Gitanmaax Band

Gitanmaax
Band No. 531
PeopleGitxsan
HeadquartersHazelton
Province British Columbia
Land
Main reserveGitanmaax 1
Reserves
  • Anlaw 4
  • Kisgegas
  • Ksoo-gun-ya 2A
  • Tsitsk 3
Land area23.778 km2 (9.181 sq mi)
Population (2025)
On reserve690
On other land106
Off reserve1856
Total population2652
Government
ChiefRoger Sterritt
Tribal Council
Gitksan Local Government Services Society
Website
www.gitanmaax.com
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The Gitanmaax Band is a band government of the Gitxsan people,[2] based near the meeting of the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers, adjacent to the village of Hazelton and 5 km west of New Hazelton, in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.[3] Gitanmaax is the traditional name of the winter village which become the current reserve. Gitanmaax means "People who fish by torchlight" in the upriver Gigeenix Dialect of the Gitsanimaax language.

Chief and Councillors

Treaty Process

History

Demographics

The Gitanmaax Band Council has 2,147 members.[4]

Economic Development

Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities

References

  1. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Office of Gitanmaax website Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Gitxsan Treaty Society". Executive Council of British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Gitanmaax". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.