kwee-AH-kah | Kwiakah First Nation
Community Profile
- The Kwiakah First Nation is a First Nations band located in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, with traditional territories on northern Vancouver Island.
- Last Updated 2025-05-28 05:42:38 UTC
- Name: Kwiakah (ISC Code: 628)
- Former Names: Kweeha Band, Kwiakah Band
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Northwest Coast
- Indigenous Language: Kwak'wala
- Number of Registered Members: 21
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: Not Applicable
- CHIEF: STEVEN DICK
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:2
- STEVEN DICK
- ANDREAN DICK
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://kwiakah.com/index.htm
- PHONE NUMBER:
- FAX NUMBER:
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 437, STATION A, CAMPBELL RIVER, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief STEVEN DICK:
- Councillor ANDREAN DICK:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated 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
- 2011 - Kwiakah20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Kwiakah20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Kwiakah20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Kwiakah20082009.pdf
- 2006 - Kwiakah20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Kwiakah20052006.pdf
- 2003 - Kwiakah20032004.pdf
- 2001 - Kwiakah20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 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: 7028
MATSAYNO 5
48.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 1, AT HEAD AND EAST SIDE OF PHILLIPS ARM OF CARDERO CHANNEL OFF JOHNSTONE STRAIT
[50.5521384, -125.3597869] -
ISC Code: 7029
SAAIYOUCK 6
20.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE. 1, NORTHWEST OF STUART ISLAND, 2 MILES WEST OF ARRAN RAPIDS
[50.42234560000001, -125.1593593]
- Traditional lands located on northern Vancouver Island
- Encompasses coastal and forest regions near Campbell River
- Historically important fishing and hunting territories
- Key areas include Johnstone Strait and surrounding watersheds
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Kwiakah’s Centre for Excellence: A “Home Away from Home” for Guardians, Researchers
- First Nations counter Mowi, Cermaq and Grieg allegations against Canada's former fisheries minister
- New forest management area inside Great Bear Rainforest aims to offset lost revenues with carbon credits
- This small nation is taking big steps for the B.C Great Bear Rainforest
- Great Bear Rainforest ‘gift to the world’ came at our expense, says Kwiakah First Nation
- Public Asked For Input On Proposed Great Bear Rainforest Conservation Area
- First Nations seek name change for trio of Vancouver Island landforms
- Kwiakah Nation: Restoring Phillips Arm through Research and Indigenous Knowledge
- Gavin Woodburn
- First Nations request place name changes in Campbell River region
- Why colleges in Canada are ’hard-wired’ to the communities that surround them
- Coastal First Nations ahead of the curve in cultivating seaweed industry
- Spotlight on science: Clam gardens that bring people together - Gavin Woodburn
- First Nations
- Island chief disappointed with reception to Indigenous place names request
- B.C.'s smallest First Nation has big plans for a 'stewardship' economy
- Seaweed solutions
- Kwiakah nation turns fish farm site into Centre of Excellence
- Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names
- First Nations request place name changes in Campbell River region
- Kwiakah First Nation looks to open farm at old Campbell River gun range
- Tiny Kwiakah First Nation has big plans for solar-powered science hub on former fish farm
- Kwiakah Nation
- Indigenous cultural heritage policies as a pathway for Indigenous sovereignty and the role of local governments: an example with K'ómoks First Nation, British Columbia
- M̓ac̓inuxʷ Special Forest Management Area
- The Hidden Life of Trees in Kwiakah Territory
- Agreement returns lands to Wei Wai Kum First Nation
- A family-run B.C. sushi restaurant closed after 39 years. The whole community came out to say goodbye.
- Talking Stick – Summer 2016
- SD72 hires new Principal of Indigenous Education
- Final treaty negotiations for Canada, BC, Wei Wai Kum and Kwiakah
- Two Campbell River First Nations advance to final stage of treaty negotiation
- Chief disappointed by Campbell River council's Indigenous place name remarks
- Campbell River council officially backs Liǧʷiłdaxʷ place names request
- Council to hear case for Indigenous place names at Thursday meeting
- Watching kelp grow: Cascadia Seaweed and Tsawout Nation partner in burgeoning seaweed industry
- Invest In Stewardship
- Race underway to protect magical seaside BC forest
- Where Great Bear Rainforest Protection Is a Lie
- B.C.’s smallest First Nation has big plans for a ‘stewardship’ economy
- First Nations wary of consultation process on Discovery Islands fish farm decision
- Indigenous Peoples, B.C. collaborate for progress on reconciliation
- Island chief disappointed with reception to Indigenous place names request
- Vancouver Island First Nation chief tells mayors to butt out of Discovery Island fish farm consultations
- First Nations seek name change for Discovery Passage and other landforms
- Governments and coastal First Nations in B.C. endorse marine protection action plan
- Island chief disappointed with reception to Indigenous place names request
- Why colleges in Canada are ’hard-wired’ to the communities that surround them
- Conservation strengthened in Great Bear Rainforest
- Public asked for input on proposed Great Bear Rainforest conservation area
- Island chief disappointed with reception to Indigenous place names request
- Canada, B.C., Wei Wai Kum and Kwiakah First Nations advance to final treaty negotiations
- 2024 in Review: 24 Good News Stories from First Nations
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- Indigenous cultural heritage policies & local planning-A case study in the Land of Plenty
- Recognizing the diversity of BC's First Nations languages
- Fjord circulation permits a persistent subsurface water mass in a long, deep mid-latitude inlet
- The marine plan partnership: Indigenous community-based marine spatial planning
- British Columbia First Nations Set a Higher Bar for Collaborative Marine Response Preparedness
- Indigenous cultural heritage policies as a pathway for Indigenous sovereignty and the role of local governments: an example with K'ómoks First Nation, British …
- Lithic technologies of the Discovery Islands: Materials, stone tool production, and communities of skilled practitioners
- Walk with me: a community-engaged research response to the drug poisoning crisis
- Influence of Tugboats on the Underwater Soundscape Along the West Coast of Canada
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- First Nations Restoration Priorities in the Campbell River & Salmon River Watersheds
- SLOW MEDIA Community: Decolonized Media, The Camera as Witness
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- Lithic technologies of the Discovery Islands: Materials, stone tool production, and communities of skilled practitioners
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
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