The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is a

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

Tribal Council in the Canadian province of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. Based in the Thompson and Shuswap Districts of the Central Interior, although including one band on the upper Columbia River in the

East Kootenay The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. In the 2016 census, the population was 60,439. Its area is . The regional district offices are in Cranbrook, the larges ...

region. It is one of two tribal councils of the Secwepemc people, the other being the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council of the Cariboo region farther to the north. The council is based in Kamloops,

Member governments

* Adams Lake Indian Band (''Sexqeltqin'') * Kamloops Indian Band (''T'Kemlups'') * Shuswap Indian Band (''Kenpesq't'', at

Invermere Invermere is a community in eastern British Columbia, Canada, near the border of Alberta. It is the hub of the Columbia Valley between Golden to the north and Cranbrook to the south. Invermere sits on the northwest shore of Windermere Lake an ...

) * Little Shuswap Indian Band (''Skwlax'', at Chase) * Neskonlith Indian Band, (''Sk'etsin'' at

Salmon Arm Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 17,706 (2016). Salmon Arm was incorporated as a municipal district on May 15, 1905. The ...

and Chase) * Skeetchestn Indian Band, (at Savona) * Spallumcheen Indian Band, (''Splatsin'' at Enderby) * Bonaparte Indian Band (''St'uxwtews'', near Cache Creek) * Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band (''Pelltiq't'', at Clinton) * North Thompson Indian Band (''Simpcw'', at Barriere) Three Secwepemc bands do not belong to either the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, these being the

Alkali Lake Indian Band The Esk'etemc First Nation, also known as the Alkali Lake Indian Band, is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people, located at Alkali Lake in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Colum ...

(Esketemc), the

High Bar First Nation The High Bar First Nation is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the Fraser Canyon-Cariboo region of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Co ...

(Llenlleney'ten) and the Pavilion Indian Band (Tsk'weylecw). The Pavilion Band are also members of the

Lillooet Tribal Council The Lillooet Tribal Council is the official English name of the largest tribal council of what is also known as the St'at'imc Nation, though not including all governments of St'at'imc peoples - the term St'at'imc Nation has another context of all ...

External links

Shuswap Nation homepage
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Member governments

See also

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