The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (familiarly known as CSTC) is a tribal council

Tribal Council

A Tribal Council is either: an association of Native American bands in the United States or First Nations governments in Canada, or the governing body for certain tribes within the United States or elsewhere...

 representing eight First Nations in the Central Interior of British Columbia

British Columbia Interior

The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...

. It was originally known as the Lakes District Tribal Council.

Member governments

Its current members are:

• Nadleh Whut'en First Nation
  Nadleh Whut'en First Nation
  The Nadleh Whut'en First Nation is a First Nations government of the Dakelh people, whose territory is located in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, around the east end of Fraser Lake. The nation has seven reserves which Indian and Northern Affairs Canada refer to as IR#1-9. The...
  
  
• Nak'azdli Indian Band
• Saik'uz First Nation
  Saik'uz First Nation
  Saik'uz First Nation or Stoney Creek is a Dakelh nation whose main community is located on a reserve 9 km south-east of Vanderhoof, British Columbia along Kenney Dam road.-Amenities:...
  
  
• Stellat'en First Nation
  Stellat'en First Nation
  The Stellat'en First Nation is the band government of the Stellat'en subgroup of the Dakelh paople in the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Chief and Councillors:Chief Louie ReginaldCouncillor Violet Kennedy...
  
  
• Takla Lake First Nation
  Takla Lake First Nation
  Takla Lake Nation is a First Nation based around Takla Lake, 400 km north of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The main community is at Takla Landing, at the north end of Takla Lake, but the band services 17 reserves totaling 809 hectares. Takla Lake First Nation has approximately 650...
  
  
• Tl'azt'en Nation
  Tl'azt'en Nation
  Tl'azt'en Nation is an Indian band located along the north shore of Stuart Lake in the northern interior of British Columbia. The two main villages belonging to Tl'azt'en Nation are Tache , 60 km northwest of Fort St. James and Binche , 40 km northwest of Fort St. James...
  
  
• Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation
  Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation
  Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation or the Burns Lake Indian Band is a Dakelh nation whose main community is located on Burns Lake, near the divide between the Bulkley and Nechako River basins, approximately 220 km west of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They have four reserves, totalling about...
  
   (formerly known as Burns Lake Indian Band)
• Wet'suwet'en First Nation
  Wet'suwet'en First Nation
  The Wet'suwet'en First Nation is a First Nations band located outside of Burns Lake in the central interior of British Columbia. It was formerly known as the Broman Lake Indian Band and is still usually referred to as Broman Lake although this is no longer its official name...
  
   (formerly known as Broman Lake Band or Broman Indian Lake Band)

Not all Carrier or Sekani bands belong to CSTC. Three Blackwater Carrier bands, Ulkatcho Indian Band, Lhoosk'us Dene, and Red Bluff Indian Band, belong to Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council

Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council

The Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council is a First Nations tribal council located in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also on the Fraser River near the city of Quesnel....

. The other bands are independent.

Chief and Councillors

CSTC is governed by a Chief, elected at large by the individual members, and a Council consisting of one representative of each of the member bands. Social services are provided by Carrier Sekani Family Services, a now separate organization spun off by CSTC. The Yinka Dene Language Institute

Yinka Dene Language Institute

The Yinka Dene Language Institute is an organization based in Stoney Creek, British Columbia, whose purpose is the study and maintenance of the language and culture of Dakelh and other First Nations people in northern British Columbia.-History:...

, charged with linguistic and cultural matters, is indirectly controlled by CSTC, which appoints the majority of its Board of Directors.

History

CSTC has at times included other bands. Lake Babine Nation

Lake Babine Nation

Lake Babine Nation is a Babine First Nation originally based around Babine Lake. Its main community has been in Woyenne, near Burns Lake, since many of the nation's members moved there in the 1940s...

 band left CSTC in 1991. Lheidli T'enneh left in 1992. Burns Lake Band withdrew in 1993 but subsequently returned.

Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities

In addition to representing its members in treaty negotiations with British Columbia and Canada and in various other dealings, CSTC provides technical and professional services to its members in such areas as fisheries, education, economic development, community and infrastructure planning, forestry, and financial management.

See also

• Dakelh
  Dakelh
  The Dakelh or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.Most Carrier call themselves Dakelh, meaning "people who go around by boat"...
  
  
• Carrier language
  Carrier language
  The Carrier language is a Northern Athabaskan language. It is named after the Dakelh people, a First Nations people of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, for whom Carrier is the usual English name. People who are referred to as Carrier speak two related languages. One,...
  
  
• Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council
  Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council
  The Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council is a First Nations tribal council located in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also on the Fraser River near the city of Quesnel....
  
  
• Lheidli T'enneh
• List of tribal councils in British Columbia

External links

• Carrier Sekani Family Services
• Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
• Yinka Dene Language Institute
• BC Treaty Commission - Carrier Sekani Tribal Council