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GOVERNMENT
House of Assembly
band council and village council
Old Massett Village Council (OMVC)
and Skidegate Band Council (SBC)
are elected by their membership and
perform the function of a village
government in their communities.
Councils are responsible for the
well-being of the communities and
enact legal policies and programs
in the areas of Capital, Education, Membership, Health, Social Development, etc. They are also mandated to take actions to protect the well being of Band members and the community; to establish cultural programs and undertake initiatives
in economic development.
Village Councils are accountable to the each respective community's
membership and to the Constitution of the Haida Nation.
OLD MASSETTVILLAGE COUNCIL (OMVC)
Chief Councillor: Ken Rea
Councillors: Cecil Brown, Alfred Setso, Harold Yeltatzie, Danny Mathews,
John T. Jones, Buster Bell, David Smith
SKIDEGATE BAND COUNCIL (SBC)
Spokesperson: Robert Williams
Councillors: Duane Alsop, James Cowpar, Remi Levesque, Godfrey Williams,
Lyndale George, Billy Yavonovich
contacts
OLD MASSETT
VILLAGE COUNCIL
348 Eagle Avenue
Box 189 Masset
Haida Gwaii
V0T 1M0
p. 250.626.3337
f. 250.626.5440
SKIDEGATE BAND COUNCIL
Highway 16
Box 1301 Skidegate
Haida Gwaii
V0T 1S1
p. 250.559.4496
f. 250.559.8247
www.skidegate.ca
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