The Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) community is located 7 kilometres south of Fort Nelson in the northeastern corner of British Columbia; the community is located at Mile 293-295 on the Alaska Highway.   The Nation is a Slavey/Cree linguistic group with roughly 811 band members living on and off-reserve. It is one of six nations that belong to Treaty 8.  The Nation houses many departments such as Corporate Services, Finance, Human Resources, Capital Works & Housing, Culture,  Health, Community, and Family Services, Chalo School (K-12, ABE), Dehzona Family Centre (Head Start and Daycare), Justice Department, Economic Development and Lands and Resources. 

Over 100 staff help facilitate and implement the programs set forth to meet the needs of the Fort Nelson First Nation community.  Currently, the Fort Nelson First Nation follows the Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC) Election Code; therefore, every 2 years an Election is held for 7 Councilors. The Nation is working towards overseeing the Election Code itself; this will allow the Nation to have more flexibility when developing and revising the Election Code.