The Ulkatcho First Nation is a
Dakelh
The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
The "Carrier" name was derived from an English translation of ''Aghele'', the name from the neighbouring Sekani ...
First Nations government in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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. It is a member of the
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council
The Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council is a First Nations tribal council located in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also on the Fraser River near the city of Quesnel. It consists ...
, and its offices are located in
Anahim Lake, British Columbia
:''The subject of this article should not be confused with Anaham, which is a different community located nine kilometres east of Alexis Creek, British Columbia, which is in the same area.''
Anahim Lake is a small community in British Columbia. ...
at the western edge of the
Chilcotin District. The Ulkatcho government is responsible for 22
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
Ind ...
s with a population of 729 members living on-reserve, and another 200 living off reserve. Its people are of the
Ulkatchot’en ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both
Nuxalk and
Chilcotin people and share territory in the
Coast Range with the Nuxalk. Many distinctively Ulkatcho family names, such as ''Cahoose'', ''Capoose'', ''Sill'', ''Squinas'', and ''Stilas'' come from Nuxalk.
Name
The name ''Ulkatcho'' is an anglicisation of Ulhk'acho, the name of one village, now disused, on Gatcho Lake. ''Ulhk'acho'' means "big bounteous place", a place with bountiful fish, game, and other resources. It is based on the root ''k'a'' "fat".
Chief and councillors
Current
*Lynda Price, Chief
*Gertie Capoose
*Harvey Sulin
Former chiefs
*Betty Cahoose
*Alan Weselowski
*Cassidy Sill
*Jimmy Stillas
Reserves
The figures following each reserve name are its area, in
hectare
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s.
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Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 1, 1 ha.
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Squinas Indian Reserve No. 2, 400 ha.
*
Thomas Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 2A, 248.5 ha.
*
Towdystan Lake Indian Reserve No. 3
Towdystan is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community of the Dakelh people located northwest of Charlotte Lake in the western Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located southeast of Anahim La ...
, 258.2 ha.
*
Abuntlet Lake Indian Reserve No. 4, 129.5 ha.
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Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 5, 129.6 ha.
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Uklatcho Indian Reserve No. 6, 129.5 ha.
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Salmon River Indian Reserve Meadow No. 7, 96.3 ha.
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Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 8, 259 ha.
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Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 10, 198.7 ha.
*
Blackwater Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11 Blackwater or Black Water may refer to:
Health and ecology
* Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation
* Blackwater (waste), wastewater containing feces, urine, and flushwater from flush toilets
* Blackwater fever, an acute kidney dis ...
, 57.5 ha.
*
Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 12, 64.8 ha.
*
Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 13, 194 ha.
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Louis Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 14, 356.3 ha.
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Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 14A, 256.6 ha.
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Casimiel Meadows Indian Reserve No. 15A, 64.8 ha.
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Amy Cahoose Meadow Indian Reserve No. 16, 129.5 ha.
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Tilgatko Indian Reserve No. 17, 62.7 ha.
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Betty Creek Indian Reserve No. 18
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, 129.5 ha.
*
Willow Meadow Indian Reserve No. 9
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, 59.5 ha.
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Fishtrap Indian Reserve No. 19, 20.2 ha.
Notable Ulkatcho people
*
Carey Price, professional
ice hockey
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goaltender
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and
Olympic champion, son of current Chief Lynda Price.
*Jimmy Stillas, former chief whose death was one of the incidents leading to the
Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry.
See also
*
Dakelh
The Dakelh (pronounced ) or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
The "Carrier" name was derived from an English translation of ''Aghele'', the name from the neighbouring Sekani ...
*
Carrier language
References
*Birchwater, Sage. 1991. 'Ulkatcho'ten: the People of Ulkatcho. Anahim Lake, B.C.: Ulkatcho Indian Band.
*Goldman, Irving. 1940. “The Alkatcho Carrier of British Columbia,” in Linton, Ralph (ed.) ''Acculturation in Seven American Indian Tribes''. New York: Appleton-Century pp. 333–389
*Goldman, Irving. 1943. “The Alkatcho Carrier: Historical Background of Crest Prerogatives,” ''American Anthropologist'' 41.396-421.
*Indian and Northern Affairs
Ulkatcho First Nation entry in Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nations profiles
External links
Ulkatcho First Nation web siteLocation map of Ulkatcho First Nation, Atlas of Canada, Natural Resources Canada
{{Carrier First Nations
Chilcotin Country
Dakelh governments