Gitsegukla Indian Band

Gitsegukla
Band No. 531
PeopleGitxsan
HeadquartersGitsegukla
Province British Columbia
Land
Main reserveGitsegukla 1
Reserves
  • Andimaul 1
  • Gitsegukla Logging 3
  • New Gitsegukla 2
Land area19.31 km2 (7.46 sq mi)
Population (2025)
On reserve388
On other land66
Off reserve657
Total population1111
Government
ChiefAnnie Howard
Website
www.gitsegukla.net
[1]

The Gitsegukla Indian Band (formerly Kitsegukla) are a First Nation based at the community of Gitsegukla (formerly Skeena Crossing) near the meeting of the Skeena and Gitsegukla River in northwestern B.C.[2]

Chief and Councillors

The Chief and Councillors listed below were elected in 2021, for a term that will end in 2024:[3]

Chief: Ann Howard

Councilors: Wendy Wesley, Brian Wesley Sr., Julia Walker, Crystal Smith, Thelma Marsden, Jennifer Gladstone-Howard, Mel Aksidan, Randy Russell

Treaty Process

History

Demographics

INAC number, 535 the Gitsegukla Indian Band has 914 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. ↑ "Gitxsan Treaty Society". Executive Council of British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Council Members". Gitsegukla First Nation. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Gitsegukla". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.