Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 05/31/2025
• CHIEF: MAUREEN LUGGI
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:3
• MAUREEN LUGGI
• TRACEY JOSEPH
• HEATHER NOOSKI

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.cstc.bc.ca/cstc/44/wetsuweten+first+nation
• PHONE NUMBER: (250) 698-7307
• FAX NUMBER: (250) 698-7480
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 760, BURNS LAKE, BC
• EMAILS:
• Chief MAUREEN LUGGI:
• Councillor TRACEY JOSEPH:
• Councillor HEATHER NOOSKI:
• 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 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20082009.pdf
• 2007 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Wet'suwet'en First Nation20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Wet'suwet'en 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
• 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

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Canada: Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl declared first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience held in Canada
• A helping hand to Indigenous Peoples through financial literacy
• Yintah Tells the Story of the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Fight for Sovereignty
• Indigenous Group Urges Boycott of Record Canadian Pipeline Bond Deal
• Indigenous leader freed after Canada pipeline protest ban conviction
• Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
• Court decision looms in Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Case
• Understanding the Wet’suwet’en struggle in Canada
• Indigenous Land Defender Named Amnesty's First 'Prisoner of Conscience' in Canada
• Meet the hereditary chief who Amnesty International calls Canada’s first prisoner of conscience
• As logging intensifies forest fires, Wet’suwet’en fight to protect old growth
• Canada: International Delegation to Attend Trial of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
• Reclaiming Wet’suwet’en Storytelling in ‘Yintah’
• Closing arguments heard in court case of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief is ‘prisoner of conscience’ after failure of Delgamuukw ruling 25 years ago
• RCMP national security unit monitored 'threats' linked to Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline activism, records show
• First Nations primary care centre coming to Hazelton
• Families want inquiry after 9 police-involved Indigenous deaths
• Canada sides with a pipeline, violating Wet’suwet’en laws — and its own
• Closing arguments heard in court case of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Amnesty International to Observe Wet'suet'en trials
• UVic honours Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief with honorary Doctor of Laws degree
• Tersa Earth Innovations and Wet’suwet’en First Nation form partnership
• First Nations Land Defenders File Submission to UN Human Rights Council
• Wet’suwet’en activists approach UN over militarization and rights violations
• Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters
• How will B.C. handle its newest pipeline conflict?
• ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’
• Families call for inquiry into police at event on Parliament Hill
• Amnesty International names Wet'suwet'en chief Canada's first prisoner of conscience
• Yintah: A story of Indigenous resistance
• RCMP again skirt charges in another Indigenous man’s death at their hands
• Industry, Police, and MMIWG2S in Wet’suwet’en Yintah
• New film documents struggle of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Chief Na’Moks: The RCMP’s specialized C-IRG unit exists to crush Indigenous resistance
• As climate crisis alters their lands, Indigenous Peoples turn to the courts
• Can Native Women of the Wet’suwet’en Succeed Where Standing Rock Failed?
• Wet’suwet’en is ‘the same fight’ as Standing Rock
• ‘Enhancing the economics’: TC Energy staffers discuss how they view Indigenous involvement in projects
• The Wet’suwet’en crisis has exposed deep-seated racism in Canada
• The Real War Facing the Wet’suwet’en Nation
• Coastal GasLink: A dangerous project that blatantly violates Indigenous rights
• RCMP C-IRG unit announces new name, mandate amid federal investigation
• Canada: protests go mainstream as support for Wet'suwet'en pipeline fight widens
• It is not the Wet’suwet’en who are hurting Canada
• BC Conservatives want Indigenous rights law UNDRIP repealed. Chief pushes back
• Wet’suwet’en water protectors vow to continue struggle after announcing strategic retreat
• Wet’suwet’en land defenders call on United Nations to visit proposed pipeline
• First Nations in B.C. forge alliances over shared environmental concerns
• Wet’suwet’en Isn’t Just About a Pipeline, but Keeping Indigenous Women Safe
• For the Wet’suwet’en, latest RCMP raid confirms that reconciliation is ‘dead’
• Canadian Police Arrest Indigenous Protesters in Clash Over Pipeline Construction
• Hundreds gather for water conference at Kátł’odeeche First Nation
• What You Need to Know About the Wet’suwet’en Crisis
• Canada’s Battle Against First Nations Shows Slide Toward Authoritarianism
• Amnesty International condemns court decision regarding Wet’suwet’en, other Indigenous land defenders
• The Wet'suwet'en conflict disrupting Canada's rail system
• ‘RCMP off Wet’suwet’en land’: Solidarity grows for land defenders
• RBC grilled over climate, fossil fuel loans and Indigenous rights at AGM
• Canada: UN Special Rapporteur’s visit must shift ‘glacial progress’ on Indigenous rights
• Wet’suwet’en: Rule of law?
• Inside the Wet’suwet’en Protest Camp That Refused to Cede Land for a Pipeline
• Indigenous Pipeline Protests Are a Model of Resistance
• Indigenous People in Canada Are Protesting a Gas Pipeline by Blocking Railways
• Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief says RCMP raids and courts orders won't stop pipeline blockade
• Trial of prominent Wet'suwet'en leader and pipeline opponents begins
• Canada fails to respond to Wet’suwet’en Nation’s claims in hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Freda Huson
• On the front lines of ‘the war within Canada’s borders’
• Exclusive: Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show
• ‘Our hearts bled’: Covering the Wet’suwet’en crisis in Canada
• ‘We are the power’: Canada’s Indigenous land defenders fight on
• Wet'suwet'en: Why are Indigenous rights being defined by an energy corporation?
• Canada: Wet’suwet’en and ministers agree tentative deal in land dispute
• Did the Protests Work? The Wet’suwet’en Resistance One Year Later
• The Conversation: Wet'suwet'en First Nation defends territory from pipeline
• What we mean when we say Indigenous land is 'unceded'
• New First Nation primary care centres to open in B.C.
• Canadian indigenous protesters say police making arrests at site of disputed pipeline
• A who's who of the Wet'suwet'en pipeline conflict
• Amnesty International reports 'ongoing violations' of human rights on Wet'suwet'en territory
• Canada at ‘tipping point’ over Wet’suwet’en land dispute
• Canada: Police Assault on Wet’suwet’en People
• Wet'suwet'en Matriarchs, sacred berries and MMIWG
• Canadian security forces arrest Wet’suwet’en protesters
• Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation
• The Tiny Indigenous Village That Ground Canada to a Halt
• Opinion | A pipeline offers a stark reminder of Canada’s ongoing colonialism
• Freda Huson: An Indigenous ‘warrior’ for the next generation
• Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs return home after Canada-wide tour of First Nations
• Opinion | Indigenous Blockades Don’t Just Decry Destruction—They Affirm Life
• Pipelines, man camps and murdered Indigenous women in Canada
• What you need to know about the Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict
• Opinion | What makes me a Canadian settler
• Indigenous Land Defenders Left Wondering Why Twitter Suspended Their Accounts
• 2020 Was the Year of Indigenous Activism in Canada—and Trudeau Should Take Note
• A year after RCMP’s violent raid, Wet’suwet’en people fear repeat
• Climate Justice Means Respecting Indigenous Rights
• Canada: RCMP raid of Wet’suwet’en territory a ‘flagrant attack’ on Indigenous rights
• Crown suggests RCMP acted fairly in Wet'suwet'en leader's arrest
• Respect Indigenous Rights on Wet’suwet’en Territory
• RCMP officers mocked people being arrested at Wet'suwet'en blockade as 'orcs' and 'ogre'
• BC Illegally Collected Personal Info Tied to the Wet’suwet’en Conflict
• ‘The Nation Has Stood Up’: Indigenous Clans in Canada Battle Pipeline Project (Published 2019)
• “Wet’suwet’en Strong”: Indigenous resistance in Canada
• Wet’suwet’en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet’suwet’en Land
• Amnesty International Declares Its First ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ in Canada
• Pipeline Builders Exploit the Moment on Wet’suwet’en Frontlines
• ‘We can feel our ancestors’: one First Nation’s fight to save Canada’s old forests
• Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
• Trial of Land Defenders Fighting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline is Put on Hold as Canadian Police Come Under Scrutiny for Excessive Force
• Chief Dsta’hyl, Canada’s first-ever prisoner of conscience, completes house-arrest sentence
• Canada: Construction of pipeline on Indigenous territory endangers land defenders
• Coastal GasLink blockade participant recounts 'joyful' life at Wet'suwet'en camp
• Wet'suwet'en leader testifies RCMP forcibly removed sacred items
• Criminalization, unlawful surveillance of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Canadian security forces arrest Wet’suwet’en protesters in clash over pipeline construction
• Canada police begin clearing Wet’suwet’en land defender camps
• Coastal GasLink pipeline (CGL): News and Updates
• Indigenous Rights Are Trudeau’s Last Priority
• How Wet’suwet’en butterflies offer lessons in resilience and resistance
• First Nations Begin Ground Search at the Lejac Residential School Site
• RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en Nation territory breaches Canada’s ‘rule of law’
• Closing arguments heard in court case of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Indigenous group urges boycott of Coastal GasLink bond deal
• Can climate action be decolonized?
• Write for Rights 2024 targets Canada’s criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Closing arguments begin in Wet'suwet'en abuse of process hearing over B.C. pipeline blockade
• Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl declared first Amnesty International prisoner of conscience held in Canada
• Incoming British Columbia government must stop criminalization of Indigenous land defenders
• RCMP officer says he was told not to take notes during enforcement at Wet'suwet'en blockade
• Disturbing audio played in court during Wet'suwet'en' hearing
• Part 1: On the Front Lines in Wet'suwet'en Territory
• For the Wet’suwet’en, latest RCMP raid confirms that reconciliation is ‘dead’
• Canada: Natural gas pipeline project on Wet’suwet’en territory sparks national protests
• From the Yintah to Palestine: A talk by Wet’suwet’en resistance leaders at the UBC encampment
• It turns out women of color aren't exactly 'benefitting' from diversity initiatives
• Stop the construction of the CGL pipeline on indigenous land!
• Two journalists released in Canada after arrest at indigenous protest
• Amnesty report tracks years-long campaign of criminalization, unlawful surveillance against Wet’suwet’en land defenders
• Canadian pipeline groups spend big to pose as Indigenous champions
• Indigenous activists fight British Columbia’s pipelines to the last mile
• 'Revolution is alive': Canada protests spawn climate and Indigenous rights movement
• There’s Still No Deal in Wet’suwet’en But Pipeline Construction Is Ongoing
• Canada: Wet'suwet'en sign historic deal to negotiate land rights
• Indigenous sovereignty, climate justice and #JustTransition
• What is happening in Wet’suwet’en?
• Report details 'intimidation and harassment' of Wet'suwet'en people by RCMP protecting pipeline company
• This historic moment for a divided Wet’suwet’en is just one step in a long journey
• 'Destructive industries destroying water and land which the wildlife depend on, which we depend on'
• Wet'suwet'en chief named Canada's first prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International
• Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds
• Canadian Federal Police Have Raided First Nations Land to Protect Fossil Fuel Companies
• Justin Trudeau tells Canada protesters: 'The barricades need to come down'
• RCMP caused 'serious interference' with press freedom in 2020 Wet'suwet'en raid, review body finds
• 'Prisoner-of-conscience' designations considered for Indigenous land defenders in British Columbia
• Amnesty International responds to B.C. court decision concerning Indigenous land defenders
• Judge rules RCMP remarks racist, but Wet’suwet’en land defenders convictions will stand
• RBC agrees to new measures on race, climate after pressure from investors and First Nations
• International Delegation to Attend Trials of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
• Kanien'kehá:ka man on why he joined B.C. pipeline blockade
• Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds
• Protect Wet’suwet’en land!
• Canada sides with a pipeline, violating indigenous laws — and its own
• From the frontlines of the Wet’suwet’en struggle
• Press Release: Wet'suwet'en Report 2023
• Indigenous land defenders: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 6 transcript
• Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en - Stop Gas Development That Ignores Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en - Stop Gas Development That Ignores Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous proxy holders that RBC segregated with racist colour-coded pass system at April AGM demand apology and action
• Indigenous proxy holders that RBC segregated with racist colour-coded pass system at April AGM demand apology and action
• Fighting to save their ancestral lands
• Canada fails to respond to Wet’suwet’en Nation’s claims in hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Amnesty International condemns court decision regarding Wet’suwet’en, other Indigenous land defenders
• Wet’suwet’en Call for More Support as Coastal GasLink Threatens Sacred River
• ‘How dare you dismiss this?’ Indigenous, climate leaders shut out of RBC meeting room
• Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrations take place across Canada
• ‘We’re still in it’: Wet’suwet’en push forward on rights recognition
• Canada’s Supreme Court recognizes Wet’suwet’en law. So how is Coastal GasLink moving ahead?
• ‘We’ve got a real divide in the community:’ Wet’suwet’en Nation in turmoil
• Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds
• Protests Continue Across Canada in Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders Fighting Fracked Gas Pipeline
• The Wet’suwet’en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades & Occupations
• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds
• We Support the Wet’suwet’en Nation
• How the Wet’suwet’en crisis could have played out differently
• For the Wet’suwet’en nation, formal land rights may be on the horizon
• Amnesty International responds to B.C. court ruling in Indigenous land defenders’ trial
• Indigenous governance advocate inspires TRU law students
• Land defenders appear in court after police raids in Wet’suwet’en territory
• Opinion: Ancestral connection to the land at the core of Wet'suwet'en law
• Wet’suwet’en, B.C. and Canada launch path to implement rights and title
• Indigenous governance advocate inspires TRU law students
• Greenpeace solidarity statement with Wet’suwet’en people
• HAPPENING NOW: RBC refuses to let Indigenous delegates, including Wet’suwet’en Hereditary leadership, Gulf South representatives into AGM in Saskatoon
• Wet'suwet'en blockades: No more business as usual in Canada
• ‘Shame On You’: Indigenous Campaigners Demand JPMorgan End Fossil Fuel Finance
• Outrage after two journalists detained at Indigenous protest in Canada
• Why 2 different kinds of Wet'suwet'en leaders support and oppose the gas pipeline
• Give the Wet’suwet’en space to conduct their law-making, away from barricades
• Defence questions reliability of RCMP officer's report on Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink blockade
• Wet’suwet’en, Canada sign deal to negotiate recognition of title
• Standoff between Mounties and First Nations in British Columbia Continues
• Indigenous Peoples Report Racism Surge as Wet’suwet’en Rail Blockades Grow
• Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada's disputed right to use indigenous land

Academic Research

• Wet'suwet'en First Nation: Democracy vs. Bloodlines vs. Colonialism
• Resisting colonial jurisdiction: Defending Wet'suwet'en territory from fossil capital
• Ne kwin dist ggan (the light is lit again): Healing trauma in the Wet'suwet'en Nation with Indigenous focusing oriented therapy
• An alternate model for First Nations involvement in resource management archaeology
• Everything to Lose: Extraction, Racism, and Survival on Wet'Suwet'en Land
• Decolonizing Authority: The Conflict on Wet'suwet'en Territory
• Collective Self-Determination, Territory and the Wet'suwet'en: What Justifies the Political Authority of Historic Indigenous Governments over Land and People?
• The Wet'suwet'en nation's mobilization of Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy: An exploratory study
• An Evaluation of Justin Trudeau's Reconciliation Policies: A Case Study Analysis of the Wet'suwet'en Nation and Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Conflict
• Frail Legitimacies: Examining the Settler-Colonial Legal-Politics Underlying the Wet'suwet'en Crisis
• Wet'suwet'en First Nation: Democracy vs. Bloodlines vs. Colonialism
• Wet'suwet'en