Hag-wil-get | Hagwilget Village Council First Nation
Community Profile
- The Hagwilget Village Council represents an Indigenous community in the Bulkley Valley region, maintaining traditional connections to the land and continuing their cultural heritage through community governance and engagement.
- Last Updated 2025-04-21 07:13:13 UTC
- Name: Hagwilget Village Council (ISC Code: 534)
- Former Names: Hagwilget Village, Hagwilget First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northwestern British Columbia, Bulkley Valley
- Indigenous Language: Witsuwit'en
- Number of Registered Members: 838
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 10/02/2025
- CHIEF: DORA WILSON
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- DORA WILSON
- COLTON MURRELL
- SHEILA JOSEPH
- BRIAN MICHELL
- JESSE STOEPPLER
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.hagwilget.com
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 842-6258
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 842-6924
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 460, NEW HAZELTON, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief DORA WILSON:
- Councillor COLTON MURRELL:
- Councillor SHEILA JOSEPH:
- Councillor BRIAN MICHELL:
- Councillor JESSE STOEPPLER:
- 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
- 2012 - Hagwilget Village Council20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Hagwilget Village Council20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Hagwilget Village Council20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Hagwilget Village Council20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Hagwilget Village Council20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Hagwilget Village Council20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Hagwilget Village Council20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Hagwilget Village Council20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Hagwilget Village Council20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Hagwilget Village Council20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Hagwilget Village Council20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Hagwilget Village Council20012002.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: 6785
BULKLEY 1
34.8 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, NORTH FRT. 1/2 LOT 526
[59.28214999999999, -129.816895] -
ISC Code: 6786
HAGWILGET 1
123.8 Hectares
CASSIAR DISTRICT, ON THE BULKLEY RIVER AT HAGUILGET, 3 MILES EAST OF HAZELTON
[55.25796949999999, -127.5971465]
Witsuwit’en Traditional Territory
- Encompasses Bulkley Valley region
- Includes lands around New Hazelton, British Columbia
- Historically used for hunting, fishing, and gathering
- Significant river systems and forest lands
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Hagwilget members blockade administration building; demand chief councillor’s resignation
- The Wet’suwet’en are more united than pipeline backers want you to think
- Mapping Coastal GasLink’s pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory
- Trial of Land Defenders Fighting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline is Put on Hold as Canadian Police Come Under Scrutiny for Excessive Force
- Mother calls for justice in daughter’s death on Hagwilget First Nation reserve
- Why some elected Wet’suwet’en councils signed agreements with Coastal GasLink
- Why 2 different kinds of Wet'suwet'en leaders support and oppose the gas pipeline
- When pipeline companies want to build on Indigenous lands, with whom do they consult?
- The Delgamuukw decision: Putting the Wet’suwet’en conflict in perspective
- Unresolved: Savannah Briana Marie Hall
- School board ponders Indigenous-only representation
- Wet’suwet’en puts its culture, teachings and laws back into child welfare
- Hagwilget council says protestors interfering with important work
- ‘Disaster Land Grabs’ Worldwide and in British Columbia
- Why some elected Wet'suwet'en councils signed agreements with Coastal GasLink
- When traditional territories overlap: A BC First Nations example
- ‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations
- Coastal GasLink reports 2 spills while tunnelling under Morice River in northern B.C.
- A who's who of the Wet'suwet'en pipeline conflict
- Terrace to Develop Indigenous Naming Policy for Streets, Parks, and Facilities
- First Nations Urged to Vote in Upcoming Provincial Election
- FNLC Calls for Respect of First Nations’ Rights in Response to Postponed Tariffs
- Indigenous Relations Minister Says Negotiations With Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Will Not Impact CGL Pipeline Completion
- Indigenous Child Care and Health Advocate Warner Adam to Receive Honourary Degree from UNBC
- Wet’suwet’en Nation makes agreement to reclaim child-welfare services
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Aboriginal burning for vegetation management in northwest British Columbia
- Aboriginal burning for vegetation management in northwest British Columbia
- A deeper sense of place
- Traditional tenure among the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en: Its relationship to common property, and resource allocation
- The Political Struggle Behind the Delgamuukw Case: The 1994-1996 Trilateral Treaty Negotiations with the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en
- Authority-Making on the River of Mist: Reframing the Indigenous Sovereignty Impasse
- An alternate model for First Nations involvement in resource management archaeology
- Educating medical students'“hearts and minds”: A humanities-informed cultural immersion program in Indigenous experiential community learning
- The Healer, the Witch, and the Law: The Settler Magic That Criminalized Indigenous Medicine Men as Frauds and Normalized Colonial Violence as Care
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Authority-Making on the River of Mist: Reframing the Indigenous Sovereignty Impasse
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Witsuwit'en English: Language Shift and First Nations English in Canada
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
- Eagle down is our law: Witsuwit'en law, feasts, and land claims
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