The Cayoose Creek First Nation ( lil, sǝk̓ʷǝl̓wásmǝx)
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/ref> also known as the Cayoose Creek Indian Band, the Cayoose Creek Band, and the Sekw'el'wás First Nation, is a First Nations government in the Central Interior-Fraser Canyon
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region of the Canadian province
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of British Columbia
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. The Cayoose Creek First Nation is a member government of the Lillooet Tribal Council
The Lillooet Tribal Council is the official English name of the largest tribal council of what is also known as the St'at'imc Nation, though not including all governments of St'at'imc peoples - the term St'at'imc Nation has another context of all ...
, also known officially as the St'at'imc Nation (though without including all St'at'imc communities).
The Cayoose Creek First Nation's offices are located at Lillooet, British Columbia
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See also
*St'at'imcets language
Lillooet , known in the language itself as / (), is the language of the St’át’imc, a Salishan language of the Interior branch spoken in southern British Columbia, Canada, around the middle Fraser and Lillooet Rivers. The language of t ...
* Bridge River Power Project
References
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - First Nation DetailSekw'el'was website
St'at'imc governments
Lillooet Country
First Nations governments in the Fraser Canyon
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