• Regional Representatives for G̱aaw (Old Massett)
Kung Xyaalas (Tyler Bellis) Kaad Giidee (Robert Bennett) Xylang Jaad Xylaa (Leslie Brown) Stephen "Buck" Grosse
• Regional Representatives for T'agwan (Vancouver)
David Smith Giinowaan (Earnest Swanson)
• Regional Representatives for Kxeen (Prince Rupert)
Kaakuns (Pansy Collison) Dave Dellil
• Representative for the Skidegate Band Council
Billy Yovanovich, Chief Councillor
• Representative for the Old Massett Village Council
Ken Rea, Chief Councillor
Legislature
Multicameral Citizen Legislature: House of Assembly Elected Government: Council of the Haida Nation Hereditary Leadership: Hereditary Chiefs Council Local Governments: Village Councils
Establishment
1974
• First CHN Meeting
7 December
Area
• Total
10,180 km2 (3,930 sq mi)
Population
• 2016 estimate
1,845 on Haida Gwaii[1] 2,000 elsewhere[2]
• Density
0.181/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
Currency
Canadian dollar
Time zone
Pacific
Calling code
+1 250
Website www.haidanation.ca
The Council of the Haida Nation (CHN; Haida: X̱aaydaG̱a Waadlux̱an Naay) is the elected government of the Haida Nation. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four electoral regions, and one appointed representative from each of the Old Massett Village Council and Skidegate Band Council.[3]
The Haida Nation is engaged in a legal title dispute regarding their territories, the islands of Haida Gwaii and surrounding waters, asserting that the Crown has never legally acquired title to these areas, and has illegally infringed upon Haida Title and rights within the territories through the imposition of Canadian sovereignty and the extraction of resources under Canadian authority.[4] There are two main Haida villages on Haida Gwaii: G̱aaw, known in English as Old Massett, and Hlg̱aagilda, known in English as Skidegate. Haida populations in Kxeen and T'agwan are also represented on the Council of the Haida Nation. The CHN recognizes the separate jurisdiction of the Kaigani Haida, in southern Alaska, who are members of the Haida Nation, but are governed by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
All Haida territories were in the past also claimed by Russia and Spain as well as the United States. Once Russian and Spanish claims to Haida Gwaii were given up in treaties with Britain and the United States, the islands continued to be claimed by the United States until the British claim to them was formalized by the creation of the Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1853. Russian claims to Kaigani Haida territory were sold to the United States in 1867 with the Alaska Purchase.
The Council, formed in 1974, has been involved in many conflicts over the fate of its territories, which have been part of Canada since 1871, and by the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands prior to that. No treaties between the Crown and the governments of the Haida were ever signed, as in most of the rest of the current Canadian province of British Columbia.[citation needed]
The Constitution of the Haida Nation was accepted formally in 2003.[5]
Chiefs Council, theCounciloftheHaidaNation (CHN), Old Massett Village Council, Skidegate Band Council, and the Secretariat oftheHaidaNation. The Kaigani...
Haida Gwaii (/ˈhaɪdə ˈɡwaɪ/; Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands oftheHaida people"), also known as the Queen Charlotte...
preserve and teach Haida, an endangered language. Contributors to the film's budget of CA$1,890,000 included theCounciloftheHaidaNation, the Canada Media...
(Canada) CounciloftheHaidaNation, their collective government body Haida language, their language Haida argillite carvings, an art form that is a Haida specialty...
Haida /ˈhaɪdə/ (X̱aat Kíl, X̱aadas Kíl, X̱aayda Kil, Xaad kil) is the language oftheHaida people, spoken in theHaida Gwaii archipelago off the coast...
claims. In 1993, the Government of Canada and theCounciloftheHaidaNation signed the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, which changed the name ofthe national park...
morphologically distinct subspecies ofthe American black bear. Haida Gwaii black bears are the largest subspecies of American black bear, not only within...
Transport Canada (March 27, 2024). "TheCounciloftheHaidaNation and the Minister of Transport announces the renaming of Sandspit Airport to K'il Kun Xidgwangs...
Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2017. "Haida Gwaii Strategic Land Use Agreement" (PDF). CounciloftheHaidaNation. September...
/ˈskɪdɪɡɪt/ (Haida: Hlg̱aagilda) is a Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest...
governments for theHaidaNation, the other is the Skidegate Band Council. The main governing body oftheHaida people is theCounciloftheHaidaNation. Indian...
recognition of commitment to Native art, 1986 "Edge ofthe Knife: Three to the power of all". CounciloftheHaidaNation. May 2, 2017. Archived from the original...
treaty process. "HaidaNation". Executive Councilof British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009. "Queen Charlotte Islands renamed Haida Gwaii in historic...
Gwaii Haanas in more than a century". The Northern View. "To lay the copper on the floor". CounciloftheHaidaNation. November 1, 2017. Retrieved April...
"Constitution of the Haida Nation" (PDF). CounciloftheHaidaNation. Retrieved 9 December 2019. "Haida Accord" (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2019. Graeber...
The Yakoun River (Haida: Yaaguun G̱andlee) is the largest river ofHaida Gwaii, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Located on Graham Island it...
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