List of tribal councils in British Columbia
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The following is a List of Tribal Councils in British Columbia. For unaffiliated band governments see List of First Nations governments in British Columbia. Treaty Council organizations are not listed.
- Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council
- Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
- Fraser Canyon Indian Administration (Nlaka'pamux)
- Gitxsan Tribal Council (defunct; the body representing the Gitxsan bands is now the Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan, see below)
- Haida Nation
- In-SHUCK-ch Nation
- Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council
- Kwakiutl District Council (Kwakiutl Laich-kwil-Tach Nations)
- Lillooet Tribal Council (aka St'at'imc Nation)
- Lower Stl'atl'imx Tribal Council, which includes N'quatqua First Nation as well as In-SHUCK-ch bands
- Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council (Coast Salish - around Georgia Strait)
- Nicola Tribal Association (Nlaka'pamux and Okanagan)
- Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council
- Northern Shuswap Tribal Council (a.k.a. Cariboo Tribal Council)
- Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
- Okanagan Nation Alliance (includes Colville Reservation in Washington)
- Oweekeno-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council
- Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
- Sto:lo Nation
- Stó:lō Tribal Council
- Treaty 8 Tribal Association (Peace Country-Fort Nelson)
- Tsilhqot'in Tribal Council (aka Tsilhqot'in National Government)
- Tsimshian Tribal Council (defunct)
Groups that are not technically tribal councils but are organizations of traditional governments, or representing traditional governance are:
- Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan
- Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, referred to by the BC government as "Office of the Wet'suwet'en"
- These two organizations are allied and often release joint documents with the name Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en.
- Tahltan Nation, technically not a tribal council, governed by Tahltan Central Council (see article)
