GIS/Mapping The Stewardship Department’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Team provides a wide range of mapping and data services to the Tŝilhqot’in National Government and member communities. The GIS Analysts support the Nation’s goals of self-governance by collecting and managing spatially recorded Traditional Use Study (TUS). This information is used for, […]
Stewardship Department The Stewardship Department handles various natural resource concerns for the Tŝilhqot’in. These include, but are not limited to, forest resource activity, and mining, oil & gas exploration and development. The Stewardship Department works closely with the Tŝilhqot’in Stewardship Council which plays an integral role in assisting with resource […]
About Negotiations and external affairs are guided by the Gwets’en Nilt’i Pathway Agreement, a successor to the Nenqay Deni Accord. The Tŝilhqot’in National Government is tasked with supporting the Tŝilhqot’in Chiefs as they work to achieve lasting reconciliation for the Tŝilhqot’in peoples in their engagement with British Columbia and Canada. […]
About On June 26, 2014, for the first time in Canadian history, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized 1,900 square kilometres of land as Aboriginal Title Land. Aboriginal title includes the rights to control the land and decide how it will be used, to use the land for traditional and […]
Tŝilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 The Tŝilhqot’in Nation has never surrendered or ceded their lands. The Tŝilhqot’in Nation began legal proceedings against British Columbia in 1989 to stop the harvesting of timber in the Tachelach’ed (Brittany Triangle) and the Trapline Territory (geographically known as the Tŝilhqot’in Claim Area). The […]
Agreements Historical Laws and Policy Teẑtan Biny (Fish Lake)
Indian Registry The Indian Registry Department is responsible for: **Please note: we currently do not have paper-laminated Certificate of Indian Status (CIS) cards in stock. You should visit TNG if your status card: *Reminder* the first time you apply for a SCIS you will need to provide one valid supporting […]
The Tŝilhqot’in National Government represents six main Tŝilhqot’in communities: Tl’etinqox (Anaham), Tŝideldel (Redstone), Yuneŝit’in (Stone), Xeni Gwet’in (Nemiah), ʔEsdilagh (Alexandria) and Tl’esqox (Toosey). A detailed map is located here. Below is some history on the names of the communities. Please note that this history and meaning of the names of […]
Tŝilhqot’in Language The Tŝilhqot’in language and culture have persisted through Canada’s dark history of the Residential School System and colonization. To understand the Tŝilhqot’in language is to understand the people. Our language is how we understand the nen (lands, water & resources). For many of our people, English is a […]
TNG Fisheries Department The TNG Fisheries Department works to rebuild and recover all salmon species in Tŝilhqot’in territory, to protect biodiversity and support thriving, resilient, and sustainable traditional fisheries. Healthy salmon populations are essential to food security, biodiversity, ecosystem health, Tŝilhqot’in cultural practices, and title and rights. Working closely with […]