The Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is a
First Nations
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Tribal Council in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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. Based in the
Thompson and
Shuswap Districts of the
Central Interior, although including one band on the upper
Columbia River in the
East Kootenay
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region. It is one of two tribal councils of the
Secwepemc people, the other being the
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council of the
Cariboo
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The Cariboo was ...
region farther to the north. The council is based in
Kamloops
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,
British Columbia
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.
Member governments
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Adams Lake Indian Band The Adams Lake Indian Band (Shuswap language: Sexqeltqin) is a member of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation. It was created when the government of the Colony of British Columbia established an Indian reserve system in the 1860s. The Adams Lake India ...
(''Sexqeltqin'')
*
Kamloops Indian Band (''T'Kemlups'')
*
Shuswap Indian Band (''Kenpesq't'', at
Invermere
Invermere is a community in eastern British Columbia, Canada, near the border of Alberta. It is the hub of the Columbia Valley between Golden to the north and Cranbrook to the south. Invermere sits on the northwest shore of Windermere Lake and ...
)
*
Little Shuswap Indian Band (''Skwlax'', at
Chase)
*
Neskonlith Indian Band, (''Sk'etsin'' at
Salmon Arm
Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 17,706 (2016). Salmon Arm was incorporated as a municipal district on May 15, 1905. The ...
and
Chase)
*
Skeetchestn Indian Band, (at
Savona
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Savona used to be one of the chief seats ...
)
*
Spallumcheen Indian Band, (''Splatsin'' at
Enderby)
*
Bonaparte Indian Band (''St'uxwtews'', near
Cache Creek)
*
Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band (''Pelltiq't'', at
Clinton
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)
*
North Thompson Indian Band (''Simpcw'', at
Barriere)
Three Secwepemc bands do not belong to either the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, these being the
Alkali Lake Indian Band (Esketemc), the
High Bar First Nation (Llenlleney'ten) and the
Pavilion Indian Band The Pavilion Indian Band or Ts'kw'aylaxw First Nation or Tsk'waylacw First Nation or Tsk'weylecw First Nation, and also known in the plural e.g. Ts'kw'alaxw First Nations, is a First Nations government, located in the Fraser Canyon region of the Br ...
(Tsk'weylecw). The Pavilion Band are also members of the
Lillooet Tribal Council.
See also
*
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
*
Secwepemc
*
Shuswap language
The Shuswap language (; shs, Secwepemctsín ) is the traditional language of the Shuswap people ( shs, Secwépemc ) of British Columbia. An endangered language, Shuswap is spoken mainly in the Central and Southern Interior of British Columbia ...
(Secwepemcstin)
*
Gustafsen Lake Standoff
The Gustafsen Lake standoff was a land dispute that led to a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Indigenous occupiers (Ts'peten Defenders) in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, at Gustafsen Lake (known ...
*
List of tribal councils in British Columbia
External links
Shuswap Nation homepage
Secwepemc
First Nations tribal councils in British Columbia
Thompson Country
Kamloops
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