lh-tah-ko | Lhtako Dene Nation
Community Profile
- The Lhtako Dene Nation is an Indigenous community located in the Quesnel area of British Columbia, with a rich cultural heritage in the central region of the province.
- Last Updated 2025-04-29 02:47:17 UTC
- Name: Lhtako Dene Nation (ISC Code: 715)
- Former Names: Quesnel Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Cariboo Region
- Indigenous Language: Carrier (Dakelh)
- Number of Registered Members: 210
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 04/22/2028
- CHIEF: CLIFFORD LEBRUN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- CLIFFORD LEBRUN
- WANDA LEE ALDRED
- TIMOTHY MICHELL
- RAYMOND ALDRED
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/598-lhtako-dene-nation
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 747-2900
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 747-1341
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 4069, 1515 Arbutus Road, QUESNEL, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief CLIFFORD LEBRUN:
- Councillor WANDA LEE ALDRED:
- Councillor TIMOTHY MICHELL:
- Councillor RAYMOND ALDRED:
- 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
- 2011 - Lhtako Dene Nation20112012.pdf
- 2008 - Lhtako Dene Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Lhtako Dene Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Lhtako Dene Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Lhtako Dene Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Lhtako Dene Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Lhtako Dene Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Lhtako Dene Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Lhtako Dene 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
- 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: 8272
SINNCE-TAH-LAH 2
18.8 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, ON RIGHT BANK OF FRASER RIVER, 2 MILES SOUTH OF QUESNEL, WEST OF QUESNEL I.R. NO. 1
[52.94811139999999, -122.5079188] -
ISC Code: 8274
RICH BAR 4
96.4 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, ON LEFT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER, 3 MILES SOUTH OF QUESNEL
[52.932326, -122.488372] -
ISC Code: 8273
DRAGON LAKE 3
14.8 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, AT NORTH END OF DRAGON LAKE, 3 MILES EAST OF QUESNEL
[52.9707802, -122.4289163] -
ISC Code: 8270
QUESNEL 1
552.7 Hectares
CARIBOO DISTRICT, ON LEFT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER, 1 MILE SOUTH OF QUESNEL
[52.9487075, -122.4691919]
- Located in the traditional unceded territories of the Carrier (Dakelh) people
- Encompasses areas around Quesnel, British Columbia
- Traditional lands include portions of the Fraser River watershed
- Historically used lands for hunting, fishing, and gathering
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
- Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed
- B.C. Interior first nation wants to halt mining project, raises concerns
- Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed
- Lhtako Dene Park improvements continue with sculptures
- Quesnel censures mayor in wake of residential school book controversy
- First Nations leaders in British Columbia dismayed at historical revisionism on residential schools
- Progress in Quesnel Council’s strained relationship with Lhtako Dene First Nation
- A celebration of games and partnership at the Lhtako Dene First Nation
- Stronger local-disaster response will keep people safer
- Quesnel city council condemns controversial residential school book distributed by mayor's wife
- Quesnel looking to address harm caused by Mayor's wife denying Residential School history
- Lhtako Dene Nation calls out Quesnel councillor’s relative
- Lhtako Quesnel 2024 BC Winter Games needs volunteers
- Calls grow louder for B.C. mayor to resign over residential school book incident
- First Nation in B.C. to host pair of Junior A hockey games
- Taxpayers pay for meeting to mend fences between the City and Lhtako Dene Nation
- Quesnel City Council members condemn the actions of the Mayor’s wife
- Official name unveiled for the 2024 BC Winter Games
- Reclaiming the Land with residential school survivors
- Quesnel mayor censured, banned from First Nation's land
- Lhtako Dene Nation and Osisko Development celebrate life of project agreement
- Quesnel gas station leaks as much as 110,000 litres of fuel over a year, contaminates groundwater
- Chiefs call for Quesnel mayor Ron Paull’s resignation
- How this giant arbour 'coliseum' is helping a First Nation heal and fuel a cultural resurgence
- 2024 BC Winter Games Will Officially Recognize a First Nations’ Community as a Host for the First Time
- 'True reconciliation': City of Quesnel to restore ownership of city park to Lhtako Dene First Nation
- Premier Eby goes to home ground for Lhtako meetings
- Lhtako Dene Park new name of Quesnel park
- Drive-thru cannabis store coming to Lhtako Dene Nation near Quesnel
- Lhtako Dené Nation walks for awareness and healing after tragic events
- Powwow arbour under construction at Lhtako Dené Nation
- The name is healing, for Quesnel hospital
- First Nation leaders demand an end to racism in Quesnel
- Ribbon cut for new on-reserve homes at Lhtako Dene Nation
- Fuel spill leads to serious health concerns for residents south of Quesnel
- Authors of book on residential schools respond to B.C. city council denunciation
- Lhtako and Quesnel equal Games hosts
- Lhtako Dene Nation Chief reflects on Trudeau's resignation
- Cariboo Gold Mine proceeds with province’s blessing — despite Xatśūll First Nation concerns
- B.C. demonstrates lack of commitment to UNDRIP: Xatśūll First Nation
- Quesnel to address harm caused by mayor’s wife denying residential school history
- Lhtako Dene leaders formally end relationship with Quesnel mayor
- Quesnel City Council censures and sanctions Mayor Ron Paull
- Lhtako Dene Nation discover underground fuel leak
- First Nation Chiefs demand an end to racism in Quesnel
- Drive-thru cannabis store coming to Lhtako Dene Nation near Quesnel
- Indigenous cultural centre project presentation set for Quesnel council
- B.C. Interior first nation wants to halt mining project, raises concerns
- Assembly of First Nations congratulates City of Quesnel and Lhtako Dene Nation for stamping down residential school denial
- First Nation Chiefs demand an end to racism in Quesnel
- UBCIC Strongly Condemns Residential School Denialism Being Advanced at Municipal Level
- Three nations officially censure Quesnel mayor
- Quesnel mayor censured by city council over ties to book
- First Nations leaders ask B.C. mayor to resign in wake of book controversy
- Healing journey continues for Quesnel-area St. Joseph’s Mission survivors years later
- Construction Starts On Lhtako Energy Pellet Plant
- B.C. Interior first nation wants to halt mining project, raises concerns
- Groundbreaking Cariboo Gold Mine project granted B.C. operating permit
- Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed
- All Members of Lhtako Dene Chief and Council Acclaimed
- B.C. Interior first nation wants to halt mining project, raises concerns
- A celebration of games and partnership at the Lhtako Dene First Nation
- First Nations leaders ask B.C. mayor to resign in wake of book controversy
- Chiefs call for Quesnel mayor Ron Paull’s resignation
- Quesnel, B.C., mayor wins lawsuit against city after residential school book controversy
- Lhtako Dene Nation And City Of Quesnel Efforts Recognized By BC Assembly Of First Nations
- Lhtako Dené Nation, Province sign cannabis agreement
- Lhtako Dené Nation holding spring election for chief and council
- Quesnel, B.C., censures mayor, saying his actions jeopardize Indigenous relations
- City of Quesnel will give Ceal Tingley Park back to Lhtako Dené Nation
- Lhtako Dene Nation community care nurse credits CNC with helping her succeed
- Lhtako Dene Nation explores clean-energy future
- Cariboo Fire Centre to host First Nations wildfire training
- BC Touts a New Gold Mine. Xatśūll First Nation Has Big Worries
- Canada’s Most Dangerous Book: How Quesnel, B.C. Went Crazy Over a Local Woman’s Reading Choices
- Lhtako Dene Nation questions if Quesnel City Council will live up to its commitments
- ‘This is hate’: Reaction in Quesnel to controversial book distribution by Mayor’s wife
Academic Research
Academic Research
- BC First Nations Languages
- BC First Nations Languages 2014
- “Overlapping claims” to territory confronting treaty‐making in British Columbia: Causes and implications
- Is Cannabis Changing Our Relations? An Evaluation of British Columbia's Attempts at Economic Reconciliation.
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- Culturally Responsive Education: Connections and Applications to Rural Northern British Columbia Communities
- Risks and impacts to First Nation health and the Mount Polley mine tailings dam failure
- Recognizing the diversity of BC's First Nations languages
- Exploring the Southern Dakelh First Nations youth's experiences of wellness
- Systemic ambiguity, First Nations, and Canadian nationalism: Dilemmas of history-making in the development of a national heritage trail
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- Identifying indigenous knowledge components for Whudzih (Caribou) recovery planning
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
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