Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 04/26/2027
• CHIEF: MICAH THEVARGE
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
• MICAH THEVARGE
• DENNIS SILZER-SMITH
• CHANTEL THEVARGE
• DORIS PETERS

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.nquatqua.ca/
• PHONE NUMBER: (604) 452-3221
• FAX NUMBER: (604) 452-3295
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 88, D'ARCY, BC
• EMAILS:
• Chief MICAH THEVARGE:
• Councillor DENNIS SILZER-SMITH:
• Councillor CHANTEL THEVARGE:
• Councillor DORIS PETERS:
• 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 - N'Quatqua20122013.pdf
• 2006 - N'Quatqua20062007.pdf
• 2004 - N'Quatqua20042005.pdf
• 2003 - N'Quatqua20032004.pdf
• 2002 - N'Quatqua20022003.pdf
• 2001 - N'Quatqua20012002.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

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• N'Quatqua et al v. Thevarge et al
• N'Quatqua Logging Co. Ltd. v. Thevarge et al.

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• First Nations who shut Joffre Lakes Park say their goals were 'overshadowed' by tourism
• First Nations say they’re ‘shutting down’ public access to Joffre Lakes to harvest
• Working in collaboration with Líl ̓wat Nation and N’Quatqua around Pipi7íyekw/Joffre Lakes Park
• Temporary closures announced for Joffre Lakes Park
• Working together to preserve the natural beauty of Pipi7íyekw/Joffre Lakes Park
• B.C. First Nations ’shutting down’ access to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
• ‘I didn’t know I was an Indian. I was just from the community’
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• B.C., First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park to public
• Joffre Lakes Park stays shut for at least another week following First Nations closure
• Construction underway on first housing project in N’Quatqua
• 'Reconciliation in action': Why First Nations sought to close Joffre Lakes park from the public
• Joffre Lakes park to reopen Labour Day weekend while talks with First Nations continue
• Better dialogue with First Nations could have avoided Joffre Lakes closure, critics say
• First Nations who shut Joffre Lakes Park said their goals were 'overshadowed' by tourism
• 2 First Nations 'shutting down' Joffre Lakes access for more than a month to allow for harvest celebrations
• New affordable homes open for Elders, families of N'Quatqua Nation
• Here's when B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park will be closed in 2024
• B.C.’s Indigenous tourism sector is thriving—but not everyone is benefitting
• Here's when Joffre Lakes park will close this summer for First Nations' use
• First Nations men's group reclaims traditional territory
• B.C. government working with 'urgency' to resolve closure of Joffre Lakes Park by First Nations
• Joffre Lakes park closures for 2024
• Joffre Lakes Park to temporarily reopen for long weekend, says chief
• Joffre Lakes Park reopening to the public as First Nations, province reach agreement
• First Nations 'shutting down' access to popular B.C. park until Sept. 30
• Lil’wat Nation to close Joffre Lakes for periods over summer to 'conserve natural and cultural values'
• Joffre Lakes to reopen Sept. 19
• 'We sincerely apologize': BC Parks cancels backcountry, day passes to Joffre Lakes Park
• N'Quatqua blockade Portage Road at D'Arcy
• The FNHA’s Medication Return Event: supporting safe disposal of medications
• B.C., First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park to public
• New Film "Indian Road Trip" Is a Wacky Adventure from the Rez to Wreck Beach
• 'We sincerely apologize': BC Parks cancels backcountry, day passes to Joffre Lakes Park
• B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park will close again on Tuesday
• B.C., Lil’wat and N’Quatqua release new visitor strategy for Tenquille Lake
• 'We have their attention': Joffre Lakes Park to reopen temporarily, B.C. First Nation's chief says
• Rebecca Barley seeking fifth term as school board trustee
• The In-SHUCK-ch's road to reconciliation
• First Nations who shut Joffre Lakes Park say their goals were 'overshadowed' by tourism
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• B.C. First Nations close popular Joffre Lakes park for harvest celebration
• 'We drove all the way up here': Visitors confused by sudden closure of popular B.C. park
• Unresolved: Roxanne Elaine Fleming
• First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• First Nations who shut Joffre Lakes Park say their goals were 'overshadowed' by tourism
• B.C. First Nations ’shutting down’ access to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
• Joffre Lakes park to reopen Labour Day weekend while talks with First Nations continue
• Local First Nations close Joffre Lakes Park
• N'Quatqua Band will receive $14K for anti-domestic violence program
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• First Nations who shut Joffre Lakes Park say their goals were 'overshadowed' by tourism
• Joffre Lakes Park closed to recreational users until May 16
• Lil’wat, N’Quatqua, Province reach agreement on Joffre Lakes access
• Joffre Lakes to close for 3 periods this year under agreement with First Nations
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• B.C., First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park to public
• B.C., First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park to public
• First Nations 'shutting down' B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• First Nations ‘shutting down’ B.C.’s Joffre Lakes Park for more than a month
• Joffre Lakes Park closed until Sept. 15
• Popular BC park closed to public to give First Nations time to 'connect with the land'

Academic Research

• " LOVED TO DEATH": Conflicts between Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Settler Recreation, and Ontologies of Land in the Governance of Lilwat tmicw.
• Risks and impacts to First Nation health and the Mount Polley mine tailings dam failure
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• An Academic Take on" Indigenous Traditions and Ecology"
• Filter to retrieve studies related to Indigenous people of British Columbia from the OVID Medline Database
• Circle Work: Being Together as a Relation
• Late summer distribution of juvenile coho salmon in the Gates Creek watershed
• Learning at intercultural intersections: Towards equity, inclusion and reconciliation
• BC pursues fire ban violators
• Recognizing the diversity of BC's First Nations languages
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• 1. Project Information
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Shapeshifting between Spaces: Indigenous Leadership, Surviving within the Western Colonial System
• An Academic Take on" Indigenous Traditions and Ecology"
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership
• Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership