The Esk'etemc First Nation, also known as the Alkali Lake Indian Band, is a
First Nations
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government of the
Secwepemc (Shuswap) people, located at
Alkali Lake in the
Cariboo
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The Cariboo was ...
region of the
Central Interior of the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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. It was created when the government of the then-
Colony of British Columbia established an
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
Indi ...
system in the 1860s. It is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Based in the Thompson and Shuswap Districts of the Central Interior, although including one band on the upper Columbia River in t ...
or the
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
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.
In the
Shuswap language
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, the people of Alkali Lake are the
Esketemc
The Esk'etemc are a First Nations people in the Cariboo Regional District of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc people and reside around the community of Alkali Lake, an unincorporated settlement and ...
("people of Esket").
The Esk'etemc First Nation has not signed any treaty with any settler-colonial political entity, nor has it ceded any land and let go its territorial claims.
Indian Reserves
Indian Reserves
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
Indi ...
under the administration of the Esk'etemc First Nation are:
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Alixton Indian Reserve No. 5, at west end of Alixton Lake, 5 miles E of Alkali Lake PO, 91.90 ha.
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Alkali Lake Indian Reserve No. 1, at Alkali Lake PO, 241.40 ha.
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Alkali Lake Indian Reserve No. 4A, 5 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 130.50 ha.
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Cludolicum Indian Reserve No. 9, 9 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 566.60 ha.
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Cludolicum Indian Reserve No. 9A, 10 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, E of and adjoining IR No. 9, 101.10 ha.
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Isadore Harry Indian Reserve No. 12
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, on middle fork of
Alkali Creek
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8 miles E of Alkali Lake PO. 121.40 ha.
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Johnny Sticks Indian Reserve No. 2
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Varia ...
, on Kirkpatrick Creek 5 miels NE of Alkali Lake PO, 323.80 ha.
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Little Springs Indian Reserve No. 18, 8 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, W of and adjoining IR No. 8, 284.50 ha.
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Little Springs Indian Reserve No. 8, on Kirkpatrick Creek 7 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 194.20 ha.
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Loon Lake Indian Reserve No. 10, 6 miles S of east end of Felker Lake, 121.40 ha.
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Old Clemenes Indian Reserve No. 16, on right (W) bank of the Fraser River, opposite mouth of Alkali Creek, 16.0 ha.
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Pete Suckers Indian Reserve No. 13
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, 7 miles E of Alkali Lake PO, 566.0 ha.
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Roper's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 14, on a small creek 4 miles eastwards from Alkali Lake PO, 32.40 ha.
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Sampson's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11, on middle fork of Alkali Creek, 9 miles E of Alkali Creek PO, 324.0 ha.
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Sampson's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11A, east of and adjoining IR No. 11, 53.0 ha.
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Sandy Harry Indian Reserve No. 4, on middle fork of Alkali Creek 6 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 218.50 ha.
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Swan Lake Indian Reserve No. 3, on Kirkpatrick Creek, 8 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 72.80 ha.
*
Windy Mouth Indian Reserve No. 7
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, on north shore of
Lac La Hache
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, 2.80 ha.
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Wycott's Flat Indian Reserve No. 6, on left (E) bank of the Fraser River, N of the mouth of
Dog Creek, 497.80 ha.
See also
*
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo. Williams Lake is the second largest city, by population of metropolitan area, in the Cariboo after neighbouring Quesnel. ...
*
Alkali lake
References
External links
Canoe Creek Band websiteShuswap Nation website
{{Tsilhqot'in First Nations
Cariboo
Secwepemc governments
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