Penelakut Tribe

Preferred Name:
Penelakut Tribe
Alternative Name:
Formerly Penelakut (Pre-March 2012); Variation Penal-A-Khut, Pen-Al-A-Khuts; Meaning "Something Buried"; Includes Yonkulah (Circa 1870S); Includes Lamalchi (1910) (Variation Lamalchas, Li-Mache, Limalches) & Tsussie (1910)
Language:
Halq'eméylem, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, Hul’q’umi’num’
BC Regional Office:
West Coast (Nanaimo)
Region:
Vancouver Island & Coast
Reserve Land Area:635.70 ha
Chief:
Chief Joan Brown
Council:
Councillor Roger Charlie, Councillor Denny Jack Sr., Councillor Joshua James, Councillor Fred Mitchell Jr., Councillor Mike Sam, Councillor Kenneth Thomas, Councillor Mark Brown Sr., Councillor Pam Jack, Councillor Sharon Cross
Governance Structure:
Indian Act
Address: P.O. Box 360
Chemainus
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Treaty or Tribal Association
Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group