The Esk'etemc First Nation, also known as the Alkali Lake Indian Band, is a

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) people, located at Alkali Lake in the

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region of the Central Interior of the

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. It was created when the government of the then-

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established an

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system in the 1860s. It is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the

Shuswap Nation Tribal Council 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 ...

or the

Northern Shuswap Tribal Council The Northern Shuswap Tribal Council is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Based in the Cariboo District of the Central Interior, it is one of two tribal councils of the Secwepemc people, the other being th ...

. In the

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 b ...

, the people of Alkali Lake are the

Esketemc The Esk'etemc are a First Nations people in the Cariboo Regional District of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc people and reside around the community of Alkali Lake, an unincorporated settlement and ...

("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.

Indian Reserves

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under the administration of the Esk'etemc First Nation are: * Alixton Indian Reserve No. 5, at west end of Alixton Lake, 5 miles E of Alkali Lake PO, 91.90 ha. *

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, at Alkali Lake PO, 241.40 ha. * Alkali Lake Indian Reserve No. 4A, 5 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 130.50 ha. * Cludolicum Indian Reserve No. 9, 9 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 566.60 ha. * Cludolicum Indian Reserve No. 9A, 10 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, E of and adjoining IR No. 9, 101.10 ha. * Isadore Harry Indian Reserve No. 12, on middle fork of Alkali Creek 8 miles E of Alkali Lake PO. 121.40 ha. * Johnny Sticks Indian Reserve No. 2, on Kirkpatrick Creek 5 miels NE of Alkali Lake PO, 323.80 ha. * Little Springs Indian Reserve No. 18, 8 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, W of and adjoining IR No. 8, 284.50 ha. * Little Springs Indian Reserve No. 8, on Kirkpatrick Creek 7 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 194.20 ha. * Loon Lake Indian Reserve No. 10, 6 miles S of east end of Felker Lake, 121.40 ha. * Old Clemenes Indian Reserve No. 16, on right (W) bank of the Fraser River, opposite mouth of Alkali Creek, 16.0 ha. * Pete Suckers Indian Reserve No. 13, 7 miles E of Alkali Lake PO, 566.0 ha. * Roper's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 14, on a small creek 4 miles eastwards from Alkali Lake PO, 32.40 ha. * Sampson's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11, on middle fork of Alkali Creek, 9 miles E of Alkali Creek PO, 324.0 ha. * Sampson's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11A, east of and adjoining IR No. 11, 53.0 ha. * Sandy Harry Indian Reserve No. 4, on middle fork of Alkali Creek 6 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 218.50 ha. *

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, on Kirkpatrick Creek, 8 miles NE of Alkali Lake PO, 72.80 ha. * Windy Mouth Indian Reserve No. 7, on north shore of

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, 2.80 ha. * Wycott's Flat Indian Reserve No. 6, on left (E) bank of the Fraser River, N of the mouth of Dog Creek, 497.80 ha.

References

External links

Canoe Creek Band websiteShuswap Nation website
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