Welcome to the Tle’ Nax T’awei Group

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Tle’ Nax T’awei Group (TTG) is the business arm of the Teslin Tlingit First Nation and is owned by the Teslin Tlingit Council Business Trust. Tle’Nax T’awei Limited Partnership (TTLP) and Tle’Nax T’awei Industrial Limited Partnership (TTLPI) are business holding partnerships, managed by one partner Tle’ Nax T’awei Inc.  TTG strives to provide the Trust with good financial returns and promotes self-sufficiency for the Teslin Tlingit First Nation.

TTG incorporates the operating principles of diversifying its holdings while ensuring professional and accountable ownership of its entire corporate group.  Each division or subsidiary is supervised by an experienced manager committed to full communication and timely reporting.   Both internally and through its subsidiary holdings, TTG focuses on commitment to excellence and continued growth.

TTLP owns and/or manages the following:

  • Whitehorse Beverages Division – Beverage Distribution of Coca-Cola products
  • Yellowknife Beverages Division – Beverage Distribution of Coca-Cola products
  • Prince Albert Beverages Division – Beverage Distribution of Coca-Cola products
  • Klondike Office Systems Division – Office equipment sales and service, specializing in Canon and Ricoh products, office furniture and supplies.
  • Kamloops Office Systems Division – Office equipment sales and service, specializing in Ricoh products and stationery sales
  • Prince George Office Systems Division – Office equipment sales and service, specializing in Ricoh products
  • Okanagan Office Systems Division – Office equipment sales and service, specializing in Ricoh products and stationery sales
  • Fraser Valley Office Systems Division – Office equipment sales and service, specializing in Ricoh products
  • Head Office Division

TTLPI owns and/or manages the following:

  • General Waste Management Division (based in Whitehorse, Yukon) – Waste disposal and industrial management services through the Yukon and in Northern British Columbia
  • Yukon Water Services Division (based in Whitehorse, Yukon) – Water delivery services to commercial and residential properties
  • Sunset Septic Division (based in Whitehorse, Yukon) – Septic removal and outhouse rentals
  • Horst Precision Machine Division (based in Kamloops, BC) – Fabrication, welding and precision machining of structural steel.  Includes equipment manufacturing, repair and service for the lumber, pulp and mining industries

Tle’ Nax T’awei Mission Statement

To provide our owner with a financial return and to promote self-sufficiency for the Teslin Tlingit First Nation and its people, while incorporating Ha Kus Teyea.

Operating Principles

  • Diverse Holdings with Ownership control
  • Experienced Managers with Autonomy
  • Professional Oversight Management
  • Commitment to Excellence
  • Continued Growth
  • Accountability
  • Full Communication and Timely Reporting
  • Tlingit Preference
  • Based on the Principles of Ha Kus Teyea*

*Ha Kus Teyea – ‘Our Way’ – is what defines the Teslin Tlingit. It is their collective and shared understanding of who they are: their knowledge, language, art, history and relationship to their environment.