laks kwah-lahms | Lax Kw'alaams First Nation
Community Profile
- Lax Kw'alaams is a First Nation community situated in northwestern British Columbia, with a rich maritime and cultural heritage
- Last Updated 2025-05-06 17:32:53 UTC
- Name: Lax Kw'alaams (ISC Code: 674)
- Former Names: Port Simpson Band
- Band Style: Tsimshian First Nation
- Cultural Area: Pacific Northwest Coast
- Indigenous Language: Sm'algyax
- Number of Registered Members: 4244
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/23/2027
- CHIEF: Not Applicable
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:12
- THELMA JEAN SANKEY
- BRADEN DUDOWARD
- GAYLE DEBRA BEDARD
- SHAWN WHITE
- SHARON ODELL WESLEY
- JOEY WESLEY
- LONNIE COREEN MATHER
- GERALDINE D. ALEXCEE
- THEODORE (TED) WHITE
- KELLY SAMPSON
- DEBRA LEAH KELLY
- LEONA CHARLOTTE WELLS
- GARY M. REECE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.laxkwalaams.ca
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 625-3293
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 625-3246
- ADDRESS: 206 SHASHAAK STREET, LAX KW'ALAAMS, BC
- EMAILS:
- Councillor THELMA JEAN SANKEY:
- Councillor BRADEN DUDOWARD:
- Councillor GAYLE DEBRA BEDARD:
- Councillor SHAWN WHITE:
- Councillor SHARON ODELL WESLEY:
- Councillor JOEY WESLEY:
- Councillor LONNIE COREEN MATHER:
- Councillor GERALDINE D. ALEXCEE:
- Councillor THEODORE (TED) WHITE:
- Councillor KELLY SAMPSON:
- Councillor DEBRA LEAH KELLY:
- Councillor LEONA CHARLOTTE WELLS:
- Mayor GARY M. REECE:
- 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
- 2011 - Lax Kw'alaams20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Lax Kw'alaams20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Lax Kw'alaams20092010.pdf
- 2006 - Lax Kw'alaams20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Lax Kw'alaams20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Lax Kw'alaams20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Lax Kw'alaams20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Lax Kw'alaams20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Lax Kw'alaams20012002.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: 7833
ALASTAIR 80
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 7184, ON EAST SHORE OF ALASTAIR LAKE, 13 MILES SOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.1317086, -129.1777417] -
ISC Code: 7761
DASHKEN 22
3.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON EAST SHORE OF SMITH ISLAND AT MOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.1537162, -130.1604796] -
ISC Code: 7774
ENSHESHESE 13
18.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON THE EAST SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL AT MOUTH OF THE ENSHESHESE RIVER
[54.5034488, -130.228407] -
ISC Code: 7819
IMKUSIYAN 65
5.0 Hectares
COAST S\DIST. RGE5,LT 3929, ON RIGHT BANK OF WINDSOR RVR 1/2 MILE S. OF MOUTH OF SKEENA RVR @ WINDSOR PT.
[54.189696, -129.7310534] -
ISC Code: 7824
KASIKA 71
3.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3934, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE KASIKS RIVER 1 MILE NORTH OF MOUTH ON SKEENA RIVER
[54.303911, -129.3959436] -
ISC Code: 7757
KHYEX 8
17.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER AT MOUTH OF KHYEX RIVER
[54.2352368, -129.8085183] -
ISC Code: 7839
KLAKELSE 86
14.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 7179 ON LEFT BANK OF SKEENA RVR 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF THE LAKELSE RIVER
[54.4226767, -128.8189418] -
ISC Code: 7808
KNAMADEEK 52
2.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3943 ON EASTERLY SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL, 11 MILES FROM PORTLAND INLET
[54.53672539999999, -130.2627876] -
ISC Code: 7770
LAX KW'ALAAMS 1
10857.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, AT PORT SIMPSON, ON THE TSIMPSEAN PENINSULA
[54.554381, -130.43393] -
ISC Code: 7789
DUNDAS ISLAND 32B
18.2 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE. 5, LOTS 3923,24,25,27,61,62,72,73, ON DUNDAS ISL. CHATHAM SOUND AND LOT 3919 SMALL ISL. S. OF ABV
[54.52712088615144, -130.8624238603132] -
ISC Code: 7827
DZAGAYAP 74
4.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE.5 5, LOT 3937, ON LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER 2 MILES SE OF MOUTH OF EXCHAMSIKS RIVER
[54.3181595, -129.2604462] -
ISC Code: 7809
ENSHESHESE 53
2.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3946, ON EAST SHORE OF WORK CHANEEL AT MOUTH OF THE ENSHESHESE RIVER
[54.506344, -130.2340013] -
ISC Code: 7780
FINLAYSON ISLAND 19
630.9 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON SOUTHEAST SHORE OF FINLAYSON ISLAND, 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT SIMPSON
[54.5361463, -130.4644412] -
ISC Code: 7828
GITANDOIKS 75
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 7180, ON LEFT BANK OF THE S SKEENA RIVER, 1 MILE WEST OF MOUTH OF THE GITNADOIX RIVER
[54.3198647, -129.2251253] -
ISC Code: 7829
GITANDOIKS 76
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 7187, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SKEENA RIVER AT MOUTH OF THE GITNADOIX RIVER
[54.3191358, -129.206561] -
ISC Code: 7822
IAKGWAS 69
0.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 4, LOT 2584 ON KLEWNUGGIT INLET AT ENTRANCE TO BRODIE LAKE OFF GRENWILLE CHANNEL
[53.66693840000001, -129.7167659] -
ISC Code: 7821
IAKVAS 68
20.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 4, LOT 2586 AT FIRST RAPIDS ON THE ECSTALL RIVER 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON LAKE
[53.8583552, -129.4964802] -
ISC Code: 7801
KNAMES 45
6.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3970, ON KWINAMASS RIVER NEAR HEAD OF KWINAMASS BAY OFF STEAMER PASSAGE
[54.7749636, -130.10717] -
ISC Code: 7820
KNOKMOLKS 67
2.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 4, LOT 2587, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE ECSTALL RIVER, A TRIBUTARY OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[53.9332983, -129.6663272] -
ISC Code: 7806
KSABASN 50
1.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3940 IN SECTION 27, TP.1, ON TSIMPSIAN PENINSULA FRONTING ON WORK CHANNEL
[54.6113127, -130.3835496] -
ISC Code: 7816
KSAGWISGWAS 62
19.3 Hectares
COAST RIVER RANGE 5 LOT 3977, ON LEFT BANK OF THE KHYEX RIVER 8 MILES NORTH OF MOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.35458120000001, -129.7870846] -
ISC Code: 7837
KSTUS 84
14.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 7177, ON LEFT BANK OF THE EXSTEW RIVER, 5 MILES ABOVE MOUTH ON THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.450885, -129.1178544] -
ISC Code: 7799
KSADAGAMKS 43
2.3 Hectares
COAST DIST RGE 5,LOT 3958, ON E. TIP ORF WALES ISLAND AT SWAIN PT. ENTRANCE TO PORTLAND INLET, INCLS. SMALL ISLANDS
[54.7568169, -130.4370755] -
ISC Code: 7838
KSAMES 85
8.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 7178, ON LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER, 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF SHAMES C.N. STATION
[54.3939069, -128.9229896] -
ISC Code: 7818
KYEX 64
3.1 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE 5 LOT 3928 ON LEFT BANK OF KHYEX RIVER 3 MLS NORTH OF MOUTH OF SKEENA RIVER
[54.2700231, -129.7874966] -
ISC Code: 7764
LAKELSE 25
8.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE LAKELSE RIVER 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF LAKELSE LAKE
[54.3811282, -128.6175851] -
ISC Code: 7784
KETAI 28
1.9 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 4, LOT 2588, ON NORTH SHORE OF HEVENOR INLET, WEST COAST OF PITT ISLAND
[21.5616575, -158.0715983] -
ISC Code: 7762
KSHAOOM 23
2.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, AT NORTH END OF DE HORSEY ISLAND AT MOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.1464167, -130.1491404] -
ISC Code: 7777
LACHMACH 16
11.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, NEAR THE HEAD OF WORK CHANNEL AT MOUTH OF THE LACHMACH RIVER
[54.3055124, -129.9821846] -
ISC Code: 7840
LAKGEAS 87
4.9 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RGE 5, LT3967, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE LAKELSE RIVER 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKELSE LAKE
[54.3916471, -128.6249782] -
ISC Code: 10025
POINT VEITCH 7
6.2 Hectares
RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 7776
TOON 15
8.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, AT HEAD OF QUOTTON INLET OF WORK CHANNEL, AT MOUTH OF THE TOOM RIVER
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 7807
KTAMGAODZEN 51
4.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 3941, ON EASTERLY SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL, 5 MILES FROM PORTLAND INLET
[43.6590993, -70.2568189] -
ISC Code: 7830
PSACELAY 77
3.9 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE. 5, LOT 7181, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE GITNADOIX RIVER, AT MOUTH OF CLAY CREEK
[54.2895051, -129.1841271] -
ISC Code: 7782
SALVUS 26
1.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3979, ON RIGHT BANK OF SKEENA RIVER, AT MOUTH OF KASIKS RIVER
[54.2923564, -129.4039813] -
ISC Code: 7759
SCUTTSAP 11
1.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER, 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF KWINITSA C.N. STATION
[54.2140755, -129.5614953] -
ISC Code: 7778
SPAKELS 17
7.7 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON EAST SHORE OF SOMMERVILLE ISLAND, FRONTING ON STEAMER PASSAGE
[54.72567470000001, -130.2331199] -
ISC Code: 7812
SPANAKNOK 57
1.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3948, ON EAST SHORE OF QUOTTOON INLET OF WORK CHANNEL
[54.47222009999999, -130.0676021] -
ISC Code: 7804
SPOKWAN 48
2.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3942, ON SOUTHEAST SHORE OF STEAMER PASSAGE, OFF PORTLAND INLET
[45.515232, -122.6783853] -
ISC Code: 10024
TSIMPSEAN 2A
4114.0 Hectares
RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 10026
WILLACLOUGH 6
10.2 Hectares
RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 7803
ME-YAN-LAW 47
2.9 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 3939, ON SOUTH COAST OF SOMER- VILLE ISLAND FRONTING ON STEAMER PASSAGE
[54.7109181, -130.2943104] -
ISC Code: 7763
MEANLAW 24
2.7 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER 2 MILES NORTH OF VEITCH POINT
[54.170173, -130.0386313] -
ISC Code: 7810
NDAKDOLK 54
2.1 Hectares
COAST DIST RGE 5, LT 3949, ON EAST SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL 6 MILES NORTH OF ENTRANCE TO QUOTTOON INLET
[54.4829679, -130.2126846] -
ISC Code: 7792
NISHANOCKNAWNAK 35
49.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RGE 5, LOT 3951 ON EASTERLY SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL AT ENTRANCE TO QUOTTOON INLET
[54.4229686, -130.1177143] -
ISC Code: 7783
PITT ISLAND 27
2.2 Hectares
COAST DIST, RGE 4, LOT 2589, WEST SHORE OF PITT ISLAND AT ENTRANCE TO HEVENOR INLET FROM PETRELK CHANNEL
[53.6230243, -130.0631822] -
ISC Code: 7787
PRINCE LEBOO ISLAND 32
83.4 Hectares
COAST DIST, RGE 5, LOT 3918, ENTIRE PRINCE LEBOO ISLAND, OFF SOUTHWEST TIP OF DUNDAS ISLAND, HECATE STRAIT
[54.4575103, -130.9821028] -
ISC Code: 7841
RED BLUFF 88
135.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE 5, LOT 3965, ON NORTH SIDE OF NASS BAY, AT MOUTH OF THE NASS RIVER
[54.9947509, -129.6980587] -
ISC Code: 7786
UNION BAY 31
41.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5 LOT 3938, AT S. END OF UNION INLET 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOGAN ISLAND, CHATHAM SOUND
[-39.2212374, 146.9858279] -
ISC Code: 7775
WILSKASKAMMEL 14
3.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, ON EAST SHORE OF QUOTTOON INLET OF WORK CHANNEL, 13 ,MILES NORTHEAST OF PRINCE RUPERT
[41.270015, -72.8958535] -
ISC Code: 7815
WUDZIMAGON 61
2.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE 5, LOT 3944, ON SOUTHERLY SHORE NEAR HEAD OF WORK CHANNEL, OFF PORTLAND INLET
[59.00000000000001, -2.9] -
ISC Code: 7788
ZAYAS ISLAND 32A
6.4 Hectares
COAST DIST, RGE 5, LTS 3926,59&60, 3 PARCELS ON NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH SHORE OF ZAYAS ISLAND, WEST OF DUNDAS ISLAND
[54.6094442, -131.046184] -
ISC Code: 7834
ALASTAIR 81
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 7183, ON EAST SHORE OF ALASTAIR LAKE, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.102056, -129.1744687] -
ISC Code: 7772
SCUTTSAP 11A
11.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE 5, LOT 3932, LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RVR 1 MILE S.W. OF KWINITSA C.N. STN. ADJOINS I.R. NO. 11
[54.2123564, -129.5617354] -
ISC Code: 7794
BILL LAKE 37
1.4 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE 5, LOT 3953 AT NORTH END OF BILL LAKE, 2 MILES E. OF WORK CHNL., 2 MILES S. OF
[54.4077417, -130.059817] -
ISC Code: 7779
BIRNIE ISLAND 18
45.9 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE. 5, ENTIRE BIRNIE ISLAND IN INSKIP PASSAGE 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT SIMPSON
[54.59676460000001, -130.4591645] -
ISC Code: 7790
CHANNEL ISLANDS 33
28.2 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE 5, LOTS 3921 & 22, NORTHERLY 2 ISLANDS OF THE NARES GROUP, IN HUDSON BAY PASSAGE SOUTH OF DUNDAS ISL
[54.5190241, -130.8218319] -
ISC Code: 7791
FAR WEST POINT 34
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3920, ON MOST WESTERLY POINT OF DUNIRA ISLAND, WEST CHATHAM SOUND
[54.4300793, -130.8323238] -
ISC Code: 7785
KASIKS RIVER 29
27.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3978, AT HEAD OF THE KASIKS RIVER 10 MILES N. OF KWINITSA C.N. STATION
[54.3408184, -129.5191299] -
ISC Code: 7802
KNAMES 46
11.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3971, ON THE KWINAMASS RIVER ADJOINING LACHMACH I.R. #16 AND KNAMES I.R. #45
[54.7715926, -130.1094417] -
ISC Code: 7817
KSAGWISGWAS 63
3.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 3930, ON LEFT BANK OF THE KHYEX RIVER 5 MILES NORTH OF MOUTH ON THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.2937234, -129.7542747] -
ISC Code: 7836
KSTUS 83
11.4 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE.5, LOT 7176, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE EXSTEW RIVER, 3 MILES ABOVE MOUTH ON THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.42519429999999, -129.0833916] -
ISC Code: 7811
MAGANKTOON 56
7.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3945, ON WEST SHORE OF DAVIES BAY AT HEAD OF WORK CHANNEL
[59.00000000000001, -2.9] -
ISC Code: 7797
MAKLAKSADAGMAKS 41
3.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE R LOT 3955, ON PEARSE ISLAND ON A BAY ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF WALES PASSAGE OFF PORTLAND INLET
[54.7858422, -130.4331766] -
ISC Code: 7813
MEYANLOW 58
33.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 3954, AT HEAD OF QUOTTOON INLET OF WORK CHANNEL
[54.5095859, -129.9822716] -
ISC Code: 7814
SPAYAKS 60
1.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3947, ON EASTERLY SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL, ABOUT 5 MILES FROM ITS HEAD
[54.35955269999999, -130.0554582] -
ISC Code: 7773
TYMGOWZAN 12
29.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE 5, ON SOUTH SHORE OF HOGAN ISLAND, AT ENTRANCE TO WORK CHANNEL FROM PORTLAND INLET
[54.6386519, -130.4083038] -
ISC Code: 7835
ALASTAIR 82
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 7182 AT SOUTH END OF ALASTAIR LAKE, 18 MILES SOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.0651466, -129.1930983] -
ISC Code: 7823
ALDER CREEK 70
4.0 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3935, ON LEFT BANK OF SKEENA RIVER, AT MOUTH OF ALDER CREEK
[54.2380273, -129.4254284] -
ISC Code: 7795
CARM CREEK 38
2.0 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE 5, LT 3969, RIGHT BANK OF THE KHUTZEYMATEEN RIVER FLW. INTO KHUT. INLET, JUST W. OF MOUTH OF CARM CREEK
[54.6155138, -129.7881155] -
ISC Code: 7831
IAKWULGYIYAPS 78
4.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 7186 ON RIGHT BANK OF THE GITNADOIX RIVER 5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUTH OF THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.2588102, -129.1859882] -
ISC Code: 7796
KATEEN RIVER 39
1.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3968, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE KATEEN RIVER, 5 MILES .E. OF HEAD OF KHUTZEYMATTEN INLET
[54.656536, -129.80877] -
ISC Code: 7758
KHTAHDA 10
1.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, ON LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER AT MOUTH OF THE KHTADA RIVER
[54.1774194, -129.597472] -
ISC Code: 7800
KSADSKS 44
1.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3957, ON SOUTH COAST OF WALES ISLAND NORTH OF TRACY ISLAND
[54.71822450000001, -130.5083864] -
ISC Code: 7798
MAKLAKSADAGMAKS 42
17.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5 LOT 3956, ON MOST NORTHERLY TIP OF WALES ISLAND WEST ENTRANCE TO PORTLAND INLET
[54.8233224, -130.4951981] -
ISC Code: 7832
TSEMKNAWALQAN 79
4.8 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RGE 5, LOT 7185, ON LEFT BANK OF THE GITNADOIX RIVER, 8 MILES S. OF MOUTH ON THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.2060497, -129.1884169] -
ISC Code: 7781
BURNT CLIFF ISLANDS 20
27.1 Hectares
COAST DIST. RGE 5, 2 ISLDS OFF W. SHORE OF TSIMPSEAN PENN. WEST OF TSIMPSEAN I.R. NO 2, 5 MLS SW OF PT. SIMPSON
[54.49344989999999, -130.4621169] -
ISC Code: 7826
DZAGAYAP 73
8.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3937, ON LEFT BANK OF THE SKEENA RVR 2 MILES SW OF MOUTH OF THE EXCHAMSIKS RIVER
[54.3026901, -129.3050685] -
ISC Code: 7825
KASIKA 72
4.2 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3933, ON LEFT BANK OF THE KASIKS RIVER 2 MLS N. OF MOUTH ON THE SKEENA RIVER
[54.3144562, -129.3980658] -
ISC Code: 7805
KHUTZEMATEEN 49
2.6 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT RANGE 5, LOT 3966 AT MOUTH OF THE KHUTZEY- MATEEN RIVER AT HEAD OF KHUTZEY. INLET OFF PORTLAND INLET
[43.6590993, -70.2568189] -
ISC Code: 7793
KASIKA 36
2.5 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, RANGE 5, LOT 3952, ON EAST SHORE OF WORK CHANNEL AT MOUTH OF STREAM FROM BILL LAKE
[54.3857614, -130.0831493]
- Traditional lands encompass coastal regions of northwestern British Columbia
- Includes territories around Port Simpson and surrounding coastal areas
- Historically extended along the Skeena River watershed
- Key geographic areas include coastal inlets, marine territories, and adjacent inland regions
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Sustainable Resource Management) et al
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Minister of Sustainable Resource Mgmt.
- The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. The Attorney General of Canada et al.
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Ferguson Gifford v. Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band
- Lax Kw'Alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)
- Reece v. Canada
- The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. The Attorney General of Canada et al
- Garry Reece and Harold Leighton, on their behalf and on the behalf of the members of the Allied Tribes of Lax Kw'Alaams and Metlakatla v. His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of British Columbia, et al.
- Lax Kw’alaams Indian Band, represented by Chief Councillor Garry Reece on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Lax Kw’alaams Indian Band, and Others v. Attorney General of Canada and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia
- Lax Kw'Alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation v. Canada (Fisheries, Oceans and Coast Guard)
- The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. The Attorney General of Canada
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Lax Kw’alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- West Fraser Mills v. Members of Lax Kw'Alaams
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Lax Kw'Alaams Indian Band et al v. Minister of Forests & West Fraser Mills Ltd. et al
- Leisure Aquatics Inc. v. Lax Kw’alaams Band
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests)
- Ferguson v. Lax Kw'Alaams
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Sustainable Resource Management)
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Lax Kw’alaams Raises Alarms Over Proposed Treaties on National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Lax Kw'alaams takes DFO to court over proposed fishing restrictions
- SAAM Towage Canada forms industry 1st alliance with indigenous communities
- By rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trial
- Indigenous public health advocates share strategies for dismantling colonial structures
- Alignment with Indigenous communities is the answer to completing energy projects: Chris Sankey for Inside Policy
- I was raised in an Indigenous community — but even that doesn’t make me Indigenous
- Lax Kw'alaams community celebrates first ever high school graduation
- Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla oppose commercial herring fishery
- Fire destroys 147-year-old church in Lax Kw'alaams First Nation
- Legal Battle Over Marine Protected Areas: Lax Kw’alaams Band Challenges Lack of Consultation
- Seventy new homes for Lax Kw’alaams Band coming to Prince Rupert
- 206 homes for Indigenous people in the North Coast and Skeena region
- Lelu Island LNG project divides First Nations as protest continues
- B.C LNG deal worth $1 billion pitched to Lax Kw'alaams First Nation
- Ts'msyen Nation's Lynda Gray propels reconciliation forward with First Nations 101
- For the Lax Kw’alaams, cultural identity is priceless compared to LNG
- Nisga’s Ksi Lisims LNG faces opposition by Lax Kw’alaams over emission concerns
- Coast Tsimshian to hold information blockade on land transfer to Nisga’a
- Nisga’a Nation’s LNG plans face opposition from neighbouring Indigenous group over climate concerns
- First Nations Major Projects Coalition and First Nations Climate Initiative Sign MOU to Advance an Indigenous Led Net Zero Framework
- CBC British Columbia launches new podcast for Indigenous History Month
- Ridley Terminals rebrands to reflect indigenous ownership
- Ex-principal loses B.C. teaching licence after misappropriating funds from First Nations school
- Submersible craft grapples ‘ghost’ fishing gear from Prince Rupert ocean floor
- U.S. equity firms, First Nations buy Ridley Terminals from federal government
- After years of erasure, Phil Gray says telling contemporary Indigenous art from traditional is hard
- North American Indigenous Games results for North Coast/Haida Gwaii
- Lax Kw'alaams Band reject $1B LNG deal near Prince Rupert
- First Nation in community of Lax Kw’alaams sees first Grade 12 graduation
- Pro-pipeline First Nations spar with environmental activists over 'devastating' tanker ban bill
- First Grade 12 class to graduate from northern B.C. First Nations community
- Tragic Childhood Paves Path Toward Energy for Indigenous Entrepreneur Chris Sankey
- Indigenous hunters are protecting animals, land and waterways
- B.C. Votes 2017: North Coast riding profile
- Indigenous Canadians say no to oil giant’s $1 billion offer: "this is not a money issue"
- First Nations have created a robust conservation economy in Great Bear Rainforest: Report
- Lax Kw’alaams breaks ground on 70 unit affordable housing development
- Port of Prince Rupert expands capacity
- Coast Tsimshian Seafood: How Lax Kw’alaams Shifted to a Sustainable and Locally Owned Fishing Industry
- Action at All Native Basketball tournament creates backdrop for new novel from B.C. author
- Robin R. R. Gray
- Increased marine needs calls for new tug and marine service in Prince Rupert
- More than 1,100 new homes coming for Indigenous peoples
- B.C. First Nation launches court challenge over LNG plant effect on salmon
- Indigenous leaders strive for economic growth as they tout B.C. LNG
- Funding coming for Indigenous Coast Guard auxiliary
- Lax Kw'alaams takes DFO to court over proposed fishing restrictions
- Lax Kw’alaams taking action after ill-advised opening announced by Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla oppose commercial herring fishery
- 206 homes for Indigenous people in the North Coast and Skeena region
- Project connects people of Lax Kw’alaams with high-speed internet
- Partnership with Lax Kw’alaams Band brings new affordable homes to community
- High-speed internet available in Lax Kw’alaams
- BC First Nations Adamantly Oppose LNG on Lelu Island Despite Province Claims
- High-Speed Internet Reaches Lax Kw’alaams, Advancing Connectivity for First Nations Communities
- North Coast First Nations receive clean energy funding
- Meet the Indigenous Occupiers Challenging Development on Canada’s Lelu Island
- For First Nations peoples, effects of European contact are recorded in the genome
- Nov 11, 2015 - Defending Wild Salmon: 1st Nations Call on Prime Minister to Reject Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
- Lax Kw’alaams band says No to $1.15-billion LNG deal
- Proposed treaty would give Kitselas First Nation self-governance
- First Nations granted role overseeing proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG facility
- B.C. indigenous leaders bring case against LNG terminal to Ottawa
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation Rejects LNG Terminal
- Coast Tsimshian protest sale of land to Nisga'a
- Lax Kw’alaams Responds to Gitxaala Nation’s Legal Claim
- Cartographies of Deep Time: Archaeology in Prince Rupert Harbour, BC
- First Nations Commit to Fight Climate Change Internationally, Launch Northwest Coast First Nations Collaborative Climate Initiative
- Part III: Saving an Indigenous language by teaching adults and creating an app
- 206 homes for Indigenous people in the North Coast and Skeena region
- Province funds nine Indigenous housing projects in the North
- We have become our own worst enemy.
- At the All Native Basketball Tournament, Stoking Friendship and Pride
- Fire destroys church in Lax Kw’alaams
- Gas field workers push for LNG while Indigenous protesters vow to stop it
- Wet’suwet’en Strong shirts dominate All Native Tournament
- Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a ‘public health crisis,’ doctors say
- All Native Basketball Tournament
- At the All Native Basketball Tournament, Stoking Friendship and Pride
- At the All Native Basketball Tournament, Stoking Friendship and Pride
- Coast Tsimshian to hold information blockade on land transfer to Nisga’a
- Coast Tsimshian to hold information blockade on land transfer to Nisga’a
- Ghost gear busters
- Ghost gear busters
- Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024
- Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation in Northwest B.C. vote down historic new constitution
- B.C. North Coast First Nation to vote on historic constitution
- Nisga'a Nation Purchase of Lands in the Vicinity of Nasoga Gulf
- Lax Kw'alaams says crown has no duty to consult with Kitkatla on Prince Rupert area projects
- Lax Kw’alaams propose checkpoint between Prince Rupert and Terrace
- Partnership with Lax Kw’alaams Band brings new affordable homes to community
- Lax Kw’alaams Hereditary Chiefs Refute Port Authority Letter
- 206 homes for Indigenous people in the North Coast and Skeena region
- Accusations of misinformation at First Nations’ community meetings about Pacific Northwest LNG
- LNG exports will impede fishing rights: First Nations
- LNG’s proposed Lelu Island natural gas terminal stirs a First Nations debate
- Two First Nations bands hiring
- 206 homes for Indigenous people in the North Coast and Skeena region
- Hereditary tribal chiefs, matriarchs challenge Pacific NorthWest LNG critic
- Nisga’s Ksi Lisims LNG faces opposition by Lax Kw’alaams over emission concerns
- Lax Kw'alaams added as a defendant in case involving Kitkatla and the City of Prince Rupert
- Mission Rotary Club creates new library
- Lax Kw'alaams takes DFO to court over proposed fishing restrictions
- Judicial review of federal support for B.C. coastal protections is premature, rules Federal Court
- B.C. First Nation mayor says tanker ban will impose 'hardship'
- B.C. North Coast First Nation to vote on historic constitution
- Lax Kw’alaams Leaders Unite in Historic Governance Accord, Pave Way for Written Constitution Referendum
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation Constitution Referendum Fails to Pass
- Lax Kw’alaams Calls for Halt to Kitselas Treaty Vote
- New agreements strengthen economic future for Lax Kw’alaams
- Divide and conquer
- Divide and Conquer: The Threatened Community at the Heart of the PNW LNG Project
- B.C. First Nations group rejects $1-billion offer from LNG venture
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation in Northwest B.C. vote down historic new constitution
- Lax Kw’alaams First Nation to Vote on Historic Constitution
- Indigenous public health advocates share strategies for dismantling colonial structures
- Douglas Todd: 'Please bring us more books,' First Nations librarians ask
- Wind-powered hydrogen development possibility near Prince Rupert
- Investigation finds no vote occurred in Lax Kw’alaams First Nation supporting Petronas deal, despite B.C. premier’s claim
- First Nations divided on impacts of tanker ban at Northern B.C. Senate hearings
- Area First Nations benefit from LNG Canada project
- First Nations filing lawsuits against Pacific NorthWest LNG project
- Supreme Court says Lax Kw'alaams have no Aboriginal right to commercial fishery on own territory
- Lax Kw’alaams prepare to lead All Native opening ceremonies
- Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla win an injunction regarding Nasoga Lands territory dispute
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Community involvement in" mega-project" planning: a case study of the relationship between the Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band and Dome Petroleum
- Case Comment: Whose Claim Is It, Anyway?: Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v Canada (AG), 2011 SCC 56 3 SCR 535
- Aboriginal Title to Submerged Lands in Canada: Will Tsilhqot'in Sink or Swim
- Aboriginal Rights, Canada's Specific Claims Policy, and the Case of
- Whose Claim Is It, Anyway-Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. Canada (AG), 2011 SCC 56, 3 SCR 535
- The Lax Kw'alaams and Why Property Rights Matter
- Why is Adoption Like a First Nations' Feast?: Lax Kw'alaam Indigenizing Adoptions in Child Welfare
- The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band and Others v. The Attorney General of Canada and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia
- Fishing for foresters: a new institutional analysis of community participation in an aboriginal-owned forest company.
- Canadian Community Rejects $1 Billion Fee for Natural Gas Project.
- Community involvement in" mega-project" planning: a case study of the relationship between the Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band and Dome Petroleum
- Frederick Alexcee's Entangled Gazes
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