Sechelt Nation - BC (Canada)

Native American

Last modified: 2021-04-24 by rick wyatt
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image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 31 January 2011

• The band
• The flag
• White version of the flag

See also:

• Index to North American Native Bands and Nations
• British Columbia
• Canada

The Band

Sechelt Nation
shíshálh

The Sechelt Band was the first in Canada to be granted self-government and the authority to manage its own lands under the provision of the Indian Act.
Reserves totaling 1,031.7 hectares.
Population: 1,267 (2010)
Located on the Sechelt Peninsula (Sunshine Coast) approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 31 January 2011

Sechelt Nation has about 1500 members, of which about 650 live on reserve land.
Valentin Poposki, 20 January 2020

The Flag

The new flag dates to (at least) 2006 and features the Sechelt double-headed eagle emblem on blue. The previous flag was white with a different design of the eagle.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 31 January 2011

White version of the flag

image located by Janis Lasmanis, 18 April 2021

Its current flag is white with tribal emblem and name of the tribe in native language "shishalh Nation".
Valentin Poposki, 20 January 2020