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'"! Iskut ! Trutch 5 Iskut First Nation NORTHEAST Former Indian Residential Schools Kinaskan Lake ¤£97 94 Fast Facts about Northern BC Kwadacha Nation (Fort Ware) '" The area served by Northern Health lies roughly between 53 and 60 degrees north ! latitude and covers 617, 271 square kilometers. This region accounts for nearly two- thirds of the land area of : an area the size of France.

Kemess Local Health Areas (LHAs) are administrative units used by the province of British BARANOF Mine Columbia to facilitate the planning and delivery of health and other services. ISLAND 57 Local Health Areas Sq. Km. Population 2010 Pink Mountain 60 ! 28 Quesnel 2 3 , 4 3 4 .0 7 23,784 Canada ! Bob Quinn Lake Thutade 50 4,593 KUIU Tatlatui 9,632.89 ISLAND Lake Lake 51 Snow Country 2 8 , 0 4 5 . 0 8 541 52 Prince Rupert 5 , 9 6 3 . 9 5 14,372 ! ¤£37 Tsay Keh Dene 53 Upper Skeena 4 , 4 7 3 . 4 7 5,407 N '" a s 54 Smithers 9 , 8 8 1 . 9 7 16,214 s Buick Bronson !

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KUPREANOF e I$ First Nations 56 Nechako 4 1 , 3 4 0 . 9 0 15,009 r ISLAND 57 Prince George 8 0 , 5 8 3 . 7 0 97,036 ! Doig River First Nation 59 Peace River South 2 8 , 3 4 3 . 7 0 27,501 Ingenika ! (Taahche Wadane) Rose I$ 60 Peace River North 6 9 , 8 1 3 . 6 0 35,407 Northern Wrangell Mine Prairie 80 9 , 4 8 4 . 9 0 10,237 Health Upper ! Halfway 81 Fort Nelson 8 6 , 6 5 2 . 7 0 6,319 ! Halfway River ! 87 Stikine 1 4 1 , 6 7 9 . 0 0 986 Bowser I$ First Nation Charlie (Choonachee) Lake Goodlow 88 Terrace 1 3 , 3 8 2 . 3 0 20,536 Lake ! 92 Nisga'a 5 , 0 0 5 . 7 4 1,958 Pi!neview 51 94 Telegraph Creek 2 4 , 0 2 5 . 0 0 709 87 Fort Grand Haven - Clairmont ! ! St. John Clayhurst v® ! Total Sq. Km. and population 6 1 7 , 2 7 0 . 9 7 288,569  Taylor A ! /! Source: Square Kilometers summary provided to Northern Health by BC Stats, May 2010. er Source: Populations by LHA from BC Stats, PEOPLE 35 for year 2010. ace Riv Pe Hudson's Doe River Hope ! ! ! Meziadin Bear µÂA Aboriginal People and Communities in Northern BC PRINCE Lake Rolla Lake ! OF ! Approximately 17.5 % of northerners (or about 52,000 persons) identified themselves WALES Hyder ! ÂA µ Moberly as Aboriginal (First Nations, Metis or Inuit) during the last Canadian Census in 2006. ISLAND Stewart ¤£37 Williston Saulteau Lake ! Dawson ! Driftwood River ! O I$ First Nation Lake ! There are 54 First Nations Bands located in northern BC. Many of these bands have m Creek West Moberly ! ! in v® ! e I$ more than one community under their governance. The last census (2006) indicated that REVILLAGIGEDO c Pouce a First Nation Arras ISLAND R ! ÂA there were more than 80 inhabited First Nations communities in northern BC. iv ! Coupe er ! ! Squaam ! East / Germansen Landing Chetwynd v® Takla Lake ! Pine B The table below lists the numerous First Nations Bands in the North. We have included a Dokie-Wildmare  First Nation A ! bi ! ne ! ! the INAC identification numbers for clarification purposes as there is often confusion. Ri Pine / Tomslake ver ! Lone Manson Creek Valley Prairie ! Northwest - 25 First Nations Gitzault 56 ! Takla Landing 52 Alice Arm ! Cranberry ¤£ 501 Taku River Tlingit 682 Tahltan Junction ! 59 504 Dease River Band (Good Hope Lake) 683 Iskut Ketchikan 92 53 '" Nisga'a 671 Gingolx 678 Lax Galt'sap Indigenous Languages in British Columbia NORTHERN ! 677 Gitlaxt'aamiks / New Aiyansh 679 Gitwinsihlkw Nass Camp ! Anspayaxw / Kispiox Takla ! 531 Gitanmaax 535 Gitsegukla I$ Wit'at ®Â Kelly ! v A Tumbler ! ! 537 Gitanyow 536 Gitwangak British Columbia is home to an amazing diversity of Aboriginal languages and cultures. In fact Old Aiyansh I$ Sik E Dakh / Glen Vowell I$ (Fort Babine) Lake Mackenzie Lake ! ! ! Ridge 533 Sik E Dakh / Glen Vowell 532 Anspayaxw / Kispiox Gitanyow I$ ! ! INTERIOR Metlakatla !  !I$Tse-Kya / Hagwilget over sixty percent of the First Nations Languages in Canada are spoken in British Columbia. Gitlaxt'aamiks A v® ! 534 Tse-kya / Hagwilget 530 Moricetown / Key' ah' wiget (Alaska) ! I$ Hazeltons µ ÂA Source: First Peoples Language Map of British Columbia Gitwinksihlkw I$ 669 Old Massett Village Council 670 Skidegate Gitanmaax ! Gitwangak Tchentlo 675 Gitga'at / Hartley Bay 672 Gitxaala / Kitkatla ! Chuchi Parsnip Gingolx I$Â! I$ Gitsegukla Nedoats Lakes 673 Metlakatla / Maxtakxaata 674 Lax Kw'alaams ! A I$ Lax galts' ap ! (Old Fort) Lake 676 Kitimaat Village Council / Haisla 681 Kitsumkalum First Nations of British Columbia I$! Babine 17 ! ! !! McLeod Lake The intent of this map is to provide a more accurate Moricetown ! ! 680 Kitselas / Gitselasu I$ Bulkley Smithers representation of First Nations peoples in British I$ First Nation (Key' ah' wiget) River Landing Columbia. Boundaries shown are language areas ¤£16 Northern Interior - 21 First Nations ! Dzitl'ainli and not an authoritative depiction of tribal territories. µ (Middle River) The names listed are the ones First peoples prefer to 619 Ts'il Kaz Koh / Burns Lake Band 620 Cheslatta Carrier Glentanna Granisle ÂA ! ! Trembleur call themselves. Terms and spellings do not reflect Rosswood 729 Skin Tyee 726 Nee Tahi Buhn all the dialects or names used by First Nations living ! ! Lake Kuz Che ! 607 Lake Babine Nation 725 Wet'suwet'en within the illustrated regions. ! I$Tachet ! Smithers ! Topley (Grand Rapids) ÂA v®/ Landing Carp 613 Stellat'en 612 Nadleh Whut'en This map has been reproduced courtesy of the Museum 88 ! Jean 614 Nak'azdli 617 Tl'azt'en of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. © 1994, Baptiste Lake UBC Museum of Anthropology. Used with permission. ! Babine Tachie (Tl'azt'en) ¤£97 728 Yekooche 615 Saik'uz Telkwa Lake I$! 608 Takla Lake 609 Tsay Keh Dene D I$! Gitaus (Kitselas) ! i Lax kw' alaams Quick 16 ! Binche 610 Kwadacha 611 Lheidli Tenneh x ! Terrace £ ! ¤ o 5 Yekooche I$ ! n '" (Port Simpson) ! Endudoon (Kitselas) Stuart Fort 618 McLeod Lake 715 Lhtako Dene / Red Bluff ÂAv!®! / First Nation E n ! Donald Lake St. James 709 Esdilagh / Alexandria 721 Lhoosk'uz Dene / Kluskus t r Kitsumkalum I$ Kulspai (Kitselas) ! a ! n c e Landing ! ! 720 Nazko 54 Duncan ÂA v® ! ! Topley ! / Lake ! Bear I$ ! I$ Nak'azdli First Nation Northeast - 8 First Nations Maxtakxaata / Metlakatla 52 ! ! ÂA Lakelse Lake µ Sowchea Lake 57 ! 16 Prince Rupert  Je/! ¤£ Houston Wet'suwet'en (Broman Lake) 1059 Daylu Dena / Lower Post 543 Fort Nelson A ® ! v ÂA Maxan ! Port Edward ! Decker Lake Lake ! ! 544 Prophet River / Dene Tsaa Tse K'nai 547 Blueberry River ! Summit Lake Babine Nation (Woyenne) Dog Lake 548 Doig River / Taahche Wadane 546 Halfway River / Choonachee I$!! Creek ! ¤£37 Burns !I$ Ts'il Kaz Koh (Burns Lake Band) 56 542 Saulteau 545 West Moberly Lake ! v® Old Massett ! Port Fraser I$ Lake  Nadleh (Haida) v® Essington A Lake Willow Source: Regional Profiles of First Nations: First Nations Health Council. September 2010. http://www.fnhc.ca/ Whuten Fort !  Endako River Source: Indian and Northern Affairs. First Nations in British Columbia. January 2011. http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca A ! Francois ! PORCHER 52 ! Fraser  ! A ! Lake ! ! 5! ISLAND Morice I$ ÂA Reid Lheidli T'enneh ! Prince ! 5 Skin Tyee I$µ Lejac Shelley Longworth Kitimat Lake ! Lake ! ®!! ! ! Vanderhoof ! v ! 16 Kitimaat Cheslatta Stellaquo v® George 50 ¤£ I$ ! !  ÂAI$ ! A Village Stellat'en First Nation ! ! e Penny Nee Tahi Buhn Laketown /ÂA v®J ! Haisla Nation Southside I$ Stony Creek ! ! Saik'uz First Nation Dome Creek Port ! Takysie Lake ! ! '" Kildala Nanika ÂA! Clements Gitkxaahla / Kitkatla (Dolphin Island) Arm Lake Beaverley PITT Juskatla ISLAND ! 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A Ocean ! ! 27 ! (Soda Creek) ! ÂA O r Falls Hagensborg I$ 26 a I$ 18 C i ! v® Towdystan ! ÂA Williams Lake Blue ! E t Nimpo Lake ! Mica Tsi Del Del ! ! Chilanko / !  T'exelc First Nation Stillwater River Creek ! Redstone ® A  ! Waglisla! A v A Forks (Alexis Creek) ! ! Flat I$ (Williams Lake) Heiltsuk Nation ! I$ ! 5 !  !A N v® (Bella Bella) I$ Canim I$ Riske Creek 25 Mahood Lake ¤£20 Tl'etinqox-t'in ! Lake Kleena Avola Kleene Tatla ! 19 ! Yunesit'in First Nation I$ ! I$ Lac ! Mahood Lake Hanceville ! La Hache Falls (Stone) Toosey ! This map was created for the people of Northern British Columbia by Northern Health; prepared by BC Stats, June 2011. Namu Vancouver Coastal Esketemc ! Authority I$! ! Tsq'escen Clearwater Donald 85 Health Authority ! I$ We are very grateful that the University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology, has permitted us to include their 83 108 Mile House (Canim Lake Band) ! Big  23 ! A ¤£ Tatlayoko ! work: The First Nations of British Columbia. We hope that by including this work, there will be a renewed interest in the Creek ! East Gate ! 100 Mile House amazing diversity and history of the First Peoples in BC. Please note that this work is © 1994 UBC, Museum of Anthropology. Vancouver Island Lake Stswecem'c ÂA 24 Vavenby 24 ! ! Lone Butte Health Authority (Canoe Creek) ! Golden I$! ! Roe Lake ! Rogers Pass Nicholson ! ! ! Little Fort Nemaiah Valley ! !

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