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Tsilhqotʼin National Government
The Tsilhqotʼin National Government (TNG), is the official First Nations in Canada, First Nations government (tribal council) serving the Tsilhqotʼin Nation. Their office is located in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The member communities represented by TNG are Alexandria First Nation, ʔEsdilagh, Alexis Creek First Nation, Tsi Del Del, Stone First Nation, Yunesitʼin, Tlʼetinqox-tʼin Government Office, Tlʼetinqox, Xeni Gwetʼin, and Toosey First Nation, Tlʼesqox. Tlʼesqox also belongs to the Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council, as does Ulkatcho First Nation, Ulkatcho - a community with both Dakelh (Carrier) & Tsilhqotʼin heritage. TNG was established in 1989. Departments *Stewardship *Employment *Health *Fisheries *Language & Education *Administration Member communities *Alexandria First Nation, ʔEsdilagh (Alexandria, British Columbia, Alexandria, BC) *Alexis Creek First Nation, Tsi Del Del (Redstone, British Columbia, Redstone, BC – AKA Alexis Creek Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo. Williams Lake is one of the largest cites, by population of metropolitan area, in the Cariboo after neighbouring Quesnel. The city is famous for the Williams Lake Stampede, which is the second largest professional rodeo in Canada, after only the Calgary Stampede. History Williams Lake is named in honour of Secwepemc chief William, whose counsel prevented the Shuswap from joining the Tsilhqot'in in their uprising against the settler population. The story of Williams Lake (called T'exelc by local First Nations communities of the region) begins as much as 4000 years ago. The story of Williams Lake written by those coming into the region from outside begins in 1860 during the Cariboo Gold Rush when Gold Commissioner Philip Henry Nind and William Pinchbeck, a constable with the British Columbia Provincial Police, arrived from Victoria to organize a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
