The Sxeʼxnʼx () are a First Nations people of the Lower Nicola Valley in the southern Southern Interior of the

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. They are part of the larger

Nlaka'pamux The Nlakaʼpamux or Nlakapamuk ( ; ), also previously known as the ''Thompson'', '' Thompson River Salish'', ''Thompson Salish'', ''Thompson River Indians'' or ''Thompson River people'', and historically as the ''Klackarpun'', ''Haukamaugh'', ''K ...

(Thompson) people and closely connected to the Scw'exmx, a major subgroup of the Nlakapamuxtsin-speaking peoples. Their primary community is Shackan or Lower Nicola, just west of Merritt ("Shackan" comes from Scw'ex, the name of the Nicolas River).

Government

The band government is the Shackan Indian Band, which is a member of the

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