KATZIE FIRST NATION

Band Website:https://katzie.ca/

Phone Number: (604) 465-8961

Fax: (604) 465-5949

Address:10946 KATZIE ROAD, PITT MEADOWS, BC, V3Y 2G6

Email: (for emails, please see Governance section below)

Government Type: Elected Chief and Council

Chief Name: Chief Grace George - grace@katzie.ca

Council Member Names:

• Councillor Lisa Marie Adams - lisa@katzie.ca

• Councillor Rick Bailey - rick@katzie.ca

• Councillor David Kenworthy - david@katzie.ca

Council Notes:Term Expires: 03/31/2026

Land Code: ✔

Land Code Document: PDF

Land Use Plan: PDF

Land Code Contact: N/A

Part of Guardians Program: ✔

Guardians Program Notes: N/A

Related Documents: Environmental Management Plan [Part 1] [PDF],

Most Recent Audited Financial Statement: PDF

Most Recent Remuneration Statement: PDF

ISC Code: 08026

BARNSTON ISLAND 3

NEW WESTMINSTER DIST. IN SEC. 4, TP. 9, E.C.M. ON SOUTH SHORE OF BARNSTON ISLAND ON PARSONS CHNL FRASER RIVER

54.60 Hectares

49.188312874686666, -122.6947939217179

ISC Code: 08028

GRAVEYARD 5

NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP.9, E.C.M. N.W. CORNER OF LOT 279, G.1, 1 MILE NORTH OF PORT HAMMOND

0.40 Hectares

49.216566245672105, -122.65824527365534

ISC Code: 08024

KATZIE 1

NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN SECTION 10. TP. 9,E.C.M. ON RIGHT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER, 1 MILE WEST OF PORT HAMMOND

43.10 Hectares

49.20334208847224, -122.67429405921533

ISC Code: 08025

KATZIE 2

NEW WESTMINSTER DIST. IN SECTION 11, TP.9,E.C.M. ON LEFT BANK OF THE FRAZER RIVER, OPPOSITE PORT HAMMOND

23.10 Hectares

49.19372671047213, -122.653073025417

ISC Code: 08027

PITT LAKE 4

NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN SECS. 3&4, TP.5, W.7M, AT SOUTH END OF PITT LAKE, AT OUTLET INTO PITT RIVER

214 Hectares

• Katzie First Nation Bus Corporation

• Smuq'wa Development Corporation

• Katzie Cultural Education Society

• Katzie Early Years Society

• Katzie First Nation Housing Society

• Katzie First Nation Affordable Housing Development Society

• First Nation Forestry Agreement (2005)

• First Nation Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (2017)

• Katzie First Nation v. Deputy Director of Waste Management, 1996 BCEAB 34 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/jvm8n>, retrieved on 2024-07-16

• KATZIE FIRST NATION v HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN RIGHT OF PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF ENERGY, MINES AND LOW CARBON INNOVATION (BC Supreme Civil (General) 2024)

• KATZIE FIRST NATION v HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT (2008)

The following is a curated list of important news stories from the Katzie First Nation:

• June 26 2024: "3 First Nations seek return of Crown land in Surrey, B.C."

• February 18 2024: "Pitt Meadows mayor, Katzie want solution to funding shortfall for Harris Road underpass project"

• February 16 2024: "Grace George wins fourth term as Chief of Katzie First Nation"

• February 13 2024: "Miller, George identify top priority if named Chief in Katzie First Nation elections"

• August 27 2023: "Elder to speak about history and culture of the Katzie First Nation"

• April 19 2023: "Katzie First Nation building new business park"

• February 16 2023: "Katzie First Nation orders Trans Mountain to stop work on their land"

• October 28 2022: "Katzie First Nation sues B.C. Hydro, province over Alouette Dam"

• September 9 2022: "Katzie assert historic claim to former Hammond Cedar site in Maple Ridge"

• November 8 2021: "Katzie disappointed with federal government’s decision around CP’s Pitt Meadows expansion"

• September 17 2021: "Province stops Maple Ridge riverside development"

• June 25 2021: "Katzie ‘will not be standing down,’ oppose riverfront subdivision"

• June 9 2021: "Katzie First Nation accuses Maple Ridge of bad faith engagement"

• May 13 2020: "Access to Pitt Lake closed amid dispute between province and Katzie"

• September 14 2017: "'Enough is enough': Katzie First Nation members feel safer after gate installation"

• December 21 2016: "Katzie First Nation explore millennia-old sea gardens in Pitt Meadows"

• April 2 2015: "Katzie First Nation calls for “immediate halt” to Sheridan Hill mining proposal"

• February 8 2011: "Better understanding the Katzie First Nation"

• HOW CAN ARCHAEOBOTANY BE PUT INTO SERVICE OF KATZIE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY?, Natasha Lyons Et Al, (2023)

• "Now we learn to live with it": Katzie cultural resilience and the Golden Ears Bridge., Tanja Hoffmann, (2023)

• Supporting Communities in Caring for Salmon and Each Other: Creek Restoration as a Site for Multi-System Change and Wholistic Re/conciliation, Cher Hill Et al, (2021)

• De-Interpreting Widgeon Marsh : Designs for Transformative Learning in a Regional Park, C Duncan Chambers, (2021)

• Embodying Indigenous Coast Salish education : travelling with Xé:ls the sister, mapping Katzie/q’iċəy’ stories and pedagogies, Kerrie Charnley, 2019

• Katzie & the Wapato: An Archaeological Love Story.Lyons, N., Hoffmann, T., Miller, D. (2018).

• Changes in Water Quality of the Katzie Slough; Historical versus Present Day Conditions, Julie Porter, (2017)

• Planning a sustainable approach to community forest management with the Katzie First Nation at Blue Mountain and Douglas provincial forest, Anna Cecilia Usborne, 2010

• Katzie First Nation community forest, Bakker, Nicola (2009)

• Restoration Plan for Recreation Leases on Pitt Lake, Katzie First Nation, Jim DeHart, (2006)

• Creation site a no-go for quarry development, Shari Narene, (2005)

• Structuring collaboration amongst B.C. First Nations and local governments : learning from Katzie First Nation and neighbouring local governments, Marlene Wells, UBC, 2004

• Intangible Property within Coast Salish First Nations Communities, British Columbia, Brian Thomas, (2003)

• Occupying the Land: Traditional Patterns of Land and Resource Ownership among First Peoples of British Columbia, Nancy Turner, 2000)

• Factum of the Intervener: Katzie First Nation (re: Katzie Sacred Sites) [pdf]

• Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and Katzie Nation Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) Research Project [pdf]