Tribal Council
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A Tribal Council is an association of Native American bands in the United States or First Nations in Canada. They are generally formed along ethnic or linguistic lines.
[edit] Modern Tribal Council
Several Sovereign American Indian Nations are organized as Tribal Councils. The Navajo Nation, or Dineh, were formally governed by the Navajo Tribal Council, known today as the Navajo Nation Council. The Crow Nation in Montana was once organized as the Crow Tribal Council. Currently, the Crow Nation, after a change in constitution whose legality is disputed, is organized as a three branch government with a ceremonial Crow Tribal General Council.
Tribal councils in the United States and Canada have a somewhat different status. In the United States, the term usually describes the governing body of a tribe, where the tribe is the basic unit of government. In Canada, the Indian band, usually consisting of one main community, is the fundamental unit of government. Bands may unite to form a tribal council, but they need not do so. Bands that do not belong to a tribal council are said to be independent. Bands may and do withdraw from tribal councils. Furthermore, the authority that bands delegate to their tribal council varies, with some tribal councils serving as a strong, central organization while others are granted limited power by their members.
[edit] Tribal Councils in Canada
- Agency Chiefs Tribal Council
- Algonquin Nation Tribal Council
- Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council
- Athabasca Tribal Council
- Battlefords Tribal Council
- Cariboo Tribal Council
- Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council
- Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
- Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations
- Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council
- File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council
- Fort Carlton Agency Council
- Four Nations Administration
- Fraser Canyon Tribal Administration
- Gwich'in Tribal Council
- Interlake Reserves Tribal Council
- Island Lake Tribal Council
- Kaska Tribal Council
- Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council
- Keewatin Tribal Council
- Kwakiutl Tribal Council
- Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council
- Lillooet Tribal Council
- Lower Stl'atl'imx Tribal Council
- Mackenzie Delta Tribal Council
- Mamuitun Tribal Council
- Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimowin
- Mawiw Tribal Council
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council
- Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island
- Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council
- Naut'sa Mawt Tribal Council
- Nicola Tribal Association
- Nisga'a Tribal Council
- Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council
- North Peace Tribal Council
- North Shore Tribal Council
- Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
- Office of the Wet'suwet'en
- Okanagan Nation Alliance
- Prince Albert Grand Council
- Saint John River Valley Tribal Council
- Saskatoon District Tribal Council
- Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
- Southeast Tribal Council
- Southeast Treaty #4 Tribal Council
- Stó:lo Nation Government House
- Swampy Cree Tribal Council
- Tanana Chiefs Council
- Touchwood Agency Chiefs
- Treaty 7 Management Corporation
- Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta
- Treaty 8 Tribal Association
- Tsilhqot'in National Government
- Tsimshian Tribal Council
- Wabun Tribal Council
- West Region Tribal Council
- Western Cree Tribal Council
- Western Region Tribal Council
- Yellowhead Tribal Council
- Yorkton Tribal Council
