ak-la-vik | Aklavik First Nation Community

Aklavik is a small hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, situated in the Mackenzie Delta. It is primarily inhabited by Gwich'in and Inuvialuit people and has a rich traditional hunting and trapping culture.

POPULATION

446

Rank #501 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

N/A

Rank #587 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

10/24/2027

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-06-20 23:15:08 UTC

Name

Aklavik (ISC Code: 755)

Former Names

Aktiveektuk (Inuvialuktun, meaning 'place of the bear')

Band Style

First Nation Community

Cultural Area

Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories

Indigenous Language

Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun

Number of Registered Members

446

Band Website

http://www.gwichin.nt.ca/gwichinCommunitiesAklavik

Phone Number

(867) 978-2340

Fax Number

(867) 978-2937

Address

PO BOX 118, AKLAVIK, NT

General Email

Not Available

Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

RANDY RYAN EDWARDS

Term Expires

10/24/2027

Number of Council Members

RANDY RYAN EDWARDS

Chief

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MILDRED EDWARD

Councillor

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KATHY GREENLAND

Councillor

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VELMA JOYCE ILLASIAK

Councillor

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SHIRLEY ANN DARLENE KOE

Councillor

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CASSANDRA ELLEN ROSE MISSAUTAQ

Councillor

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RITA ROSE AREY

Sub-Chief

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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

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Inuvialuit Settlement Region Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee Regulations

Aklavik Education District and Aklavik District Education Authority Regulations

Storr v Aklavik

Gordon v Aklavik (Hamlet)

Aklavik Housing Association v. Gordon

Aklavik Housing Assn. v. Dick

Aklavik and Tuktoyaktuk Furs Ltd. v. Mangelana

Aklavik Housing Ass. v. Moore

Aklavik & Tuktoyaktuk Furs Ltd. v. Mangelana

Aklavik Delegation Regulations

Hamlet of Aklavik Continuation Order

Aklavik Airport Zoning Regulations

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 8506
AKLAVIK SETTLEMENT
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Media Reports

Health the topic at Tipi Talks in Aklavik

Yukon residential school site to be searched with ground-penetrating radar in summer

Fig. 1 Map of the Beaufort Sea marine ecosystem. Subsistence harvesting...

Overdue Aklavik hunters located safe and sound

Northern communities on the front line of climate change: Senator Anderson

Canada Post honours former N.W.T. Premier Nellie Cournoyea – Eye on the Arctic

NWT designers featured at Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week

Bridging worlds: the Northern Research Knowledges Lab's collaborative approach to conservation in Canada's North

A Nomadic Start To Photographing Inuit Culture Across Countries

Knowledge of traditional medicines passed on at workshops in Aklavik, N.W.T.

‘I really hope this book will be read by northerners’

‘We’re going to fight this’: Deportation of Inupiaq man living in Canada deferred

AROUND THE NORTH: The 2019 graduating class at Chief Sunrise Education Centre

MLAs to hold meetings on Missing Persons Act in Aklavik, Inuvik

Aklavik's health centre on emergency only services due to nurse shortage again

‘Freddie the Flyer’ chronicles exploits of the North’s first Indigenous pilot

Family hopeful after minister says Indigenous people have right to move freely – Eye on the Arctic

New housing complex in Aklavik aims to tackle homelessness

Deportation of Inupiaq man from Aklavik to Alaska put on ice

Reviving traditional language in a playful way

TV chef hosts Aklavik muskox-cooking workshop

Ellen Gordon sends late greetings from Aklavik to all family and friends and also warns people of salt water from the coast, flooding the rivers.

Gwich'in councils in Inuvik and Aklavik take grand chief to court

Aklavik hosts two-day traditional medicine workshop

Knowledge of traditional medicines passed on at workshops in Aklavik, N.W.T.

Letter to the Editor: Canada could learn from Northern kindness

N.W.T. faces uncertainty over changes to Jordan's Principle, which funds 60% of school support assistants

CBC North Indigenous Radio Archives

Figure 1) Location of Aklavik in the Northwest Territories, Canada....

Aklavik Cup hockey tournament sets new participation record

Ellen Gordon Aklavik Community report | CBC North Indigenous Radio Archives | On Demand | CBC Listen

CBC North Indigenous Radio Archives

New Inuvialuit conservation area created

Beaufort Delta aviation pioneer’s story has soared into the hearts of readers

'We're going to fight this': Deportation of Inupiaq man living in Canada deferred

National Indigenous Peoples Day: Events by NWT community

A Nomadic Start To Photographing Inuit Culture Across Countries

Canoeists take first medals for Team N.W.T. at the North American Indigenous Games

Inuvialuit Elder whose stroke went untreated for six hours has died says niece

Aurora College fails all 19 Community Learning Centres across the NWT

Aklavik wellness centre having major impact after one year in community

Figure 1) Aklavik Helicobacter pylori Project treatment trial...

Story about first Indigenous Arctic pilot ‘Freddie the Flyer’ added to Dolly Parton library

33 new Inuvialuit murals to be displayed in communities across Canada's Northwest Territories

New food bank opens in Aklavik, N.W.T.

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation and Aklavik announce fall election

Legends of the Gwich'in

Study of climate change around Aklavik awarded $256K

Inuvialuit woman says uncle's stroke mistaken for drunkenness

33 new Inuvialuit murals to be displayed in 6 N.W.T. communities

Aboriginal sports scholarship winner turns to coaching to make bigger impact in her community

'Everything is connected': Aklavik's beluga whale harvest challenged on multiple fronts

Sinking in

Inupiaq man living in Aklavik, N.W.T., fights deportation to Alaska

Jordan Peterson

'We're going to fight this': Deportation of Inupiaq man living in Canada deferred

New conservation area on northeast Yukon coast now under Inuvialuit stewardship

A Nomadic Start To Photographing Inuit Culture Across Countries

Beaufort Delta explodes in support for Ethan Bear

Survivors of 5 N.W.T. Indian Residential School can apply for $10K in compensation

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Aklavik, N.W.T., hunters can harvest a bowhead whale

7 N.W.T., 2 Yukon First Nations publish chief, council salaries

Gwich’in leaders map out the path to self-government

Twelve NWT students win scholarships related to housing needs

'We survived, and we'll do it again': Aklavik, N.W.T., residents calm but prepared for possible flooding

Inuvialuit folk-rocker Willie Thrasher off to perform in U.K.

Shirley and Sharon Firth

Aklavik Hunters and Trappers committee wins national science award

Gwich’in Elder’s son has ‘mixed feelings’ taking over father’s 25-year char monitoring legacy

MLA for Mackenzie Delta wants ENR to act on bears in Aklavik - before someone is hurt or killed

Racism in health care is 'a real thing,' says Indigenous physician

N.W.T. orders review of Hugh Papik case after niece says stroke victim was treated as drunk

Food, land and culture define Gwich'in partnership

New temporary policy allows Indigenous people freer movement across borders

Canada’s Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

Inuvik elder praised for building town, preserving Gwich'in language

Letters, photos, diaries from Shingle Point residential school arrive in Inuvik and Aklavik

Lost Generations

Tracking NWT communities’ Treaty 11 centennial plans

NWT day school survivors ineligible for compensation over technicality

Fatty Legs

Residential school experience shaped Canadian skip Kevin Koe's father

What MLAs heard about Missing Persons Act in Aklavik and Inuvik

Aklavik-born doctor receives prestigious award

‘Let Indigenous people speak for themselves in Canadian history’

New housing complex in Aklavik aims to tackle homelessness

N.W.T.'s Firth sisters to join Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Sharon and Shirley Firth enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

'Our culture is still so strong': how one Indigenous Games athlete is finding inspiration

Inuvik pilot Fred Carmichael named to Aviation Hall of Fame

Fatty Legs

New building opens in Aklavik, offering help for homeless

4-time Northern Olympian calls for fur on Canada's Olympic uniform

Indigenous Peoples Day across the N.W.T.

GNWT releases archival data from residential schools

Bowhead whale hunt planned for first time in nearly 30 years in N.W.T.

Survivor's memories of plane trip to N.W.T. residential school points to aviation's role in the system

A Traumatic Reckoning: The Indigenous Relationship with Catholicism

Fabled 1930s Arctic fur-trading ship, built for Inuvialuit trappers, needs a new home

Canada unveils Indigenous Languages bill to fanfare, criticism

'A heroic effort': Feature film about Gwich'in soldier breaks barriers in N.W.T.

In a changing climate, Indigenous communities turn to new country foods

Western Arctic Aklavik Youth set to represent N.W.T. for volleyball at 2023 NAIG

Aklavik students spend their week with music video producers

'We're not respected': College hockey player from N.W.T. speaks out about 'racial slur'

Willie Thrasher re-releases another album with Grammy-nominated producer

Alaska Inupiaq man can stay in Aklavik with his family, for now

Review into Hugh Papik's death calls for cultural training for health care workers

Youth take on Treaty 11 events in Aklavik

Inupiaq man living in Aklavik, N.W.T., fights deportation to Alaska

Aklavik opens emergency women’s shelter inside its wellness centre

Conservation area set aside in Yukon will protect sensitive land

Muskox meat is back on the menu in Aklavik

Aklavik Wellness Centre burns down three days after opening

Inuvialuit-led conservation area created to protect Yukon's eastern north slope

Family in Aklavik, N.W.T., hopeful after minister says Indigenous people have right to move freely

A Nomadic Start To Photographing Inuit Culture Across Countries

Ideas chill in the Arctic Circle, as TEDx events highlight Aboriginal wisdom

Aklavik-born pilot, 89, receives award for book on aviation career

New food bank opens in Aklavik, N.W.T.

In Aklavik, N.W.T., new all-female band council ready to get to work

New Indigenous-led conservation area in the Yukon protects wildlife, habitat and Inuvialuit culture and identity

Aklavik hunters and trappers committee wins science award

Academic Research

Enduring social communities of the Inuvialuit: From the Yukon North Slope to the circumpolar stage

The most northerly practice in Canada. 1935.

" Never say die": an ethnohistorical review of health and healing in Aklavik, NWT, Canada

Social-ecological changes and implications for understanding the declining beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) harvest in Aklavik, Northwest Territories

" Everything is changing so much": Community perspectives on the declining beluga whale harvest in Aklavik, NT

Inupiaq pride: Kivgiq (messenger feast) on the Alaskan North Slope

Intergenerational resilience in Aklavik, NT–exploring conceptualizations, variables, and change across generations

IN AKLAVIK, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

Intergenerational resilience in Aklavik, NWT

Department of Native Studies

Exploring what success means from the perspectives of Aboriginal elders, parents, and educators in Aklavik, Northwest Territories

“Never Say DIE!” An Ethnographic Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Risk Perceptions in Aklavik, NWT

Intergenerational resilience in Aklavik, NWT

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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