What We Do at NLG

Nisga'a Lisims Government has many functions and responsibilities carried out under our primary departments of, Finance, Programs & Services, Fisheries & Wildlife, and Lands & Resources. Following is an abridged list of some of the areas we are responsible for that we carry out under Nisga'a laws.

• Administration, management and operation of Nisga’a Government.
• Creation, continuation, amalgamation, dissolution, naming or renaming of Nisga’a Villages on Nisga’a Lands, and Nisga’a Urban Locals.
• Nisga’a citizenship.
• Preservation, promotion and development of Nisga’a language and Nisga’a culture.
• Use, management, possession, disposition of Nisga’a Lands owned by the Nisga’a Nation, a Nisga’a Village or a Nisga’a Corporation and similar matters relating to the property interests of the Nisga’a Nation, Nisga’a Villages and Nisga’a Corporations in Nisga’a Lands.
• Use, management, planning, zoning, development and similar matters related to the regulation and administration of Nisga’a Lands, including establishment of a land title or land registry system, designation of Nisga’a Lands.
• Use, possession, management and similar matters relating to the property interests of the Nisga’a Nation, Nisga’a Villages and Nisga’a Corporations in their assets other than real property on Nisga’a Lands.
• Organization and structure for the delivery of health services on Nisga’a Lands.
• Authorization or licensing of aboriginal healers on Nisga’a Lands, including measures in respect of competence, ethics and quality of practice that are reasonably required to protect the public.
• Child and family services on Nisga’a Lands, if Nisga’a laws include standards comparable to provincial standards intended to ensure the safety and well-being of children and families.
• Adoption of Nisga’a children, if Nisga’a laws expressly provide that the best interests of the child is the paramount consideration and that British Columbia and Canada are provided with records of all adoptions
occurring under Nisga’a laws.
• Pre-school to grade 12 education on Nisga’a Lands of Nisga’a children, if Nisga’a laws include provisions for curriculum, examination and other standards that permit transfers between school systems, and for appropriate certification of teachers.
• Post-secondary education within Nisga’a Lands, if Nisga’a laws include standards comparable to provincial standards in respect of matters such as institutional structure and accountability, admission and standards.
• Devolution of cultural property (ceremonial regalia and similar property associated with a Nisga’a clan and other personal property having cultural significance to the Nisga’a Nation) of a Nisga’a citizen who dies
intestate.
• Timber resources and non-timber forest resources on Nisga’a Lands, if Nisga’a laws meet or exceed provincial standards (subject to transitional provisions).
• Nisga’a Nation’s rights and obligations in respect of fish and aquatic plants under the Final Agreement, if Nisga’a laws are consistent with this Agreement and the harvest Agreement and are not inconsistent with
Nisga’a annual fishing plans approved by the Minister.
• Nisga’a Nation’s rights and obligations in respect of wildlife and migratory birds under the Final Agreement, if Nisga’a laws are consistent with this Agreement and are not inconsistent with the annual management plans
approved by the Minister.
• Establishment of a Nisga’a Police Board and Nisga’a Police Service, if Nisga’a laws include provisions in substantial conformity or compatible with provincial standards set out in the Final Agreement, and with the
approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
• Establishment of a Nisga’a Court, if Nisga’a laws include laws to ensure fairness, independence and accountability, and with the approval of the Lieutenant governor in Council.
• Direct taxation of Nisga’a citizens on Nisga’a Lands to raise revenue for Nisga’a Nation or Nisga’a Village purposes.
• Implementation of taxation agreements with Canada or British Columbia.

Following is an abridged list of some of the areas we are responsible for that we carry out under federal or provincial laws.

• Use, possession and management of assets located off of Nisga’a Lands, of the Nisga’a Nation, Nisga’a Villages or Nisga’a Corporations.
• Public order, peace and safety on Nisga’a Lands.
• Regulation of traffic and transportation on Nisga’a Roads.
• Solemnization of marriages.
• Provision of social services by Nisga’a Government to Nisga’a citizens.
• Health services on Nisga’a Lands.
• Prohibition of, and the terms and conditions for, the sale, exchange, possession or consumption of intoxicants on Nisga’a Lands.
• Emergency preparedness.
• Sale, in accordance with the Final Agreement, of fish or aquatic plants harvested under the Final Agreement or the Harvest Agreement.
• Sale of wildlife or migratory birds harvested under the Final Agreement.
• Environmental assessment of projects on Nisga’a Lands.
• Environmental protection on Nisga’a Lands.
• Own source revenue administration.

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