Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs
The Wet’suwet’en table is in Stage 4 Agreement in Principle negotiations.
Wet’suwet’en represents four communities: Hagwilget, Witset (formerly Moricetown), Skin Tyee, and Nee Tahi Buhn. Wet'suwet'en traditional territory is in the Bulkley River area in northwest BC. There are approximately 3,195 Wet’suwet’en members.
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have overlapping and/or shared territory with its First Nation neighbours: Carrier Sekani, Gitxsan, Tsimshian, and Lake Babine.
BC Treaty Commission Contacts
Mark Smith , 604 482 9200
General Counsel and Director of Process
Celeste Haldane , 604 482 9200
Chief Commissioner
Contacts Information
205 Beaver Road
Smithers, BC V0J 2N1
Smithers, BC V0J 2N1
Phone: 250 698 7307
Fax: 250 847 5381
Email:
fdms@wetsuweten.com
Website:
Office of the Wet'suwet'en
Current Negotiations
Stage 4
Negotiation Stage Process
Stage 1: Statement of Intent
Wet'suwet'en Statement of Intent
07/07/94
Stage 2: Readiness
Readiness documents accepted as complete
First Nation
09/30/94
BC
12/13/94
Canada
12/14/94
Table Declared Ready
01/25/95
Tripartite Procedural Agreements Signed
Wet'suwet'en Openness Protocol
04/20/95
Procedures Agreement
Information Sharing Principles
Stage 3: Framework Agreement
Stage 4: Agreement-in-Principle
Initialled
Signed
Stage 5: Final Agreement
Initialled
Signed
