Skidegate

Preferred Name:
Skidegate
Alternative Name:
Includes Clew (1897); Includes Haida (Variation Haidah); Meaning "Red Paint Stone"
Language:
Xaad Kil / Xaaydaa Kil (Haida)
BC Regional Office:
West Coast (Nanaimo)
Region:
North Coast
Reserve Land Area:841.80 ha
Chief:
Chief William Yovanovich
Council:
Councillor Sidney G. Crosby, Councillor John Gladstone, Councillor Gord Mills , Councillor Michelle (Missy) Mcdonald, Councillor Michelle (Ooka) Pineault, Councillor Susan Wood, Councillor Trent Moraes
Governance Structure:
Custom Electoral System
Address: P.O. Box 1301
Skidegate
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Community Description

Skidegate Band Council (SBC) is elected by their membership and performs the function of a village government in Skidegate, the largest community in Haida Gwaii, off the coast of British Columbia near the Alaskan border. Councils are responsible for the well-being of the communities and enact legal policies and programs in the areas of Capital, Education, Membership, Health, Social Development, etc. They are also mandated to take actions to protect the well being of Band members and the community; to establish cultural programs and undertake initiatives in economic development.
Village Councils are accountable to the each respective community's membership and to the Constitution of the Haida Nation.

Treaty or Tribal Association
Council of the Haida Nation