Nemaiah Valley, also spelled Nemiah Valley and Nemaia Valley, is an unincorporated locality and

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reserve and

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ing community between

Chilko Lake Chilko may refer to: * Chilko River *Tŝilhqox Biny, known as Chilko Lake. See also *Nechacco The ''Nechacco'' sternwheeler was built for service on the Soda Creek to Fort George route on the upper Fraser River in British Columbia. She was own ...

and the Taseko Lakes in the

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of the

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. It is the home of the

Xeni Gwet'in The Xeni Gwet'in, also known as the Stone Chilcotin, are a First Nations people whose traditional territory is located in the southern Chilcotin District of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the inland flank of the Coast Mountains west o ...

band of the Tsilhqot'in people. Associated Indian Reserves are the Garden Indian Reserve No. 2, Tanakut Indian Reserve No. 4, Lohbiee Indian Reserve No. 3, and Lezbye Indian Reserve No.6. The name of Konni Lake, located near the eastern end of Nemaiah Valley, is derived from the Tsilhqot'in language name ''Xeni''.

Origin of name

" Nemiah was the leader

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who first met with white chiefs 10 generations ago.", (quote in BCGNIS from ''The Traveller's Guide to Aboriginal British Columbia'', by Cheryl Coull; Whitecap Books, Vancouver; 1996).

References

* Lane, Robert (1953) ''Cultural Relations of the Chilcotin Indians of West Central British Columbia'', Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington. * Lane, Robert (1981) "Chilcotin." In June Helm (ed.), ''Handbook of North American Indians: Subarctic, Vol.6.'', Smithsonian Institution, Washington. *

External links

Xeni Gwet'in homepage

Friends of the Nemaiah Valley website
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