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

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and

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ing community between

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and the

Taseko Lakes The Taseko Lakes are a pair of lakes, Upper Taseko Lake and Lower Taseko Lake, which are expansions of the upper Taseko River in the southern Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Their name is based on the orig ...

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

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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.

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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