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 the East Kootenay region. It is one of two tribal councils of the Secwepemc people, the other being the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council of the Cariboo region farther to the north. The council is based in Kamloops , British Columbia .
3-939: 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 (Tsk'weylecw). The Pavilion Band are also members of the Lillooet Tribal Council . This British Columbia politics–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to
6-692: The Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alkali Lake Indian Band The Esk'etemc First Nation , also known as the Alkali Lake Indian Band , is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people, located at Alkali Lake in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia . It
9-858: Was created when the government of the then- Colony of British Columbia established an Indian reserve system in the 1860s. It is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council . In the Shuswap language , the people of Alkali Lake are the Esketemc ("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. Download coordinates as: Indian Reserves under
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