number = 531
| endonym =
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| people = Gitxsan
| treaty =
| headquarters = Gitsegukla
| province = {{BC}}
| main_reserve = Gitsegukla 1
| reserve =
- Andimaul 1
- Gitsegukla Logging 3
- New Gitsegukla 2
| area = 19.31
| pop_year = 2025
| on_reserve = 388
| on_other_land = 66
| off_reserve = 657
| total_pop =
| chief = Annie Howard
| council =
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| website = {{URL|https://www.gitsegukla.net/}}
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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.{{cite web |year= 2009 |url = http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/gitxsan/default.html|title = Gitxsan Treaty Society|publisher = Executive Council of British Columbia| accessdate = July 26, 2009}}
Chief and Councillors
The Chief and Councillors listed below were elected in 2021, for a term that will end in 2024:{{cite web |title=Council Members |url=http://www.gitsegukla.net/departments/governance/ |publisher=Gitsegukla First Nation |access-date=June 29, 2022}}
Chief: Ann Howard
Councilors: Wendy Wesley, Brian Wesley Sr., Julia Walker, Crystal Smith, Thelma Marsden, Jennifer Gladstone-Howard, Mel Aksidan, Randy Russell
Treaty Process
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History
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Demographics
INAC number, 535 the Gitsegukla Indian Band has 914 members.{{cite web|year=2009 |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=531&lang=eng |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |title=Gitsegukla |accessdate=July 26, 2009 }}
Economic Development
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Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities
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References
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