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The '''Liard River First Nation''', also known as the '''Liard First Nation''' (pronounced "lee-ahrd") is a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] in the southeastern [[Yukon]] in [[Canada]]. Its main centres are [[Upper Liard, Yukon|Upper Liard]] and [[Watson Lake, Yukon|Watson Lake]] along the [[Alaska Highway]]. The language originally spoken by the people of this First Nation was [[Kaska language|Kaska]] and the First Nation is a member of the [[Kaska Tribal Council]] which is pursuing land claims in the Yukon and northern [[British Columbia]]. Their Indian and Northern Affairs Canada band number is 502.<ref>[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=502&lang=eng Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada profile]</ref>

==Population and demographics==
Its registered population in June 2011 was 1,152.<ref>see [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=502&lang=eng "Registered Population" at AANDC]  for details and [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=502&lang=eng Government of Canada's "Population Census Statistics"]  for detailed demographic information</ref>

==Indian reserves==
[[Indian reserves]] under the governance of the Liard First Nation are:<ref>[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=502&lang=eng "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" of the Liard First Nation at AANDC]</ref>
*[[Blue River Indian Reserve No. 1|Blue River IR No.1]], on the left bank of the [[Blue River (Dease River)|Blue River]] at its confluence with the [[Dease River|Dease]], 65.20 ha.
*Dease River IR No.2 (Liard River Band), 6.4&nbsp;km northeast of the confluence of the Blue and Dease Rivers, 157.40 ha.
*Dease River Indian Reserve No.3 (Liard River Band), left bank of the Dease River opposite the mouth of the [[Rapid River (Alaska-Yukon)|Rapid River]], 51.40 ha.
*Horse Ranch IR No.4, at Horse Ranch Pass, 14 miles north of Dease River I.R. No.3, 247.30 ha.
*Liard River IR No.3, left bank of the [[Liard River]] one mile south of [[Lower Post, British Columbia|Lower Post]]., 271.90 ha.
*[[McDames Creek 2|McDames Creek IR No.3]], left bank of the Dease River on both banks of the mouth of [[McDame Creek]]
*Mosquito Creek IR No.5, on the Major Hart River, a tributary of the [[Turnagain River]], 30 miles northeast of Cry Lake, 518 ha.
*Muddy River IR No.1, on the left bank of the Liard River at Mile Post 540 of the [[Alaska Highway]] 70.80 ha.
*One Mile Point IR No.1, at the north end of [[Dease Lake (British Columbia)|Dease Lake]] at the outlet of the Dease River, opposite Porter's Landing, 47.70 ha.

==References==
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[[Category:First Nations governments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Kaska Dena]]


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