The Shackan Indian Band () is a
Nlaka'pamux First Nations government located in the
Nicola Country of the
Southern Interior region of the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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. It is a member of the
Scw’exmx Tribal Council, which is one of three
tribal councils of the
Nlaka'pamux people. Other
Nlaka'pamux governments belong either to the
Fraser Canyon Indian Administration or the
Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council.
The Shackan Indian Band reserve community and offices are located just west of
Merritt, the main urban centre in the
Nicola Country region between the
Lower Mainland and
Kamloops
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.
The name Shackan is an adaptation from
Sxe'xn'x (Sx̣íx̣nx), which is its name in the local dialect of
Nlaka'pamuctsin (the Thompson language).
Chief and Councillors
Chief: Lindsay Tighe
Councillors:
1) Jordan Joe
2) Savannah Joe
Treaty Process
History
The
Sxe'xn'x (meaning Little Rocks in Sxe'xn'x dialect of the Nlakapamux ) have occupied their territories in the Nicola Valley and surrounding region since time immemorial. Prior to the arrival of non-Natives, the resources of the Nicola Valley were managed by the Nlakapamux to enhance and maintain settlement, food, and medicine gathering, hunting, fishing, horse grazing, fur trapping, and trade. By the year 1857, the Sxe'xn'x had begun to incorporate gold mining and agriculture as new economic strategies.
Following non-Native settlement in the Nicola Valley, Indian Reserves were laid out by Indian Reserve Commissioner,
Gilbert Sproat
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Biography
Born in Brighouse Farm Borgue near Kirkcudbright, Scotland, he arrived on Vancouver Isla ...
, in August 1878. As one of several reserves laid out for the Lower Nicola Indian Band, was created near the
Scw'exmx village of "Kapatci'tcîn". Sproat described the site as "Potatoe Gardens" or "Skachin". In the same month, to other reserves near to "Potatoe Gardens" were also established: "Papsilqua
.R. #13 used for raising hay and as grazing pasture, with access to water for irrigation; and Soldatquo
.R. #12 used mainly as grazing pasture.
Shackan Indian Band and Nooatich Indian Band was formed in the early 1950s after splitting from the Lower Nicola Indian Band.
Demographics
total population 131
Economic Development
Shackan is into Forestry Management, joint Sawmill operation with Lower Nicola Indian Band, and several other joint Ventures.
Social, Educational and Cultural Programs and Facilities
Reserves
The band has jurisdiction over the three following reserves:
* Shackan 11
* Soldatquo 12
* Papsilqua 13
See also
*
Nicola (chief)
*
Thompson language
References
Shackan Indian Band websiteIndian and Northern Affairs Canada - First Nation Detail
External links
Shackan Indian Band
{{Nlaka'pamux First Nations
Nlaka'pamux governments
Nicola Country