Haisla Nation Council (HNC)

The Haisla Nation Government, Haisla Nation Council is elected every two years. Haisla Nation Council, consists of ten (10) Councillors and one (1) Chief Councillor (elected on a separate ballot). The last election was on June 4th 2009.  The next election is June 6th, 2011.

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Background

The Haisla people have given the elected Haisla Nation Council (HNC) the authority to represent them and to act on their behalf in seeking funding support for Kitamaat Village. HNC administration currently provides municipal services and local delivery of a host of social, educational and developmental programs.

HNC administration is recognized as a competent and progressive organization by all agencies with whom they do business. Haisla Nation Council is responsible for the management of budgets. HNC devotes a lot of time to ensuring that all relevant Government agencies understand and support their economic development plans.

Over the years Haisla Nation Council has worked to secure many benefits for the Haisla Nation. One of the biggest being its work on saving the Kitlope Valley, the largest intact old growth coastal temperate rain forest watershed left in the world from further logging. For its work Haisla Nation Council received a British Columbia Provincial Award from the Ministry of Environment in 1995.