band council
noun
(In Canada) the elected government of a First Nations band, consisting of a chief and councilors: the Prime Minister promised to give band councils more power...
- Band councils need to support their own people by hiring more Aboriginal lawyers.
- They are band councils that apply the Indian Act locally.
- Jurisdictional issues between the federal, provincial and band council governments make accountability and following proper standards difficult.
Derivatives
band councilor
- Sewell, a band councillor defeated in the Dec. 11 elections, had seconded Irwin's nomination for chief.
- He has also taken temporary leave from his duties as a band councillor.
- She was recognized as Ontario's first woman band councillor.