The Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council is a

First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...

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 Can ...

located in the

Chilcotin District The Chilcotin () region of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lee of the C ...

of the Central Interior of the

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, and also on the

Fraser River The Fraser River () is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain (Canada), Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of V ...

near the city of

Quesnel Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard language, Picard dialect of French language, French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to: Places * Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France * Quesnel, British Columbia, a c ...

. It consists of three Carrier bands and one Tsilhqot'in band. The other Tsilhqot'in bands belong to the Tsilhqot'in National Government. Most other Carrier bands are either unaffiliated or belong to the

Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (familiarly known as CSTC) is a tribal council representing six First Nations in the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia. It was originally known as the ''Lakes District Tribal Council'' ...

. The Tribal Council's offices are in Williams Lake.

Member governments

Kluskus First Nation The Lhoosk'uz Dene Nation (formerly the Kluskus First Nation ) is the band government of the Lhoosk’uz (from ''Lhooz'' – meaning ″ white fish″ and ''k’uz'' – meaning ″half/side of″; "the half or side of the white fish is white"), ...

(at the

Kluskus Lakes The Kluskus Lakes are a group of lakes on the northern perimeter of the Chilcotin District of the British Columbia Interior, Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. They are located east of Tsacha Lake and south of the Euchiniko Lakes and a ...

, west of

) - Lhoosk'uz people *

Red Bluff First Nation The Red Bluff First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations in Canada, First Nations government located in the northern Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council, which inc ...

(

) -

Lhtako Lhtako is the name of the tribe of Dakelh (Carrier) people who are today headquartered at Quesnel, British Columbia and incorporated under the Indian Act as the Red Bluff First Nation. Their southern neighbours are the T'exelc (Williams Lake) gr ...

people * Toosey First Nation (near

Riske Creek Riske Creek, originally Chilcoten and also Chilcotin, is a ranching and First Nations community located on the Fraser River just southwest of the city of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It is the location of the offices of the Toosey ...

) - Tl'esqox people *

Ulkatcho First Nation The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, and its offices are located in Anahim Lake, British Columbia at the western edg ...

(

Anahim Lake :''The subject of this article should not be confused with Anaham, which is a different community located nine kilometres east of Alexis Creek, British Columbia, which is in the same area.'' Anahim Lake is a small community in British Columbia. ...

) - Ulkatchot'en people

Treaty Process

History

The council began in the early 1980s as the Chilcotin Protocol Office before changing its name to the Chilcotin Ulkatcho Kluskus Tribal Council. In 1991, it was again renamed the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council.

Demographics

Economic Development

Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities

External links

CCTC website

References

First Nations tribal councils in British Columbia Dakelh governments Central Interior of British Columbia Cariboo Chilcotin Country Tsilhqot'in governments {{BritishColumbia-poli-stub