. . . . "85"^^ . . . . "Kaad Giidee"@en . . "Giinowaan"@en . . . . . . "0.181"^^ . . . . . "Representative for the Skidegate Band Council"@en . "Stephen \"Buck\" Grosse"@en . "Indigenous Government"@en . . . . . "Regional Representatives for Kxeen"@en . "+1 250" . . "Kung Xangajii"@en . "Local Governments: Village Councils"@en . . "57137171"^^ . "English"@en . . . . . "Council of the Haida Nation"@en . "The Council of the Haida Nation (\"CHN\") (X\u0331aaydaG\u0331a Waadlux\u0331an Naay) is the elected government of the Haida Nation. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four electoral regions, and one appointed representative from each of the Old Massett Village Council and Skidegate Band Council. The Constitution of the Haida Nation was accepted formally in 2003."@en . . "Guud Yuwans"@en . . "Kil tlaats 'gaa"@en . . . . "Hereditary Leadership: Hereditary Chiefs Council"@en . . . . . "Dave Dellil"@en . . . "14874"^^ . . . . . "Regional Representatives for G\u0331aaw"@en . "2016"^^ . . "Flag of the CHN"@en . . . . "Representative for the Old Massett Village Council"@en . . . . "Ken Rea, Chief Councillor"@en . "Haida, X\u0331aayda, X\u0331aaydas, X\u0331aad, X\u0331aat"@en . "1974"^^ . . . . "Haida Gwaii Map.png"@en . "CHN Crest.png"@en . "Xylang Jaad Xylaa"@en . . . "Crest of the CHN"@en . . "David Smith"@en . "Huux\u0331"@en . . . . "Haida Gwaii and British Columbia,"@en . . . . . . . . "Kaakuns"@en . "150"^^ . "Official languages"@en . . "1124085521"^^ . "1845"^^ . . . . . "Elected Government: Council of the Haida Nation"@en . . . . "10180000000.0"^^ . "Ginn wadluu un uula isdaa ayaagang"@en . . . "Council of the Haida Nation"@en . "Multicameral Citizen Legislature: House of Assembly"@en . "Billy Yovanovich, Chief Councillor"@en . "Vice President"@en . "Council of the Haida Nation"@en . "First CHN Meeting"@en . "Regional Representatives for T'agwan"@en . "0.181"^^ . "Gaagwiis"@en . "Kung Xyaalas"@en . . . . "Flag of Haida.svg"@en . "X\u0331aaydaG\u0331a Waadlux\u0331an Naay"@en . . "1845"^^ . . "10180.0"^^ . "Total"@en . "--12-07"^^ . . . "President"@en . . "X\u0331aaydaG\u0331a Waadlux\u0331an Naay"@en . . . "The Council of the Haida Nation (\"CHN\") (X\u0331aaydaG\u0331a Waadlux\u0331an Naay) is the elected government of the Haida Nation. The council consists of a president and vice-president elected by popular vote, twelve regional representatives from four electoral regions, and one appointed representative from each of the Old Massett Village Council and Skidegate Band Council. The Haida Nation is engaged in a legal title dispute regarding their territories, the islands of Haida Gwaii and surrounding waters, asserting that the Crown has never legally acquired title to these areas, and has illegally infringed upon Haida Title and rights within the territories through the imposition of Canadian sovereignty and the extraction of resources under Canadian authority. There are two main Haida villages on Haida Gwaii: G\u0331aaw, known in English as Old Massett, and Hlg\u0331aagilda, known in English as Skidegate. Haida populations in Kxeen and T'agwan are also represented on the Council of the Haida Nation. The CHN recognizes the separate jurisdiction of the Kaigani Haida, in southern Alaska, who are members of the Haida Nation, but are governed by the . All Haida territories were in the past also claimed by Russia and Spain as well as the United States. Once Russian and Spanish claims to Haida Gwaii were given up in treaties with Britain and the United States, the islands continued to be claimed by the United States until the British claim to them was formalized by the creation of the Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1853. Russian claims to were sold to the United States in 1867 with the Alaska Purchase. The Council, formed in 1973, has been involved in many conflicts over the fate of its territories, which have been part of Canada since 1871, and by the Colony of British Columbia and the Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands prior to that. No treaties between the Crown and the governments of the Haida were ever signed, as in most of the rest of the current Canadian province of British Columbia. The Constitution of the Haida Nation was accepted formally in 2003."@en . . . . . . . "Regional Representatives for HlG\u0331aagilda"@en . . "2000"^^ . "10180"^^ . "0.181"^^ .