skən voʊəl | Sik-E-Dakh First Nations

Glen Vowell is a First Nations community located in the Skeena River region of British Columbia, traditionally associated with the Gitksan people

POPULATION

432

Rank #509 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

6.3 KM²

Rank #453 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

03/27/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2026-03-27 23:02:16 UTC

Name

Sik-E-Dakh (ISC Code: 533)

Former Names

Sik-e-Dakh, Glen Vowell Indian Reserve

Band Style

First Nations

Cultural Area

Skeena River Region, Northwestern British Columbia

Indigenous Language

Gitxsanimaax (Gitksan)

Number of Registered Members

432

Band Website

http://sik-e-dakh.com/

Phone Number

(250) 842-5241

Fax Number

(250) 842-5601

Address

7900 SIK-E-DAKH ROAD, SIK-E-DAKH, BC

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

TONY SAMPARE

Term Expires

03/27/2026

Number of Council Members

TONY SAMPARE

Chief

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BRANDON CAMPBELL

Councillor

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JENNIFER SAMPARE

Councillor

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ROBERT SAMPSON

Councillor

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LAURIE WOODS

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

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Downloadable Court Records

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Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6760
SIK-E-DAKH 2
632.7 Hectares
HAZELTON DISTRICT ON RIGHT BANK OF THE SKEENA RIVER, 4 MILES NORTH OF HAZELTON
[55.3124625, -127.6837228]

Media Reports

NWCC Culinary Arts student Kateleen Prevost can stand the heat

The Hazeltons: Your ideal community for a lifestyle business

Dairy demand prompts quota increase

Financial assistance available for victims of severe weather

Pilot addresses gap in distribution infrastructure

Organic growers hold conference

Celebrating the unveiling of Gitxsan art at Wrinch Memorial Hospital

Foodie Friday: Supporting culturally safe environments with traditional First Nations foods

Dementia projected to surge 273% in Indigenous communities while support services lacking

A first for Sik-e-dakh; a legacy for artist Larry Hnidan

Indigenous Justice Centres to open in Burns Lake & Hazelton by December 2024

Canada, B.C. support First Nations to power up new clean energy projects

'The original farmers': Interest in First Nations farming revival growing

The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp

Sik-E-Dakh Hosting Overdose Awareness Walk and Run August 28

Sik-e-dakh band receives funding for new heat pumps

BC First Nations are leading a waste revolution

Sik-e-dakh band receives funding for new heat pumps

Provincial funding goes toward first nation food security projects

Indigenous agriculture faces regulatory reality

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine issues Evacuation Alert for Glen Vowell due to growing wildfire

Well Being Fund supports North Coast First Nations

BC First Nations are leading a waste revolution

Evacuation Alert Lifted for Village of Sik-E-Dakh (Glen Vowel) and Surrounding Area

National Indigenous People’s Day kicks off around the northwest

Before it was the Highway of Tears: An excerpt from ‘Unbroken’

Funding improves access to food in northern B.C.

More Access to Healthy Food Coming to the North

Indigenous-Led Projects Strengthen Food Security and Sovereignty Across Northern B.C.

Canada, B.C. support First Nations to power up new clean-energy projects

With a paddle and a pack, this B.C. MP meets his constituents where they live

Sik-E-Dakh (Glen Vowell)

Wildfire Prompts Evacuation Alert for the Village of Sik-E-Dakh and Surrounding Properties

15 New homes for women, children and young adults coming to Hazelton

BC: First Look at First Nations' 2015-16 $100,000 Club

Centralized alerts would help eliminate wildfire confusion, northern B.C. residents say

Excerpt of new book Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan History

Open letter from Coast Mountains School District 82 Board of Education

In heavy wildfire season, B.C. communities still recovering from previous fires

North Coast First Nations receive clean energy funding

How a Gitxsan community fought back against an epidemic of youth suicide

A first for Sik-e-dakh; a legacy for artist Larry Hnidan

Glen Vowell junior cowgirl tops B.C. circuit

With a paddle and a pack, this B.C. MP meets his constituents where they live

Trio of Housing Projects Brings 15 Units for Indigenous Women and Children in the Village of Sik-e-Dakh

Before it was the Highway of Tears: An excerpt from ‘Unbroken’

Academic Research

> Image> Memory> Sound> Text

A learning journey in Indigenous community planning with the Gitksan Government Commission

Adaawk: Thinking and being in our hearts–Sharing the reflections of Otsin, Gitxsan rural indigenous nursing practice

BC First Nations children: Our families, our communities, our future

Filter to retrieve studies related to Indigenous people of British Columbia from the OVID Medline Database

Historicizing the Encounter between State, Corporate, and Indigenous Authorities on Gitxsan Lands

Raced and Erased: Settler Colonialism and Environmental Violence in the Poetry of Jordan Abel

Silencing Voices: Indigenous day schools and the education section of the 1958 Hawthorn report for British Columbia

Two" White" Perspectives on Indigenous Resistance: Emily Carr's Klee Wyck, the RCMP, and Title to the Kitwancool Valley in 1927

Recognizing strength, building capacity: Addressing substance abuse related special needs in First Nations communities of British Columbia's hinterlands

Improving dementia care for Gitxsan First Nations people

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study

BC First Nations Languages

Learning circles: a collaborative approach to enhance local, healthy and traditional foods for youth in the Northerly Community of Hazelton/Upper Skeena …

Artists in rural locales: market access, landscape appeal and economic exigency

New Relationships on the Northwest Frontier: Episodes in the Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en Encounter with Colonial Power

Climate rez-ilience: building transformative climate resilience in Indigenous communities

Conservation challenges and opportunities for native apple (Malus) species in Canada

Unbroken: My fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls

Exploring the Impact of Long QT Syndrome: Perspectives from a British Columbia First Nations Community

Climate rez-ilience: building transformative climate resilience in Indigenous communities

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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