Meet Our Array of Departments
Our Departments Main Focus is Our Culture
As High Bar people, one of the most important things to us, is our culture. With that being said, we do everything we can to inform our members and the public about our cultural and traditional ways of living. One of our greatest sources of food is Fraser River salmon, unfortunately due to the Big Bar Slide, in Oct. 2019, we have lost one of our main sources of food. When the slide hit, it impacted the flow of the river, hindering the salmon’s ability to migrate up to the spwonning grounds. Due to the impacts of the salmon, there is no longer a steady run of fish and there has not been since the Slide. Another great food source for us is the ungulates in the area such as deer and moose. These animals are big enough to feed a small family for the winter if stored correctly. The plants around the area are also greatly important to our people as most of them have a purpose. Whether that purpose is medicine or a food source, the land is very important to us, and we believe in order to take from the land, we must first give to the land and how we do that is we give offerings such as sweetgrass and tabacco back to the land.

Chief & Council

Communications

Education

Finance

Governance, Title, and Rights

Health

Stewardship and Lands

Stsmémelt & IRA

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Post Secondary Funding:
- Our education department supports students in applying for post-secondary education sponsorship. High Bar First Nation is funded by Indigenous Services Canada to support our post-secondary sponsorships.
To qualify for funding.
Please ensure to complete your post-secondary application package before the May deadline of the year you intend your post-secondary program. SD74 - Our education coordinator participates in regular monthly meetings on the SD74 First Peoples Education Council as well as monthly meetings with the other Education Coordinators of the other Nations in the area and David Stoddart School in Clinton.
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7645 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton,
V0K 1K0,
British Columbia

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Cassidy Fletcher
Services Coordinator
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Safwan Zarook
Finance Manager
The Governance, Title, and Rights Department (GTRD) works to assert Llenlley’ten’s jurisdiction, develop its governance capacities, and secure the conditions for members to exercise their inherent and Aboriginal rights on the land.
The GTRD works in close collaboration with Kúkpi7 and Council, as well as other departments within the Nation, to ensure good governance for Llelleney’ten’s members.
It develops policies and procedures that are designed to provide consistency, efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency in the conduct of the Nation’s governance. The GTRD furthermore helps to coordinate between groups within Llenlleney’ten’s administration, to make sure that title and rights are advanced and protected. Through these activities, the GTRD works to develop Llenlleney’ten’s capacity for self-governance and for the exercising jurisdiction over its territories.
Resources and partnerships are required for Llenlleney’ten’s long-term plans. The GTRD works closely with other departments in Llenlleney’ten’s administration to build relationships with third parties, including other First Nations, BC ministries, and industry proponents. The GTRD supports negotiations for land and resources and builds relationships with other governments to advance shared decision-making structures.
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Tom Howard
Inter-Governmental Coordinator
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7645 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton,
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British Columbia
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Angie Pigeon
Community Health Programming Coordinator

Cassidy Fletcher
Services Coordinator
The Llenllenéy’ten (High Bar First Nation – HBFN) Stewardship and Lands Department (SLD) has been entrusted with the protection and stewardship of HBFN lands and resources in the Llenllenéy’ten traditional territory.
HBFN territorial rights include the right to social and ceremonial well-being, to fish, and to hunt. The SLD is committed to securing and maintaining these rights for HBFN in perpetuity.
The SLD is progressing towards fulfilling the strategic objectives outlined by HBFN Chief and Council, in securing HBFN’s territorial and resource rights by integrating culture, identity, and knowledge into sound land stewardship practices. The SLD is leading the paradigm shift in the protection, management, and stewardship of our tmícw (i.e., resources, lands and waters) that requires sustainable harvesting practices, land restoration activities, and guardianship. It follows that HBFN is taking an approach of walking on two legs: weaving Secwépemc traditional knowledge and cultural heritage with contemporary science.
The new stewardship paradigm creates the expectation that the future of industry and the natural resource sector requires Indigenous stewardship and guardianship at the forefront of land-based decision-making and management. A core component of ensuring land and resource security is fostering the knowledge transference amongst our knowledge keepers and staff to future generations. The SLD offers the means for members and the community to build from and learn about Llenllenéy’ten identity and culture. The direct presence of HBFN on the land establishes control over the traditional territory and supports the self determination created from land-based stewardship activities. The SLD plans to continuously grow capacity to address future environmental and economic challenges.
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George Jennings
Natural Resources Manager

Troy McElhaw
Stewardship Forester

Shaye Shintah
NR GIS Tech

Jordy McKague
Referrals Clerk/ Land Guardian

Lynn Morrison
NR Project Assistant

Zig Fletcher
Resource Management Tech

Margaret Fletcher
NR Field Work

Kaden Hook
NR Field Worker

Kayla Fletcher
NR Field Work

Tyrel Hughes
NR Field Worker

Jesse Fletcher
NR Field Worker
The main goal is prevention not apprehension. To be able to connect everyone back with their culture and traditions and the Secwépemc way of being. The Secwépemc Law of Stsmémelt and Kw’séltkten is based off our Secwépemc stories. We are asserting our Jurisdiction and reclaiming the care of our Secwépemc Stsmémelt.
Each Secwèpemc Nation signed on with the Secwépemc Law of Stsmémelt and Kw’séltkten has a Stsmémelt Coordinator. The Stsmémelt Coordinator attends monthly meetings in each different Secwépemc community and engages with the other Secwépemc communities to further the Secwépemc Law of Stsmémelt and Kw’séltkten work.
Indian Registration Administrator (IRA) carries out the required functions for Indian Registration Reporting in accordance with the Indian Act.
The IRA works closely with Indigenous Services Canada. The IRA completes the mandatory reporting, issues CIS status cards, assists those who want the SCIS status card and status registration.
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Keisha Fletcher
Project Coordinator