Secwépemc Territory:
South central British Columbia and Jasper National Park area.
Portals
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Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
Kamloops, British Columbia
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
Williams Lake, British Columbia
BONAPARTE
/ ZAKTEINEMUK DIVISION:
Ashcroft Indian Band : part of whose
membership is Secwepemc
Ashcroft, British Columbia
Bonaparte / St'uxwtéws Indian
Band
Cache Creek, British Columbia
Ts'kw'aylaxw / Pavillion First Nation
: part of whose membership is Secwépemc
Pavilion, British Columbia
Xaxli’p / Fountain Band: part of
whose membership is Secwépemc
Lillooet, British Columbia
FRASER
RIVER / STLEMHULEHAMUK DIVISION:
Esketemc / Alkali Lake Indian Band
Alkali Lake, British Columbia
High Bar / Llenlleney'ten First Nation
Clinton, British Columbia
Stswecem’c
Xgat’tem First Nation
Canoe Creek and Dog Creek, British
Columbia
Whispering Pines-Clinton / Pellt'iq't
Indian Band
Kamloops, British Columbia
Williams Lake / T’exelcemc First Nation
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Xats'ull / Soda Creek First Nation
Deep Creek, British Columbia
KINBASKET
DIVISION:
Shuswap / Kenpesq't Band
Invermere, British Columbia
LAKE
/ STIETAMUK DIVISION:
Canim Lake / Tsq'escenemc Band
100 Mile House, British Columbia
NORTH
THOMPSON / TEKKAKALT DIVISION:
Simpcw First Nation
Barriere, British Columbia
SEXQELTKEMC
TE SECWEPEMC DIVISION:
Adams Lake / Sexqeltqin/ Hust’alen
Indian Band
Chase, British Columbia
Neskonlith / Sk'emtsin Indian Band
Chase, British Columbia
Skwlax / Little Shuswap Indian Band
Chase, British Columbia
Splatsin / Spallumcheen First Nation
Enderby, British Columbia
SNARE
DIVISION:
Aseniwuche Winewak : part of whose membership
is Snare Division
Grande Cache, Alberta
Canim Lake / Tsq'escenemc Band : part of whose
membership is Snare Division
100 Mile House, British Columbia
Simpcw First Nation : part of whose membership
is Snare Division
Barriere, British Columbia
STK'EMLUPSEMC
TE SECWEPEMC DIVISION:
Skeetchestn / Deadman's Creek Indian
Band
Deadman's Creek, British Columbia
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc
/ Kamloops Indian Band
Kamloops, British Columbia |
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Secwépemc Population
Canada (2022) - 11,900 |
S
A L I S H INTERIOR
COMMENTS
Pre-Contact territory
included land from Enderby, B.C. south along Okanagan Lake to
the present day site of Kelowna, B.C. It also included land from
Cache Creek, B.C. south through Spence Bridge as far as Nicomen
(which is just north of Lytton.)
In the Historic era,
a chunk of land from Kamloops, B.C. 50 kilometres south to Nicola
Lake was relinquished to the Okanagans via the Fish
Lake Accord.....very generous of them.
I have come across
information indicating that the Ashcroft Band was cobbled together,
recently, with many of their members having Secwepemc roots.
The 1862 Smallpox epidemic
tragically terminated the following Secwépemc Bands:
FRASER RIVER DIVISION: Buckskin Creek / Tcukkehwank Band >
Went extinct.
FRASER RIVER DIVISION: Empire Valley / Tcekweptem Band > Survivors
went to the Dog Creek Band.
FRASER RIVER DIVISION: Big Bar / Stekauz Band > Survivors
went to the Clinton Band.
CANYON DIVISION: Riske Creek / Pek Band, North Canyon / Snhahalaus
Band, South Canyon / Snhahelaus Band, Chilcotin Mouth / Tekhoilups
Band > Survivors went to the Alkali Lake Band.
LAKE DIVISION: Lac La Hache / Hatlinten Band, Green Timber /
Pelstsokomus Band (located on Green Lake) > Survivors went
to the Canim Lake Band.
BONAPARTE DIVISION: Rocky Point Band on the Thompson River (Mauvais
Rocher IR #5) > Survivors went to the Bonaparte and Skeetchestn
Bands. (Later, with an influx of "unsigned" First Nation
individuals, the Bonaparte Band was partitioned resulting in
the Ashcroft Band.
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....regarding unresolved SNARE
DIVISION: View First Nations Seeker's previous Snare
Secwepemc webpage. |
