Lloyd Chicot, chief of Kakisa, N.W.T., for just $6K a year – CBC

Dec 09, 2014

As a council meeting gets underway in the Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation band office in Kakisa, N.W.T., Chief Lloyd Chicot fills everybody in on the current state of affairs.

Today council is discussing everything from oil and gas jobs in the Cameron Hills to Christmas preparations.

“We need to focus on the bright side of things,” Chicot says. “The things that we are doing that are positive.”

Chicot has been chief of Kakisa, pop. 40, since 1990. The pay cheque for being chief this year? $6,000.

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