Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
The Gitanyow treaty table is in Stage 4 Agreement in Principle negotiations.
Gitanyow traditional territory in areas of the Kitwanga and Nass watersheds, and the upper Kispiox River in the Swan Lakes area. There are approximately 855 Gitanyow members.
Gitanyow has overlapping and/or shared territory with its First Nation neighbours: Gitxsan and Nisga’a.
BC Treaty Commission Contacts
Celeste Haldane , 604-482-9200
Chief Commissioner
Contacts Information
P.O. Box 148
Kitwanga, BC V0J 2A0
Kitwanga, BC V0J 2A0
Phone: 250 849 5222
Fax: 250 849 5787
Email:
reception@band.gitanyow.com
Current Stage of Nation
Stage 4
Negotiation Stage Process
Stage 1: Statement of Intent
Gitanyow Statement of Intent
12/16/93
Stage 2: Readiness
Readiness documents accepted as complete
First Nation
12/13/94
BC
05/11/95
Canada
05/11/95
Table Declared Ready
05/11/95
Tripartite Procedural Agreements Signed
Gitanyow Openness Protocol
04/18/95
Procedures Agreement
03/23/95
Information Sharing Principles
04/20/95
Stage 3: Framework Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement-in-Principle
Initialled
Signed
Stage 5: Final Agreement
Initialled
Signed
