Chief Douglas White III (Kwulasultun)

BIOGRAPHY

Douglas White is a member of the Snuneymuxw First Nation located in Nanaimo, BC. He was elected on December 5th, 2009, to serve a four-year term as Chief of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Chief White has a B.A. in First Nations Studies (with distinction) from Vancouver Island University and an LL.B. from the University of Victoria. A frequent lecturer at universities on legal issues regarding Aboriginal peoples, he is a practicing lawyer, having been an associate at Canada's leading Aboriginal law firm in Vancouver representing First Nations and Aboriginal organizations on a range of legal issues.

Chief White is a member of many boards and committees including; the Snuneymuxw First Nation Economic Development Corporation, the University of Victoria's School of Public Administration's Advisory Board, and a past executive member of the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada.
Chief White was elected to the three member political executive of the First Nations Summit, the Summit Task Group, in June 2010. The Task Group is authorized by the Summit to carry out specifically mandated tasks on issues related to treaty negotiations in British Columbia. The First Nations Summit, which is comprised of a majority of First Nations and Tribal Councils in BC, provides a forum for First Nations in British Columbia to address issues related to Treaty negotiations as well as other issues of common concern.

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