lyərd | Liard First Nation
Community Profile
- The Liard First Nation is an indigenous community situated in the Yukon Territory, with a rich cultural heritage connected to the boreal forest and traditional lands surrounding the Liard River region.
- Last Updated 2025-05-08 23:48:09 UTC
- Name: Liard First Nation (ISC Code: 502)
- Former Names: Liard Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest/Taiga
- Indigenous Language: Kaska
- Number of Registered Members: 1264
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 07/10/2026
- CHIEF: STEPHEN CHARLIE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- STEPHEN CHARLIE
- MALCOLM GROAT
- CATHERINE PORTER
- SUSAN MAGUN
- KYLA MAGUN
- JOSEPH JULES
- HARLAN SCHILLING
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.theyukon.ca/cdps/cditem.cfm?nid=205
- PHONE NUMBER: (867) 536-7901
- FAX NUMBER: (867) 536-2332
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 328, WATSON LAKE, YT
- EMAILS:
- Chief STEPHEN CHARLIE:
- Councillor MALCOLM GROAT:
- Councillor CATHERINE PORTER:
- Councillor SUSAN MAGUN:
- Councillor KYLA MAGUN:
- Councillor JOSEPH JULES:
- Deputy Chief HARLAN SCHILLING:
- 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 Liard First Nation
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dene Council
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dene Council
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dena Council
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dena Council
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dena Council
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dena Council
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements Liard First Nation
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements Daylu Dena Council
- 2012 - Liard First Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Liard First Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Liard First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Liard First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Liard First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Liard First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Liard First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Liard First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Liard First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Liard First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Liard First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Liard First Nation20012002.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 Liard First Nation
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dene Council
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dene Council
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dena Council
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dena Council
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dena Council
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dena Council
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Liard First Nation
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses Daylu Dena Council
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 8430
BLUE RIVER 1
65.2 Hectares
CASSIAR DIST. LOT 4565, ON LEFT BANK OF THE BLUE RIVER AT ITS MOUTH ON THE DEASE RIVER
[59.28214999999999, -129.816895] -
ISC Code: 8431
DEASE RIVER 2 (LIARD RIVER BAND)
157.4 Hectares
6.4 KM NE/NE MOUTH/EMBOUCHURE BLUE RIVER IN B.C.
[59.61717297888923, -128.8480574485514] -
ISC Code: 8427
DEASE RIVER 3 (LIARD RIVER BAND)
51.4 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT LOT 5467 ON LEFT BANK OF THE DEASE RIVER OPPOSITE MOUTH OF RAPID RIVER
[59.61717297888923, -128.8480574485514] -
ISC Code: 8433
LIARD RIVER 3
271.9 Hectares
CASSIAR DIST. LTS 5461 & 5463, ON LEFT BANK OF THE LIARD RVR 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE LOWER POST, ALASKA HIGHWAY
[60.7524948, -137.5101418] -
ISC Code: 8426
MCDAMES CREEK 2
55.8 Hectares
CASSIAR CREEK LOT 5468, ON RIGHT BANK OF THE DEASE RIVER AT MOUTH OF MCDAMES CREEK
[59.17955, -129.227859] -
ISC Code: 8429
MOSQUITO CREEK 5
518.0 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT LOT 5469 ON MAJOR HART RIVER A TRIBUTARY OF THE TURNAGAIN RIVER 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRY LAKE
[43.2994285, -74.21793260000001] -
ISC Code: 8432
MUDDY RIVER 1
70.8 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT LOT 5462 ON LEFT BANK OF THE LIARD RIVER AT MILE POST 540, ALASKA HIGHWAY
[59.6156509, -127.2227122] -
ISC Code: 8425
ONE MILE POINT 1
47.7 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT LOT 5460, AT NORTH END OF DEASE LAKE AT OUTLET TO DEASE RIVER, OPPOSITE PORTER LANDING
[58.43741000000001, -129.999378] -
ISC Code: 8428
HORSE RANCH PASS 4
247.3 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, LOT 5466, AT HORSE RANGE PASS, 14 MILES NORTH OF DEASE RIVER I.R. NO. 3
[59.28214999999999, -129.816895]
- Encompasses southeastern Yukon, including areas around the Liard River
- Stretches from Watson Lake to the British Columbia border
- Includes boreal forest, rivers, and mountainous terrain
- Traditional hunting and gathering lands of the Kaska Dena people
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Yukon Oil and Gas Lands (Liard First Nation) Order
- Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in Yukon (Liard First Nation)
- Order in Respect of Liard First Nation Settlement Land Selection Parcel R-137B
- Liard First Nation v. Yukon Government and Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd.
- Liard First Nation v. Yukon Government and Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd.
- Magun v Government of Liard First Nation
- Schwarze v Government of Liard First Nation
- Order Prohibiting Entry on Certain Lands in Yukon (Liard First Nation)
- Morrison v Liard First Nation Development Corporation
- Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in Yukon (Liard First Nation)
- Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in Yukon (Liard First Nation)
- Order Prohibiting Entry on Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (2002, No. 1, Liard First Nation, Y.T.)
- Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Liard First Nation, Y.T.)
- Order Prohibiting Entry on Certain Lands in Yukon (Liard First Nation)
- Liard First Nation Settlement Land Selection Parcel R-137B
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Members of Liard First Nation say they’ve ‘lost confidence’ in chief
- Liard First Nation celebrates opening Elders Housing Complex in Watson Lake
- Liard First Nation members to hold non-confidence vote against chief
- Liard First Nation chief has lost confidence, been suspended by his community
- Push to remove Liard First Nation chief grows after meeting for members
- New Elders Housing Complex completed in Watson Lake, Yukon
- Liard First Nation Celebrates Opening Elders Housing Complex in Watson Lake: Strengthening Community Connections
- First Nations’ housing projects near completion
- Liard First Nation members ramp up efforts to remove chief
- Liard First Nation Employees Fired After Advocating for Change
- Liard First Nation opens 15 new homes
- Liard First Nation preparing to enter self-governance negotiations with Yukon, federal governments
- 'A paradigm shift': Liard First Nation tackles housing crisis with timber home kits, new production plant
- Kaska model Kieran Schilling from northern B.C. wows on runway in Milan
- Yukon's Liard First Nation fights to regain control from feds
- Controversial allegations of fraud, corruption divide Liard First Nation
- Liard First Nation out of third-party management
- Significance of saving endangered language isn’t lost on Kaska’s last speakers
- 'People are fearful': First Nation demands safety after dogs attack individuals and maul a dog to death
- No meetings, no assemblies, no audits: Questions surround $500K payment to Liard First Nation
- First Nation in Yukon tests new machines to pull water from air
- Liard First Nation may be headed to 3rd-party management
- Yukon First Nation launches app to make its language more accessible
- Yukon First Nation aims to develop alternative justice system for some crimes
- The unceded Yukon
- Liard First Nation election meeting devolves into shouting match
- Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance
- Claim Denied: Yukon Court Provides Guidance on When a Tribal Council Can Deal with Indigenous Rights
- Millions unaccounted for as Liard First Nation's new council looks to sort out finances
- Kaska Dena Council loses lawsuit over consultation on hunting permits
- Kudz Ze Kayah approval is a ‘blatant disregard’ of First Nations rights: Ross River Dena Chief
- Yukon First Nations leaders, Government of Yukon, and Government of Canada commemorate historic day at Intergovernmental Forum in Ottawa
- High stakes
- Northern B.C. First Nations say they need more resources to deal with the illicit drug crisis
- First Nation coach to lead Yukon basketball team at Canada Summer Games
- Kaska nations concerned with ‘over-hunting’ in their territories
- Yukon First Nations appeal BMC’s Kudz Ze Kayah project in court
- Pelly Banks and their fight to be recognized - APTN | Our Stories
- Yukon First Nations grad ceremony a showcase for traditional regalia
- Kaska Dena Council in court over hunting licences
- Transparency Act deadline missed by 19 of 22 N.W.T. First Nations
- Kaska Dena Council asking federal gov't for $1.5B land claim payout
- Sitansisk chief says courts need to improve communication with First Nations community
- Nominations close for Yukon school board elections
- Yukon government at odds with federal decision to delay mining project
- How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations
- Ross River Dena Council shocked, angry at land claim proposal
- Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations election set for Thursday
- 7 N.W.T., 2 Yukon First Nations publish chief, council salaries
- Yukon government releases statement conflicting with traditional territory hunting bans
- BMC’s Kudz Ze Kayah project in Yukon can go ahead after talks help address Indigenous concerns, governments say
- First Nations leaders work to get out the vote
- Liard First Nation wins award for work preserving Kaska language
- Liard First Nation elects new chief and council
- Statement from Premier Silver on the ceremonial demolition of the Lower Post Residential School
- Assembly of First Nations grills Trudeau, demands policing inquiry
- 'Auspicious day' as Vuntut Gwitchin rejoins Council of Yukon First Nations
- Liard First Nation, Government of Yukon and Town of Watson Lake working together to advance residential lot development
- Seabridge signs contribution agreement with Liard First Nation for 3 Aces project in Yukon
- Liard First Nation and Yukon government renew political protocol agreement
- Liard First Nation members organize meeting amid concerns regarding leadership, finances
- Dene Ā́’ Nezen group calls for Liard First Nation chief and council to resign, early elections
- Wellness work on agenda as federal Indigenous Services minister visits Whitehorse
- Liard First Nation Language Department receives literacy award
- Log home construction kit business moving to Watson Lake, operated by First Kaska
- Liard First Nation regains control over finances from third-party manager
- First Nations Archives
- Yukon Elders are broadcasting hockey in Kaska
- Federal court judge rules in favour of Acho Dene Koe First Nation member's complaint about election delay
- Yukon First Nations leaders fear mine will increase violence against women in ‘land of the caribou’
- Yukon research on geothermic energy gets $2M federal boost
- Young paddler wins Yukon's 1st medal at North American Indigenous Games
- 'Heart of the community': Daylu Dena Council celebrates new building in Lower Post, B.C.
- $1.5B proposal not a land claim, says Kaska Dena Council chair
- Seeking December vote, Liard First Nation group takes chief, feds to court
- Liard First Nation snubs Selwyn's party
- Liard First Nation fires employees who criticized governance, deputy chief told to 'go back to the rez'
- Graphic Design Student Larissa Stanley Brings Indigenous Art to Life at Prestigious Atelier Artist Residency in France
- Yukon First Nations leaders, Government of Yukon, and Government of Canada commemorate historic day at Intergovernmental Forum in Ottawa
- Members call for 'immediate' election in N.W.T. First Nation
- Kaska Dena Council hunting consultation trial wraps up
- Liard First Nation served court papers by federal government
- Fort Liard First Nation member seeks judicial review over election delays
- Fort Liard First Nation member seeks judicial review over election delays
- Where is the audit? asks former Liard First Nation chief
- Liard First Nation opens office to 3rd party manager
- Canadian First Nation wins award for work preserving Kaska Indigenous language – Eye on the Arctic
- Stephen Charlie re-elected chief of Liard First Nation, according to unofficial results
- Liard First Nation starts bus service to replace Greyhound
- Kaska seek $1.5B settlement, 23 per cent of Yukon in land claim
- New Rapid Housing Initiative project opens in Watson Lake
- Kaska chief says his nation ‘can’t support’ proposed mine after consultation
- Survivors, officials reflect on Lower Post residential school demo
- Canada, Yukon fail to consult over proposed mine says Kaska Nation
- Yukoner receives Indigenous Trailblazer Award
- Yukon Native Language Centre holds first graduation ceremony
- Win ‘a victory for democracy,’ new chief says
- When the cure is worse
- Dene members question election postponement, COVID-19 spending
- Indigenous Yukon groups appeal BMC’s Kudz Ze Kayah mine
- Yukon government, feds earmark $1.55M for FireSmart programs
- Long-term care needed in First Nation in Yukon say community members
- Indigenous issues not getting enough attention in this election, say some Yukon voters
- Yukon justice system failing Indigenous women, say advocates
- Yukon Court of Appeal denies stay in a dispute involving a mining project on First Nation territory
- Liard First Nation council members accuse chief of trying to use band funds to pay for family member’s legal fees
- Indigenous self-government in Yukon holds lessons for all of Canada
- Kwanlin Dün First Nation, RCMP pen deal to improve community policing
- With National Indigenous Languages Day approaching, InFocus talks languages
- Yukon gov't disputes claim it didn't fully consult First Nations over Kudz Ze Kayah mine project
- Territorial family law update: Yukon to improve child welfare system, Nunavut to hold consultations
- 'It was only a matter of time': Fort Liard residents react to COVID-19 cases
- Liard First Nation faced $5.2M funding freeze due to missing reports
- Millions unaccounted for as Liard First Nation's new council looks to sort out finances
- Liard First Nation postpones election because of COVID-19 pandemic
- Yukon, Ottawa failed to consult Indigenous group on ‘economic feasibility’ of mine project
- Former Acho Dene Koe First Nation chief says election should go ahead as planned
Academic Research
Academic Research
- ACCESSIBILITY, QUALITY AND SAFETY OF LIARD FIRST NATION'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
- The accessibility, quality, and safety of the Liard First Nation's drinking water supply
- Cultural Orientation and Protocols Toolkit
- Literature Review: Local and Traditional Knowledge in the Liard River Watershed
- Go to the river: Understanding and experiencing the Liard watershed.
- COVID-1 9 RECOVERY
- Piecing Together Modern Treaty Politics in the Yukon: Indigenous Aesthetic Practices, Paper Politics, and Collage
- First Nations engagement in mine closure: Sä Dena Hes mine decommissioning and reclamation
- Dehcho First Nations
- Boreal Caribou| Medzih
- Go to the river: Understanding and experiencing the Liard watershed.
- Boreal Caribou| Medzih
- Boreal Caribou| Medzih
- First Nations Story
- Poisoning the Serpent: The Effects of the Uranium Industry on the Serpent River First Nation, 1953–1988
- COLD WAR COLONIALISM: THE SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION AND URANIUM
- The accessibility, quality, and safety of the Liard First Nation's drinking water supply
Expert Analysis