Fort Nelson Dene First Nation | Fort Nelson First Nation
Community Profile
- The Fort Nelson First Nation is a First Nations band government located in the northeastern region of British Columbia, with a traditional territory centered around the Fort Nelson River and surrounding boreal forest regions.
- Last Updated 2025-04-28 22:14:09 UTC
- Name: Fort Nelson First Nation (ISC Code: 543)
- Former Names: Fort Nelson Band, Fort Nelson Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nations Band Government
- Cultural Area: Athabaskan/Dene Suline traditional territories
- Indigenous Language: Dene (Athabaskan language group)
- Number of Registered Members: 1015
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 08/22/2026
- CHIEF: ARCHIE HARROLD
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:8
- ARCHIE HARROLD
- JANELLE BADINE
- CURTIS DICKIE
- SALLY BEHN
- KATHI DICKIE
- ARCHIE HARROLD
- PATRICIA CAPOT-BLANC
- TAYLOR BEHN-TSAKOZA
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.fortnelsonfirstnation.org
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 774-7257
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 774-7260
- ADDRESS: MILE 295 ALASKA HWY, RR 1, FORT NELSON, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief Councillor ARCHIE HARROLD:
- Councillor JANELLE BADINE:
- Councillor CURTIS DICKIE:
- Councillor SALLY BEHN:
- Councillor KATHI DICKIE:
- Councillor ARCHIE HARROLD:
- Councillor PATRICIA CAPOT-BLANC:
- Councillor TAYLOR BEHN-TSAKOZA:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Fort Nelson First Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Fort Nelson First Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Fort Nelson First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Fort Nelson First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Fort Nelson First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Fort Nelson First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Fort Nelson First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Fort Nelson First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Fort Nelson First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Fort Nelson First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Fort Nelson First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Fort Nelson First Nation20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6954
SNAKE 5
11.5 Hectares
PEACE RIVER DIST. LOT 2317, ON RIGHT BANK OF FORT NELSON RVR 1 MLE N. OF MOUTH OF SAHTANEH RVR AT SNAKE RIVER SETTLEMENT
[58.8050174, -122.697236] -
ISC Code: 6951
FONTAS 1
10.1 Hectares
PEACE RIVER DISTRICT, LOT 2318, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE FONTAS RIVER, 1 MILE EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE SIKANNI RIVER
[58.2856271, -121.7253463] -
ISC Code: 6953
KAHNTAH 3
10.4 Hectares
PEACE RIVER DIST. LOT 2316 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE CONFLU- ENCE OF THE KAHNTAH AND FONTAS RIVERS AT KAHNTAH SETTLEMENT
[58.35614, -120.90819] -
ISC Code: 6952
FORT NELSON 2
9720.6 Hectares
PEACE RVR DIST. S. OF THE CONFL. OF MUSKWAS & NELSON RVRS AND ON BOTH BANKS OF THE NELSON RVR, 4 MILES S.W. FT. NELSON
[58.7764028, -122.5417582]
- Spans northeastern British Columbia
- Centered around Fort Nelson River watershed
- Includes boreal forest regions
- Encompasses hunting, fishing, and gathering territories
- Strategic location within Dene traditional lands
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. British Columbia (Environmental Assessment Office)
- Chief Liz Logan in her own right and on behalf of the Members of the Fort Nelson First Nation v. Executive Director of the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, et al.
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Moulton Contracting Ltd. v. Fort Nelson First Nation
- The Fort Nelson First Nation v BC Oil and Gas Commission
- Thecannie Koe First Nation v Fort Nelson First Nation
- Chief Sharleen Gale in her own right and on behalf of the members of the Fort Nelson First Nation v. Assistant Regional Water Manager
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. British Columbia (Environmental Assessment Office)
- Chief Kathi Dickie in her own right and on behalf of the members of the Fort Nelson First Nation v. Assistant Regional Water Manager
- Chief Kathi Dickie in her own right and on behalf of the members of the Fort Nelson First Nation v. Assistant Regional Water Manager
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
- Fort Nelson First Nation v. Deputy Administrator, Pesticide Control Act
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- A Small First Nation Chooses Its Path
- First Nation in B.C. offers $50K reward amid missing woman search
- A First Nation's geothermal project shows how fossil fuels can power the next seven generations
- Prophet River First Nation’s history and culture unveiled in new video
- Western Canada blazes cause evacuations, air quality concerns
- Indigenous equity ownership saw momentum in 2024, but still more work to do
- B.C. First Nation offers reward for information in missing woman case
- Indigenous food sovereignty farm featured in documentary screening at Vancouver festival
- Fort Nelson First Nation elects new council: five new members join, long-serving chief councillor defeated
- Life expectancy for First Nation people in B.C. drops 6 years according to report
- Indigenous communities are leading Canada’s clean energy transition
- First major wildfire of 2024 strikes in Canada as mass evacuation underway from tiny town of Fort Nelson
- Case study - Infrastructure for Good
- Quirky Indigenous romantic comedy series set to stream Feb. 14
- UPDATE: Fort Nelson First Nation search party changes location, seeks volunteers
- Mayor condemns video of fire-damaged properties near Fort Nelson
- National Truth and Reconciliation Day: Peace Region First Nations to host community events
- B.C. introduces Indigenous loan guarantees up to $1-billion in NDP budget
- FNFN unveils progress on Tu-Deh-Kah geothermal project
- Fort Nelson First Nation offers $50,000 for info on missing woman Karen Tessier
- Evacuated Fort Nelson getting extra police and power generators
- Permit awarded to Fort Nelson geothermal project in BC, Canada
- FNFN’s Caribou conservation project showcased in film
- Northeast BC First Nations supporting Indigenous-led resource charge
- Thousands in Fort Nelson ordered to evacuate as wildfire threatens town
- Her parents survived residential school. Now, she's meeting with the Pope
- Fort Nelson First Nation developing geothermal energy on site of depleted gas wells
- Indigenous electrification strategy released
- CIB E-Zine 5th Edition - Summer 2024
- Opinion: First Nations are not obstacles but an opportunity to get things done in just and sustainable ways
- Join MMIWG solidarity walk in Fort St. John on National Day for Action
- Fort Nelson First Nation, municipality reject criticism of proposed wood pellet plant
- Surging Indigenous renewable projects lead shift to clean energy future
- Fort Nelson First Nation ready to lead in geothermal energy
- 4 B.C. First Nations reach land-management consensus with province
- Fort Nelson First Nation gets $40.5M federal funding for clean energy project
- Aspiration and ‘aunties’ lift Indigenous law grad all the way to the Supreme Court
- B.C. First Nation says when the gas industry returns, it will be ready
- 'Our culture is going to survive': traditional Indigenous hand games make a comeback in northern B.C.
- Residential school survivor looking for reconciliation outside of apology
- Fort Nelson First Nation ready to lead in geothermal energy
- Consensus agreements a 'new beginning' for co-operation between province, First Nations: Chief
- Why B.C.’s agreements with Treaty 8 nations are a game-changer
- Fort Nelson First Nation seamstress sharing her work one stitch at a time
- BC’s Agreements with Blueberry River and Other First Nations Reopen Land to Development, while Minimizing New Disturbances
- Indigenous leaders pitch top federal officials on loan-guarantee plan to get major resource projects built
- National Indigenous Peoples Day is June 21
- Sarah Robinson, advocate for Indigenous women in B.C., loses her battle with cancer at 35
- First Nation geothermal project completes first two wells in BC Canada
- Restoring boreal caribou habitat, one tree at a time
- Unresolved: Loretta Marie Capot-Blanc
- Fort Nelson First Nation V. British Columbia (Environmental Assessment Office), Supreme Court Of Canada, Case No. 37449, 15 June 2017
- First Nation receives $500k grant for geothermal project at Fort Nelson, BC, Canada
- Fort Nelson First Nation to lead new geothermal project
- Cree/Dene woman prepares to clerk for Supreme Court's 1st Indigenous justice
- B.C. school panned for having white people in headdresses tell indigenous stories
- Fort Nelson First Nation lands permit to transform aging gas field into geothermal energy project
- Fort Nelson First Nation uses fire to save bison, limit wildfires
- Permit advances Fort Nelson geothermal project
- Sarah Robinson remembered as tireless B.C. Indigenous women’s advocate, friend
- Learn more about Caribou Management
- [WATCH] The Walrus Talks Economic Reconciliation
- Indigenous Guardians program gets $5.7M in federal funding
- Province awards geothermal permit to Fort Nelson First Nation, expanding testing area
- ‘A bill that’s gone unpaid’: 5 B.C. First Nations receive cash, land settlements from province, feds
- Northern B.C. community says self-governance is the only way forward to prosperity
- Indigenous communities face unique challenges in funding infrastructure projects, experts say
- Income Support for B.C.’s Indigenous population inadequate: Report
- Fort Nelson First Nation youth joins TELUS Indigenous Advisory Council
- Even with UNDRIP, DRIPA, barriers to economic reconciliation remain
- Two Rivers Gallery announces new Indigenous programmer
- Terry Teegee re-elected regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations
- Band offers $100,000 to find woman's killer
- Fort Nelson, Saulteau First Nations receive grants to upgrade heritage infrastructure
- LIVE4 Digital Channel
- First Nation owned geothermal energy project moves closer to completion in B.C.
- After landmark court victory, Treaty 8 Nations lay out vision for energy development in northeastern B.C.
- Treaty 8 First Nations, province sign land, resource agreement
- Fort Nelson revives Dene Hand Games: tournaments, prizes & community fun in December
- Vale and FNMPC Forge New Partnership to Support Economic Reconciliation
- Introduction to Unlearning & Undoing White Supremacy and Racism in the Office of the Provincial Health Officer
- First Nation group providing capacity support to planned geothermal project in BC, Canada
- B.C.'s Failure to Consult First Nations Sets Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Back to Square One
- Indigenous Prosperity at a Crossroads
- Prophet River First Nation’s Treaty Days provide space to educate, celebrate and heal
- B.C. RCMP ask for public’s help in locating 57-year-old woman missing since July
- National Day of Truth and Reconciliation events planned by Peace region First Nation communities
- New permit expands testing area of Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project in BC, Canada
- Investments for Indigenous Geothermal Electricity Production Facility in B.C.
- NRRM opens conversation on potential Rainbow Lake connector
- Energy and Economic Reconciliation: How Equity Partnerships Are Changing Canada’s Energy Industry
- Learning the ‘fundamentals of Arctic sport’: Fort Nelson First Nation to host iSPARC camp
- FNFN swears in new council with pledges of transparency
- Fort Nelson First Nation seeks logo for Tu-Deh-Kah greenhouse pilot project
- Evacuation Alert issued by Fort Nelson First Nation
- Fort Nelson First Nation’s Annual Celebration honours Elders
- B.C. to announce energy deal with Indigenous groups after landmark agreement
- Local First Nations eligible for drinking water compensation
- Vale, First Nation forge new partnership for economic reconciliation across Canada
- WSP partners with First Nations Major Projects
- ‘Do My Best. Fulfill My Obligations’
- Four students elected to represent Indigenous law students across Canada
- First Nations, sustainable development – a natural fit
- Funding will help revitalize Indigenous cultural heritage in BC
- Fort Nelson First Nation's Press Conference on Fracking
- Aboriginal group wins against fracking company
- Indigenous model showcases traditional hides in photoshoot to showcase her cultural pride
- First Nations Major Projects Coalition Provides Capacity Support to the Clarke Lake Geothermal Project
- TELUS 5th Reconciliation and Connectivity Report Expands Commitments with Indigenous Perspectives of AI
- Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
- iSPARC and Fort Nelson First Nation receive Indigenous sports funding from federal government
- iSPARC and Fort Nelson First Nation receive Indigenous sports funding from federal government
- Western Canada blazes cause evacuations, air quality concerns
- Thousands flee as wildfire threatens Fort Nelson, B.C. sets up emergency supports
- Sharleen Gale defeated in Fort Nelson First Nation election
- 26 Candidates including Sharleen Gale compete in crucial FNFN election
- State of Emergency declared by Fort Nelson First Nation due to wildfire
- First major wildfire of 2024 strikes in Canada as mass evacuation underway from tiny town of Fort Nelson
- Yukonomist: First Nation economic development in action
- There is little research to back reports of northern lights sounds. So what are people hearing?
- Northern B.C. First Nations aim to build Canada’s first Indigenous energy projects
- Tu Deh-Kah geothermal project receives funding from Canadian Government
- Fort Nelson First Nation secures $1.2 million in federal funding for Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project
- B.C. First Nation offers reward for information in missing woman case
- All-Indigenous panel talks dos and don’ts of development at P3 conference
- 4 B.C. First Nations reach land-management consensus with province
- From Bella Bella to Fort Nelson, First Nations in B.C. celebrate wins
- After kicking out government officials at industry summit, Fort Nelson First Nation signs LNG worker camp deal
- B.C. aboriginal leaders decry government relationship in open letter
- Fort Nelson First Nation to receive $1.2 million via Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships Program
- Fort Nelson First Nation Receives $1.2 Million for Geothermal Project
- Northern region represented by Treaty 8 Bisons at youth basketball tournament
- Western Canada Blazes Cause Evacuations, Air Quality Concerns
- Fort Nelson First Nation to receive $1.2 million via Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships Program
- Fort Nelson First Nation to get $250K for pellet mill project amid federal funding boost to B.C.‘s forest sector
- FACTSHEET - B.C.'s Northeast Water Strategy -- Rural Domestic and Community Water Supply
- B.C. rescinds environmental assessment exemption
- $40 million for Indigenous-owned geothermal project expected to ‘revolutionize the North’
- Western Canada blazes cause evacuations, air quality concerns
- 4 B.C. First Nations reach land-management consensus with province
- Man arrested after vehicle fires and shots fired at Fort Nelson First Nation
- Fort Nelson woman is finalist for Miss Indigenous Canada
- World Wildlife Day sparks call for bolder approach
- Fort Nelson First Nation woman joins TELUS Indigenous Advisory Council
- Fort Nelson First Nation Files Legal Challenge to Gas Pipeline Claiming It Will Threaten Caribou Habitat
- Fort Nelson sends first women’s team to Yukon Native Hockey
- Northeast BC First Nations’ forestry projects receive portion of $20M federal funding
- Fort Nelson to send first women’s team to Kilrich Yukon Native Hockey Tournament
- Former Fort Nelson First Nation Interim Executive Director accused of fraud and hiding gambling debts
- Northeast BC First Nations’ forestry projects receive portion of $20M federal funding
- Western Canada blazes cause evacuation orders and air quality concerns
- Canada Launches $5-Billion Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program and Additional Investments in B.C.
- Geothermal energy on horizon in B.C. with Fort Nelson First Nation project
- Indigenous delegation arrives in Rome ahead of meetings with Pope Francis
- Clark’s ‘chief-to-chief’ chat signals B.C. government’s efforts to woo First Nations
- ‘We’re in a dire time’: Treaty 8 director of sport on importance of teamwork in Before the Peace podcast appearance
- Canada invests $6.2 million in Indigenous-led natural resource projects in British Columbia
- Beaver language research released for National Indigenous Languages Day
- Canada celebrates launch of the $5B Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
- Fort Nelson filmmaker’s Tea Creek nominated for festival awards
- ‘I’m an addict’: Councillor facing suit over alleged $300k credit card charges breaks silence
- First Nations in oil country are converting old wells to geothermal
- Who Stands to Win in Poilievre’s Canada: (Some) First Nations
- Lightning and wildfire risk prompts B.C.-wide campfire ban
- B.C., Treaty 8 First Nations build path forward together
- Permit expands testing area for Fort Nelson First Nation geothermal project
- British Columbia approves forest tenure sale for pellet project
- Three new members join minister’s council on Indigenous women
- Fort Nelson tenure transfer to benefit First Nation, region
- Indigenous clean-energy projects funded in Northern B.C.
- Geothermal project that will 'revolutionize the north' gets money from feds
- New chairwoman for Advisory Council on Indigenous Women
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Shale gas development in Fort Nelson first nation territory: potential regional impacts of the LNG boom
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fracking, first nations and water
- Through hell and high sludge: Traditional knowledge and environmental justice at the Fort Belknap Indian reservation
- Oral History Project
- Boreal Caribou| Medzih
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- … becomes a checkbox, what's the fracking point?: Colonial constraints on social learning processes in Northeast BC and the Fort Nelson First Nation's new approach to …
- Fort Nelson First Nation-Owned Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project: A Socio-economic Study
- First nations mapmaking in the Great Lakes region in intercultural contexts: a historical review
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- … a checkbox, what's the fracking point?: Colonial constraints on social learning processes in Northeast BC and the Fort Nelson First Nation's new approach to …
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- Boreal Caribou| Medzih
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The first mile approach to community services in fort Severn first nation
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
- The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
- Fort de prairies: The story of Fort Edmonton
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