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Ktunaxa Nation
The Ktunaxa Nation or Ktunaxa Nation Council is a First Nations tribal council government comprising four Ktunaxa (Kutenai) bands in the south-east of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of three Kutenai governments, the others being the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in the United States. The Ktunaxa Nation also includes descendants of the Kinbasket family, a Secwepemc (Shuswap) band who settled in Ktunaxa Nation territory and became members. Secwepemc citizens formed the Shuswap Indian Band, now part of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council. The council was formed in 1970 as the Kootenay Indian District Council. The name was changed in 1990 to the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council to reflect the presence both Kutenai and Secwepemc citizens in the council. In 2005, the named was changed to Ktunaxa Nation Council following the departure of the Shuswap Indian Band. Member bands * Columbia Lake First Nation, Windermere * Lowe ...
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First Nations In Canada
''First Nations'' () is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized List of First Nations band governments, First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Under Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Charter jurisprudence, First Nations are a "designated group", along with women, Visible minority, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities. First Nations are not defined as a visible minority by the criteria of Statistics Canada. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Many of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake, Cascadia earthquake of 1700 and the 18th-century Tseax Cone eruption. Writ ...
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Lower Kootenay First Nation
The Lower Kootenay First Nation ( Band) is a First Nation based in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that .... In the British Columbia Treaty Process They are part of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council. Treaty process The Ktunaxa Nation entered Stage 5 of the BC Treaty Process in 2017. History In July 2021, ground penetrating radar discovered the unmarked graves of 182 people at the site of the former St. Eugene's Mission School located on the reserve. Students from this band and others were required by law to attend the school until it closed in the 1970s. The Lower Kootenay Tribe, known as the Yaqan Nukiy is part of the Ktunaxa Nation. The Ktunaxa Nation consists of six different Bands, four located in British Colum ...
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First Nations Tribal Councils In British Columbia
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Kutenai Language
The Kutenai language ( ), also Kootenai, Kootenay, Ktunaxa, and Ksanka, is the native language of the Kutenai people of Montana and Idaho in the United States and British Columbia in Canada. It is typically considered a language isolate, unrelated to the Salishan family of languages spoken by neighboring tribes on the coast and in the interior Plateau. The Kutenai also use , Ktunaxa Sign Language. Classification Kutenai is typically considered a language isolate. There have been attempts to place Kutenai in either a Macro- Algonquian or Macro- Salishan language family, most recently with Salish, but these claims are not generally accepted. Typology Like other languages in the area, Kutenai has a rich inventory of consonants and a small inventory of vowels, though there are allophones of the three basic phonemic vowels. The lack of a phonemic distinction between voiced and voiceless consonants is much as in other languages of the area. Because Kutenai is on the periphery of th ...
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List Of Tribal Councils In British Columbia
The following is a List of tribal councils in British Columbia. Treaty Council organizations are not listed. List of tribal councils Defunct: * Fraser Canyon Indian Administration ( Nlaka'pamux) * In-SHUCK-ch Nation * Tsimshian Tribal Council Other organizations The following are groups that are not technically tribal councils but are organizations of traditional governments, or representing traditional governance. * Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan * Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, referred to by the BC government as "Office of the Wet'suwet'en" * Tahltan Nation, governed by Tahltan Central Council The first two organizations are allied and often release joint documents with the name ''Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en''. See also * First Nations in British Columbia * Status of First Nations treaties in British Columbia References External links Aboriginal Canada Information Network: BC Tribal Counc ...
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Grasmere, British Columbia
Grasmere, British Columbia, Canada elevation 869m, is a tiny hamlet in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia within the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia. It is located on the east side of Lake Koocanusa, below the mouth of the Elk River, and to the southeast of the city of Cranbrook, and 15 km north of the Canada–United States border and the state of Montana. The city of Fernie is located nearby farther up the Elk River. There are 150 people living in Grasmere, and the most of them work in the adjacent mining, agricultural, or forestry sectors. Grasmere is located within the Galton mountain range of the Canadian Rockies. The area is served by one school, Grasmere Elementary School. The name of the community was provided by a student, Warren Lancaster, in a competition in the early 20th century. It is named after the town of Grasmere in northern England's Lake District The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is ...
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Tobacco Plains First Nation
The Tobacco Plains Indian Band (Kutenai language, Ktunaxa: ʔakink̓umⱡasnuqⱡiʔit ) are a First Nation based in the Kootenays, East Kootenay region of British Columbia. In the British Columbia Treaty Process They are part of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council. Chief and Councillors * Chief - Heidi Gravelle * Councillor - Garrett Gravelle * Councillor - Avery Gravelle * Councillor - Corey Letcher * Councillor - Kyle Shottanana Treaty Process They are in Stage 4 of the BC Treaty Process. History Ktunaxa Ksanka - Who we are, we are Kootenay Nation, Tobacco Plains Indian Band. There are 6 Kootenai nations and 1 Salish. Two from the United States of America Idaho, Montana, Grasmere BC, Creston BC, Cranbrook BC, Windermere BC, Invermere BC are the Shuswap Nation who are Salish that our Kootenay, Kootenai Nations adopted into our Nation. Demographics Economic Development Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities References East Koote ...
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Cranbrook, British Columbia
Cranbrook ( ) is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 10 km southwest of the confluence of the Kootenay River and the St. Mary River (British Columbia), St. Mary's River. It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2021, Cranbrook's population is 20,499 with a Census geographic units of Canada#Census agglomerations, census agglomeration population of 27,040. It is the location of the headquarters of the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Regional District of East Kootenay and also the location of the regional headquarters of various provincial ministries and agencies, notably the Rocky Mountain Forest District. Cranbrook is home to the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel which presents static exhibits of passenger rail cars built in the 1920s for the Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR and in the 1900s for the Spokane International Railway. History Originally inhabited by Ktunaxa peoples, the land that Cr ...
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Creston, British Columbia
Creston is a town in the Kootenays, Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Time zones Settlements on the east shore of Kootenay Lake and along British Columbia Highway 3, BC Highway 3 from Creston to Yahk are among the few areas of Canada that do not observe daylight saving time, remaining on Mountain Standard Time year-round. Forming a natural boundary, the lake and the Kootenay Pass on the Salmo, British Columbia, Salmo–Creston highway divide the Pacific Time Zone from the mountain one. When daylight saving ends, the time change migrates from Yahk to the Kootenay Bay ferry landing. Consequently, Creston in the warmer months is on Castlegar time and in the colder months on Cranbrook time. Geography By road, Creston is roughly equidistant between Cranbrook (105 km (65 mi) to the east), Castlegar (124 km (77 mi) to the west) along the Crowsnest Highway, and Nelson (123 km (76 mi) to the north-northwest). Creston is approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the Port ...
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Windermere, British Columbia
Windermere is a community and designated place located south of Invermere on Windermere Lake in the Regional District of East Kootenay. Demographics *Population (2021): 1,511 *Population (2016): 1,092 *Population (2011): 1,081 *Population (2006): 1,259 *Population (2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...): 1,060 References External links Windermere on British Columbia website {{authority control Populated places in the Regional District of East Kootenay Designated places in British Columbia ...
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Tribal Council
A tribal council is an association of First Nations bands in Canada, generally along regional, ethnic or linguistic lines. An Indian band, usually consisting of one main community, is the fundamental unit of government for First Nations in Canada. Bands may unite to form a tribal council, but they need not do so. Bands that do not belong to a tribal council are said to be ''independent''. Bands may and do withdraw from tribal councils. Furthermore, the authority that bands delegate to their tribal council varies, with some tribal councils serving as a strong, central organization while others are granted limited power by their members. Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador do not have any tribal councils. Tribal councils in Canada Alberta , Alberta has ten tribal councils: * Athabasca Tribal Council — Athabasca Chipewyan, Chipewyan Prairie, Fort McKay, and Fort McMurray #468 *Blackfoot Confederacy — Blood (aka Kainai), Piikani, and Siksika * Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal ...
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Columbia Lake First Nation
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