Liard River First Nation
The Liard River First Nation, also known as the Liard First Nation (pronounced "lee-ahrd") is a
Upper Liard and Watson Lake along the Alaska Highway. The language originally spoken by the people of this First Nation was Kaska and the First Nation is a member of the Kaska Tribal Council which is pursuing land claims in the Yukon and northern British Columbia. Their Indian and Northern Affairs Canada band number is 502.[1]
Population and demographics
Its registered population in June 2011 was 1,152.[2]
Indian reserves
Indian reserves under the governance of the Liard First Nation are:[3]
- Blue River at its confluence with the Dease, 65.20 ha.
- Dease River IR No.2 (Liard River Band), 6.4 km northeast of the confluence of the Blue and Dease Rivers, 157.40 ha.
- Dease River Indian Reserve No.3 (Liard River Band), left bank of the Dease River opposite the mouth of the Rapid River, 51.40 ha.
- Horse Ranch IR No.4, at Horse Ranch Pass, 14 miles north of Dease River I.R. No.3, 247.30 ha.
- Liard River IR No.3, left bank of the Lower Post., 271.90 ha.
- McDames Creek IR No.3, left bank of the Dease River on both banks of the mouth of McDame Creek
- Mosquito Creek IR No.5, on the Major Hart River, a tributary of the Turnagain River, 30 miles northeast of Cry Lake, 518 ha.
- Muddy River IR No.1, on the left bank of the Liard River at Mile Post 540 of the Alaska Highway 70.80 ha.
- One Mile Point IR No.1, at the north end of Dease Lake at the outlet of the Dease River, opposite Porter's Landing, 47.70 ha.
References
- ^ Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile
- ^ see "Registered Population" at AANDC for details and Government of Canada's "Population Census Statistics" for detailed demographic information
- ^ "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" of the Liard First Nation at AANDC
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