Sechelt Nation

http://www.secheltnation.ca/departments/sigd/index.php

This is the website for the Sechelt Nation (Shishalh).  What is historic about the Sechelt Nation is that they were the first aboriginal group to gain the right to self government.  What this means is that there is another level of government that exists, federal, provinicial and now Sechelt governmental.  The SGD (Sechelt Governmental District) oversees education, levy’s property taxes, recipient of provincial grants, service purchasing such as fire protection, sewer and the collection and remittance of provincial school taxes, regional taxes.  These funds are to support the Shishalh Nation as required.  They are also guarenteed a place on the local municipal council, the Sunshine Coast Regional District.