{{Infobox First Nation | band_name = Halfway River First Nation | band_number = 546 | endonym = | image = | caption = | map = | map_caption = | people = | treaty = Treaty 8 | headquarters = | province = British Columbia | main_reserve = Halfway River 168 | reserve = | area = 3988 ha | pop_year = 2024 | on_reserve = 137 | on_other_land = 7 | off_reserve = 157 | total_pop = 317 | chief = Darlene Hunter <ref name="t8 members">{{cite web |title=Affiliated First Nations |url=https://treaty8.bc.ca/cultural-section/ |publisher=Treaty 8 Tribal Association |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref> | council = <ref name="t8 members" /> * Linda Brady * William Field * Lori Ann Wokeley * Joyce Audit * Annette Davis * Charmaine Hunter | tribal_council = Treaty 8 Tribal Association<ref name="t8 members" /> | website = [https://hrfn.ca Halfway River First Nation] | footnotes = <ref name="fnp">{{cite web |title=First Nation Profiles |url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=546&lang=eng |access-date=26 December 2021 |website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |date=14 November 2008}}</ref> }} '''Halfway River First Nation''' is a Dunneza First Nations government with a 3988 ha reserve located 75 km northwest of Fort St. John, British Columbia. It is a Treaty 8 nation.
The Halfway River people were at one point part of the "Hudson Hope Indian Band" but in 1971 they split off, and the remaining people formed West Moberly First Nations.<ref name="t8 members" /> As of January 2024, there were 317 registered members, with 137 living on the reserve.
The current chief is Darlene Hunter<ref name="fnp" /><ref name="t8 members" /> (replacing Russell Lily in December 2013)
==History== ===Past Chiefs and Councils=== *Chief Darlene Hunter (2013–present) with William Field, Lori Ann Wokeley, Linda Brady, Annette Davis, Joyce Audit, Charmaine Hunter *Chief Russell Lily (2011–2013) with Coleen Achla and William Field *Chief Ed Whitford (2008–2011)
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==External links== *[https://hrfn.ca Halfway River First Nation] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100909075042/http://www.treaty8.bc.ca/communities/halfway.php Halfway River] at the Treaty 8 Tribal Council. *[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=546&lang=eng AANDC profile]
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Category:Dane-zaa Category:First Nations governments in British Columbia Category:Peace River Country
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