Tsay Keh Dene First Nation


The Tsay Keh Dene First Nation is one of the Sekani bands of the Northern Interior of British Columbia. Tsay Keh Dene = "People of the Mountain" While they have an office in the City of Prince George, their territories, settlements, and Indian Reserves are all to the north, in the area of Williston Lake.

Indian Reserves and Settlements

and Settlements under the jurisdiction of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation are:
The Tse Keh Nay, formerly known as the Ingenika, live at the north end of the Williston Reservoir in the community of Tsay Keh Dene. They have lived in the "Rocky Mountain Trench for many generations." In 1824 Samuel Black, an early fur trader visited the region and kept a journal of his visit there with Tse Keh Nay Chief Methodiates and his followers. He described the historic use of the resource rich Amazay/Thutade/ Kemess area. Duncan Lake – known as Amazay Lake in Sekani – is a natural -long long wilderness fish-bearing lake with rainbow trout and whitefish populations, located at the headwaters of the Findlay watershed.57.0693921,-126.8010853,2830
Amazay Lake was the calving ground for caribou in the month of May.