səlilwətaɬ | Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Community Profile
- The Tsleil-Waututh Nation, meaning 'People of the Inlet', is an Indigenous community located in North Vancouver, BC, with a rich cultural history and strong connection to their traditional territories.
- Last Updated 2025-04-27 16:50:04 UTC
- Name: Tsleil-Waututh Nation (ISC Code: 549)
- Former Names: Burrard Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Pacific Northwest Coast
- Indigenous Language: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
- Number of Registered Members: 715
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: First Nations Elections Act
- TERM EXPIRES: 06/30/2025
- CHIEF: JENNIFER THOMAS
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- JENNIFER THOMAS
- LIANA MARTIN (GUSS)
- CURTIS THOMAS
- KEVIN O'NEILL
- DENNIS THOMAS
- CHARLENE ALECK
- DEANNA GEORGE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: https://twnation.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (604) 929-3454
- FAX NUMBER: (604) 929-4714
- ADDRESS: 3178 ALDER COURT, NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
- EMAILS: reception@twnation.ca
- Chief JENNIFER THOMAS: jthomas@twnation.ca
- Councillor LIANA MARTIN (GUSS):
- Councillor CURTIS THOMAS:
- Councillor KEVIN O'NEILL:
- Councillor DENNIS THOMAS: dennis@twnecdev.com
- Councillor CHARLENE ALECK:
- Councillor DEANNA GEORGE:
- Archaeology & Cultural Heritage : archaeology@twnation.ca
- Caterers Mabel Humchitt: mhumchitt@twnation.ca
- Child & Family Development Centre : daycare@twnation.ca
- Community Development : comdevreception@twnation.ca
- Housing Jeff Sisson: housing@twnation.ca
- IRSS Project Manager Lianne Payne: lipayne@twnation.ca
- Lands : lands@twnation.ca
- Mental Wellness : mentalwellness@twnation.ca
- Property Tax : propertytax@twnation.ca
- Recreation Adminstrative Assistant Lyden Irani: lirani@twnation.ca
- Recreation Manager Mike Wilson: mwilson@twnation.ca
- Recreation Programmer and Coordinator Marc Shimwell: mshimwell@twnation.ca
- Relationship Building & Partnerships Overview : relationships@twnation.ca
- Schooling : schoolreception@twnationschool.ca
- TWN Community Society : twncommunitysociety@twnation.ca
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Skills Centre : skillscentre@twnation.ca
- Whey-ah-Wichen Canoe Festival Committee : waw@twnation.ca
- General Band Office: reception@twnation.ca
- Media Contact: communications@twnation.ca
- Referrals Contact: lands@twnation.ca
- 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 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Tsleil-Waututh Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Tsleil-Waututh 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
- Tsleil-Waututh Land Code (2007)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Property Taxation Law, 2024
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Property Assessment Law, 2024
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Annual Expenditure Law, 2024
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Property Transfer Tax Law, 2025
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Annual Tax Rates Law, 2024
- Tsleil-Waututh NationFinancial Administration Law, 2015
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation Amendment By-law 1999-2000 (Property Assessment and Taxation)
- TWN Financial Administration Law 2012
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 7905
INLAILAWATASH 4A
2.0 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DIST.PT OF LOT 819,C.G. R BANK OF INDIAN RIVER 1/2 MILE N. OF MOUTH OF INDIAN ARM OF BURRARD INLET
[22.2834866, 81.6665149] -
ISC Code: 7904
INLAILAWATASH 4
0.5 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DIST, IN SECS. 15 & 16, TP.6,R.7.W.7M, AT MOUTH OF INDIAN RIVER HEAD OF INDIAN ARM OF BURRARD INLET
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 7903
BURRARD INLET 3
108.2 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DIST. ON SOUTH SHORE OF BURRARD INLET NORTH OF BERRY POINT
[49.3104415, -122.9787679]
- Traditional lands encompass the Burrard Inlet, North Shore, and surrounding areas of Metro Vancouver
- Territory includes modern-day North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and parts of Vancouver
- Historically significant fishing, hunting, and gathering areas along the coastal regions
- Interactive Territory Map: View Tsleil-Waututh Traditional Territory
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (National Energy Board)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Attorney General of Canada, et al.
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Gerald Schlesiger v Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Unity
- New study confirms Tsleil-Waututh Nation's rich pre-colonial diet
- Tsleil-Waututh reconstructs ancestral diet from Burrard Inlet
- Honoring Indigenous Connections
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation artist unveils touching work at Phibbs Exchange
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation hold Red Dress Day ceremony
- Prince Harry meets with Squamish, Lil'wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations
- Vancouver needs homes. Local First Nations have plans on how to provide them.
- What does National Indigenous Peoples Day mean to the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations?
- 'Honouring our Survivors' banners raised ahead of Truth and Reconciliation day
- How local Indigenous longshoremen founded Vancouver's first workers union
- Tsleil-Waututh Christmas fair celebrates Indigenous craft and heritage
- What did the Tsleil-Waututh people eat 500 years ago?
- Much anticipated Tsleil-Waututh Nation canoe festival returns for another summer
- Commemorating murdered and missing Indigenous women this Red Dress Day
- Summer Smash Tennis is Making Tennis Accessible to Local First Nations in British Columbia
- Opinion: Truth and Reconciliation is a journey of healing together
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation carver designs 30-foot totem for Burnaby oil refinery
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation author Rueben George up for literary award
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation looks to build residential school memorial garden
- Tsleil-Waututh's flourishing urban farm growing food to feed a Nation
- Extended exhibition highlights significance of long hair in Indigenous culture
- Planned completion for Trans Mountain pipeline another blow for Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- A portrait of pollution around the Port of Vancouver
- A pedestrianized Gastown reopens with nods to Indigenous history
- City celebrates the official opening of the Water Street Pedestrian Zone alongside Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)
- City recognizes UNDRIP Action Plan and reflects on 10 years as a City of Reconciliation
- Partnership between MST Nations, Province will help thousands own their first home in Vancouver
- Celebrate Indigenous cultures and traditions at Carnegie Centre Street Party on National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Through film, Kayah George explores the nuanced responsibility of being səlilwətaɬ
- Indigenous Markets to Shop Around the Holidays Vancouver
- City of Vancouver, First Nations unveil 5-year UNDRIP action plan
- Burrard Inlet Water Quality Objectives
- ‘They weren’t journeying here on their own’: Tsleil-Waututh bring artifacts home
- Xwélmexw Hakw’eles: “Remembering Ourselves” — Transformation and Other Indigenous Governing Principles
- New study shows how industrial development decimated fish populations near Vancouver
- Vancouver council to decide June 25 on 'action plan' for UNDRIP strategy
- The TMX Pipeline Threatens First Nations People. It Must Be Stopped.
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation completes four-year Burrard Inlet restoration project
- 11 places to learn about Indigenous culture in Metro Vancouver
- Seaspan brings marine training program to Indigenous youth
- Local First Nations back City of Vancouver on abolishing elected park board
- Salmon bones confirm sustainable chum fishery for 2,500 years under Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- 2,600 new homes to be sold at 60% market value in Vancouver
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation honours its veterans past and present on Indigenous Veterans Day
- Squamish elder calls for representation on police board
- First Nations activist reflects on years-long fight against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
- Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women
- FIRST NATIONS CULTURE HONOURED AS WARRIORS HOST FIRST NATIONS CELEBRATION NIGHT ON MARCH 1, PRESENTED BY TD
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation & SFU sign agreement to advance reconciliation
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation veterans honoured with touching Indigenous Veterans Day service
- Viability of TMX a ‘delusion,’ says Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust
- Indigenous Solidarity at Fairy Creek
- Opinion: Reconciliation is about a journey, not the destination
- Progress Report: Tsleil-Waututh Nation has stewarded local waterways for thousands of years
- Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh nations want seats on Vancouver Police Board
- New research affirms ancestral knowledge, dates Tsleil-Waututh fishery back to 850 BC
- New research affirms ancestral knowledge, dating səlilwətaɬ fishery back to 850 BC
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation awarded for end-of-life care project
- Canada: Indigenous people fished sustainably for 1,000 years before settlers arrived – study
- Healing circle held for Tsleil-Waututh Nation Elders following Kamloops discovery (PHOTOS)
- Land-based learning: These schools spotlight culturally immersive education
- Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous
- 'I believe in the Spirit in me': A reading by the late Tsleil-Waututh elder Leonard George
- I Joined 10,000 People to Protest This Oil Pipeline
- Budding Tsleil-Waututh artist creates logo for UN Association in Canada
- 'Significant day': Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Canada sign Burrard Inlet stewardship agreement
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation storyteller leads Indigenous education at Vancouver Public Library
- Canada's Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Faces Opposition
- Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations sign memorandums of understanding with MONOVA
- Host First Nations support the Vancouver Park Board dissolution
- Indigenous knowledge could help restore Vancouver, B.C. fisheries
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time of reflection and action
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation to appeal Trans Mountain expansion once again
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation entrepreneur launches apprenticeship program for Indigenous youth
- səl̓ilw̓ət
- In Vancouver, Indigenous Communities Get Prime Land, and Power (Published 2022)
- Massive Indigenous development could triple the number of residents in West Point Grey
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation School students do their part to help restore health of Burrard Inlet
- How Tsleil-Waututh Nation is restoring B.C. salmon habitat
- We Knew Vancouver’s Ecosystem Was Damaged. The Truth Is So Much Worse
- Confronting Vancouver’s devastation of Burrard Inlet
- Woven with love: Tsleil-Waututh Nation artist's robe in U.S. exhibit
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation unveils Metro Vancouver’s biggest solar power project
- Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations Welcome Coldplay to stage at BC Place
- Will George was called upon to protect his nation's land and waters, then was taken to court for doing so
- ‘It’s an honour’: Survivor touched by Tsleil-Waututh Nation reconciliation march
- Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh flags permanently raised at Stanley Park’s Brockton Point
- Children of Takaya exhibition highlights emerging Tsleil-Waututh artists
- Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations approve plan to implement UNDRIP in Vancouver
- Tsleil-Waututh language educators find allies across borders and oceans
- Urban runoff ‘disastrous to our way of life,’ Tsleil-Waututh Nation says
- Tsleil-Waututh make their own bet on green energy with solar project
- First Nations in favour of eliminating Vancouver Park Board
- Making Tangible the Intangible: Tsleil-Waututh and Lummi Nations Raise a Totem Pole in Solidarity
- All three First Nations express support to abolish Vancouver Park Board
- Return of Tsleil-Waututh canoe races brings healing to the community
- Celebration of Indigenous arts and culture at Tsleil-Waututh Nation Christmas fair
- 'Whatever it takes to stop them:' Tsleil-Waututh hold water ceremony in opposition to Kinder Morgan
- Indigenous Nations call for Vancouver Police Board representation
- ‘Coextinction’ – documentary featuring Tsleil-Waututh member aims to change hearts and minds
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation builds solar energy project for its North Vancouver administrative building
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation carver designs 30-foot totem for Burnaby oil refinery
- Construction begins on new Vancouver Art Gallery, featuring traditional Coast Salish design
- First Nations, B.C. gov't to build 2,600 homes in Vancouver
- Indigenous salmon stream caretaking: Ancestral lifeways to guide restoration, relationship, rights, and responsibilities
- Tsleil-Waututh measure erosion, pollution and overfishing since contact and industrialization in Burrard Inlet
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation receives funding to build a traditional longhouse
- Indigenous memoir demands change, respect and growth
- Prince Harry meets with Squamish, Lil'wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations
- Welcome Figures will greet all at Lions Gate Hospital
- Reconciliation and the value of 'being uncomfortable'
- Historic power deal puts Indigenous communities at heart of B.C.'s energy future
- Government to support Tsleil-Waututh Nation cannabis business
- Tsleil-Waututh blasts Kinder Morgan expansion as colonial land appropriation
- How One First Nation Is Bringing Vancouver Waters Back to Life
- North Vancouver secondary school given traditional, Tsleil-Waututh name
- Tsleil-Waututh Activist Will George Heads To Jail For Defending Territory From Trans Mountain
- Chief Jen Thomas: Acknowledging truths is our path forward together
- Upgrades to Maplewood Flats will strengthen connections with Tsleil-Waututh Nation culture
- Hereditary Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Ernest George, has died
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation reminds drivers to slow down near reserve as school returns
- The Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Environment and Climate Change Canada begin next step to make decisions together for Disposal at Sea
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation assert their role as protectors of the Sacred Trust
- Cultural tour to share the deep connection Tsleil-Waututh have to Maplewood Flats
- Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam flags to permanently fly at Stanley Park
- Indigenous challenge to Trans Mountain pipeline dismissed
- Tsleil-Waututh seek 45 acres of Maplewood for reserve land
- Where can I learn a First Nations language?
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation youth artist picked for national Pink Shirt Day design
- Prince Harry releases statement after 'special' visit during Invictus Games in Canada
- Prince Harry gifted sacred blanket during meaningful visit to Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Indigenous art at Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach Centre
- First Nations to buy 100% stake of key Vancouver housing project | Urbanized
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation to honour those who served on Indigenous Veterans Day
- Indigenous art at Vancouver General Hospital
- Local First Nations back City of Vancouver on abolishing elected park board
- 8 incredible murals by Indigenous artists to discover in Vancouver
- Brandi Morin: You want to help tame the colonial beast? Well, Ally up!
- Here's how to celebrate National Indigenous History Month on the North Shore
- Supreme Court ends Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh pipeline appeal
- Prince Harry releases statement after 'special' visit during Invictus Games in Canada
- Prince Harry breaks silence over 'special' visit hours after Meghan Markle's love message
- Prince Harry ‘profoundly moved’ as he takes part in traditional blanket ceremony in Canada...
- Prince Harry meets with Squamish, Lil'wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations
- Watch: Indigenous youth collaborate with music studio on powerful song
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
- Indigenous Kʷasən Village Master Plan In Burnaby Receives Final Approval
- How local Indigenous longshoremen founded Vancouver's first workers union
- Figure 1. Burrard Inlet and Tsleil-Waututh Nation Reserve and...
- Sustainable salmon fishing by Tsleil-Waututh confirmed in new study
- The Land is Our Future: UBCIC Celebrates the Work of Indigenous Peoples and Calls for Further Action
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation member becomes first Indigenous chancellor of Emily Carr University
- Tsleil-Waututh land defender to serve jail time over TMX protest
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the Government of Canada sign a Reconciliation Agreement
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Government of Canada sign Reconciliation Agreement
- Industrialization and food safety for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation: An analysis of chemical levels in shellfish in Burrard Inlet
- Trailblazing Secwépemc leader George Manuel memorialized on Canada Post stamp
- First Nations Urged to Vote in Upcoming Provincial Election
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation set to build much-needed 50-unit rental housing project
- Decreasing salmon populations disrupting Tsleil-Waututh Nation cultural practices, study finds
- Summer Smash Tennis is Making Tennis Accessible to Local First Nations in British Columbia
- FNLC Supports the Families of First Nation Victims Killed by Police and Calls for a Nation-Wide State of Emergency
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation urges banks to stop financing Trans Mountain Expansion Project
- Lil’wat Nation artist Levi Nelson chosen to design 2025 Invictus Games brand
- Opinion: Reconciliation is about a journey, not the destination
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation and federal government sign new reconciliation agreement
- FIFA drops Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation youth artist picked for national Pink Shirt Day design
- Prince Harry gifted sacred blanket during meaningful visit to Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Vancouver’s Gastown re-opens with no cars, enhanced First Nations touch
- 'We are strong': Tsleil-Waututh Nation lead powerful pilgrimage walk in North Vancouver (PHOTOS)
- ‘Coextinction’ – documentary featuring Tsleil-Waututh member aims to change hearts and minds
- Prince Harry Spends Valentine's Day Apart from Meghan Markle Visiting Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- CANUCKS HONOURED TO HOST 7TH ANNUAL FIRST NATIONS CELEBRATION, PRESENTED BY ROGERS
- FIFA drops Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations
- Land Values: How local real estate companies are drawing on Indigenous knowledge to level up as businesses
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation receives funding to build a traditional longhouse
- Indigenous cultures blend as Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Nations welcome New Zealand rugby stars
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation receives over $7.5 million to restore their shores
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation receives over $7.5 million to restore their shores
- FIFA drops Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples Want Canada to Start Listening
- ‘Time is now to make our voices heard again,’ Tsleil-Waututh Sacred Trust says of TMX pipeline
- Indigenous-led hydrogen project in B.C. seeks to supply transportation sector with decarbonization solutions
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation lend support to Wet’suwet’en struggle
- Prince Harry releases statement after 'special' visit during Invictus Games in Canada
- New $325 Paul Myers Tower in Northern Vancouver Honors Indigenous Community
- Federal government invests in shoreline adaptation and restoration for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Canada Discusses Vancouver Hot Spot’s Future With First Nations
- A pedestrianized Gastown reopens with nods to Indigenous history
- Indigenous communities adapt
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation & SFU sign agreement to advance reconciliation
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation and B.C. sign cannabis agreement
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation take to the seafloor to study Burrard Inlet's acidity
- How Tsleil-Waututh is revitalizing an ancestral dinner menu
Academic Research
Academic Research
- “Sunny ways” and broken promises: Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (2018) and the Liberal government's relationship with Indigenous Nations in Canada
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation: Our Lands to Share
- Traditional Knowledge in a Modern Context: Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Watuth Collaboration in Land Development
- Stewards of the Land, Water and Sky: Tsleil-Waututh Nation's Relationship with the Burrard Inlet
- Indigenous-led assessment processes as a way forward
- Coast Salish law and jurisdiction over natural resources: a case study with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Assessing continuity in the ancestral territory of the Tsleil-Waututh-Coast Salish, southwest British Columbia, Canada
- Tsleil-Waututh health, sickness, disease and treatment: an exploratory ethnography
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada: A case of easier said than done
- The rock painting/Xela: ls of the Tsleil-Waututh: A historicized Coast Salish practice
- Traditional Knowledge in a Modern Context: Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Watuth Collaboration in Land Development
- Traditional Knowledge in a Modern Context: Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Collaboration in Land Development
- Tsleil-Waututh health, sickness, disease and treatment: an exploratory ethnography
- How First Nations Benefit from
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