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 August Sylvester,
Councillor Denny Jack Sr.,
Councillor Don Mike Sam,
Councillor Fred Mitchell Jr.,
Councillor Joan Brown,
Councillor Loren James,
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
Summary of Economic Development Agreements, Community Businesses and Joint Ventures
Penelakut is party to two Forestry Agreements with the Provincial Government.