Community members say a major reason a new vote is needed is the current leadership of the first nation is too divided and unable to move the community forward.

'I am grateful for the support that I have received from the Splatsin community and the provincial Chiefs, encouraging me to continue in my current role. I will not let them down.'

Elders of the Splatsin band, which is near Enderby, are meeting on Thursday to try and encourage a ‘no’ vote in an upcoming referendum on whether to accept a federal settlement payout compensating them for the loss of a ¾ acre first nations graveyard. The land being dealt with in the vote has been farmed,...