Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt | Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation
Community Profile
- The Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation is located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, with traditional lands along the Chilliwack River and surrounding areas.
- Last Updated 2025-04-30 13:46:42 UTC
- Name: Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt (ISC Code: 580)
- Former Names: Cheam First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Coast Salish
- Indigenous Language: Halq'eméylem
- Number of Registered Members: 60
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: Not Applicable
- CHIEF: RANDY LEON
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- SHANE HENRY
- SANDRA HUDSON
- RALPH LEON
- RANDY LEON
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/464-kwaw-kwaw-apilt
- PHONE NUMBER:
- FAX NUMBER:
- ADDRESS: 7256 CHILLIWACK RIVER ROAD, CHILLIWACK, BC
- EMAILS:
- Councillor SHANE HENRY:
- Councillor SANDRA HUDSON:
- Councillor RALPH LEON:
- Hereditary Chief RANDY LEON:
- 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
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: 8072
KWAWKWAWAPILT 6
62.7 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP.23, E.C.M. 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CHILLIWACK
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 9657
PEKW'XE:YLES (PECKQUAYLIS)
10.3 Hectares
[49.1434849, -122.2745945] -
ISC Code: 8113
GRASS 15
64.8 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN SEC 22 TWP 26 E.C.M. 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHILLIWACK
[49.1430391, -121.8925753] -
ISC Code: 8114
SKUMALASPH 16
468.4 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHILLIWACK
[49.19620570000001, -122.0257438] -
ISC Code: 10235
COQUALEETZA
23.4 Hectares
CHILLIWACK NEW WESTMINSTER DISCTRICT
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- Located along the Chilliwack River Valley
- Traditional lands include parts of the Fraser Valley
- Encompass areas of modern-day Chilliwack and surrounding regions
- Historically managed territories rich in salmon fishing and forest resources
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
- Chilliwack First Nation writes its own cannabis law
- UPDATE: RCMP execute search warrants at cannabis shops on First Nations land
- RCMP shuts down cannabis shop on the Kwaw-Kwaw-Apilt First Nation in B.C.
- B.C. First Nations get into growing, selling marijuana before legalization
- First Nations cannabis store testing Canadian legal limits
- Second marijuana dispensary to open up on Chilliwack First Nation reserve
- Second marijuana dispensary to open up on Chilliwack First Nation reserve
- UPDATE: RCMP execute search warrants at Chilliwack cannabis shops on First Nations land
- Indigenous cannabis store testing Canadian law
- Chilliwack First Nations get into growing, selling marijuana before legalization
- Former Indigenous chief Isadore Day heads First-Nations-focused cannabis magazine
- UPDATE: RCMP execute search warrants at cannabis shops on First Nations land
- Second marijuana dispensary to open up on Chilliwack First Nation reserve
- B.C. First Nations get into growing, selling marijuana before legalization
- Second marijuana dispensary to open up on Chilliwack First Nation reserve
- Second marijuana dispensary to open up on Chilliwack First Nation reserve
- B.C. First Nations get into growing, selling marijuana before legalization
- First Nations say land title gives rights to cannabis use and sales
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Contesting cannabis: Indigenous jurisdiction and legalization
- Stó: lō Connect: A Case Study in Collaborative First Nation Referral Management
- Sto: lo ConnectA Case Study in Collaborative First Nation Referral Management.
- Primary Care Services for Indigenous People: Implications for Nurse Practitioners
- The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world
- Culturally competent stewardship in non-Indigenous museums
- Tset hikwstexw te sqwelteltset: We hold our language high
- BC First Nations children: Our families, our communities, our future
- Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre Classification
- Building Bridges-Towards A First Nation Development Cost Charge Program
- Stó: lō Connect: A Case Study in Collaborative First Nation Referral Management
- Stó: lō Connect: A Case Study in Collaborative First Nation Referral Management
- " YOU THINK I WILL BRING MY CHILDREN HERE?": The Mount Polley Mine Disaster as a Necropolitical Human Rights Environmental Disaster.
- Primary Care Services for Indigenous People: Implications for Nurse Practitioners
- An Economic Analysis of Factors Influencing the Adoption of the First Nations Land Management Act and the Consequences of Adoption
- Culturally competent stewardship in non-Indigenous museums
- Tset hikwstexw te sqwelteltset: We hold our language high
- Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre Classification
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