Kitselas

Preferred Name:
Kitselas
Alternative Name:
Variation Kitsalas; Traditional Name Gits'Ilaasu, Gitselasu; Meaning "People Of The Canyon"
Language:
Smalgyax
BC Regional Office:
Skeena (Smithers)
Region:
North Coast
Reserve Land Area:1,069.10 ha
Chief:
Chief Glenn Bennett
Council:
Councillor Cyril Bennett-Nabess, Councillor Jericho Bevan, Councillor Geneva Mason, Councillor Ken Mcdames Jr., Councillor Gerald Nyce, Councillor Victor Wright
Governance Structure:
Indian Act
Address: Site 44, Comp. 24, RR #2
Terrace
V8G 3Z9
Community Description

The Kitselas or “People of the Canyon” are among the five Tsimshian Nations to call the Northwest Coastal Region home. The band government is based at Gitaus in the Skeena Valley (near Kitselas, British Columbia, which is named for them) in the Skeena River valley to the northeast of the city of Terrace, British Columbia, Canada.

Treaty or Tribal Association
Independent &Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society