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Lytton First Nation
The Lytton First Nation ( thp, ƛ̓q̓əmci̓n), a First Nations band government, has its headquarters at Lytton in the Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. While it is the largest of all Nlaka'pamux bands, unlike all other governments of the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) people, it is not a member of any of the three Nlaka'pamux tribal councils, which are the Nicola Tribal Association, the Fraser Canyon Indian Administration and the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council. The Lytton First Nation figure prominently in the history of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush (1858-1860) and of the associated Fraser Canyon War (1858). At Lytton, then still called Kumsheen, leaders of the miners' regiments from Yale met with the chiefs of the Nlaka'pamux to parley an end to the war. While other chiefs argued for annihilation of the outsiders, the Kumsheen chief Spintlum (Cxpentlm, aka David Spintlum) argued for peace, resulting in a series of six treaties known as the Snyder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Nations In Canada
First Nations (french: Premières Nations) is a term used to identify those Indigenous Canadian peoples who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Traditionally, First Nations in Canada were peoples who lived south of the tree line, and mainly south of the Arctic Circle. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands across Canada. Roughly half are located in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Under Charter jurisprudence, First Nations are a "designated group," along with women, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities. First Nations are not defined as a visible minority by the criteria of Statistics Canada. North American indigenous peoples have cultures spanning thousands of years. Some of their oral traditions accurately describe historical events, such as the Cascadia earthquake of 1700 and the 18th-century Tseax Cone eruption. Written records began with the arrival of European explorers and colonists during the Age of Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maka Indian Reserve No
Maka or MAKA may refer to: * Maká, a Native American people in Paraguay ** Maká language, spoken by the Maká * Maka (satrapy), a province of the Achaemenid Empire * Maka, Biffeche, capital of the kingdom of Biffeche in pre-colonial Senegal * Maka Albarn, a character in the ''Soul Eater'' manga and anime series * Maka people, of Cameroon ** Makaa language, of Cameroon * Maka Obolashvili, Georgian track and field athlete * Maka village Maka Village is believed to be one of the oldest villages in the Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fif ..., in Pakistan * MAKA, a Spanish musician See also * Maca (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytton Indian Reserve No
Lytton may refer to: Places Australia * Lytton, Queensland ** Lytton Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River ** Electoral district of Lytton, Queensland Canada * Lytton, British Columbia, named for Edward Bulwer-Lytton ** Lytton Mountain, aka Mount Lytton (named for the town of Lytton) * Lytton Township, since 2001 part of Montcerf-Lytton, Quebec United States of America * Lytton, California * Lytton, Iowa * Lytton, Ohio * Lytton, West Virginia Fictional * Lytton, California, a city in ''Police Quest'' computer game series People A number of important people have held the name Lytton, both as a surname and as a first name, as in Lytton Strachey. * Lytton (surname) * Lytton Strachey * Earl of Lytton (being Edward Bulwer-Lytton and his progeny agnatic, a family named Lytton) Other uses * Lytton Strachey Giles Lytton Strachey (; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of ''Eminent Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
