The Xeni Gwet'in, also known as the Stone Chilcotin,
''Nemaia: The Unconquered Country'', Terry Glavin, ''Transmontanus Books''
/ref> are a First Nations people whose traditional territory is located in the southern Chilcotin District
The Chilcotin () region of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lee of the C ...
of the Canadian province
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of British Columbia
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, on the inland flank of the Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains () are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast, Coast of British Columbia sout ...
west of the Fraser River
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. They are a subgroup of the Tshilhqot'in people and are also known as the Stoney Chilcotin, and reside in the area of Nemaia Valley
Nemaiah Valley, also spelled Nemiah Valley and Nemaia Valley, is an unincorporated locality and First Nations reserve and ranching community between Chilko Lake and the Taseko Lakes in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British ...
, an unincorporated settlement and Indian Reserve community far off Highway 20 between Chilko and Taseko Lake
The Taseko Lakes are a pair of lakes, Upper Taseko Lake and Lower Taseko Lake, which are expansions of the upper Taseko River in the southern Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Their name is based on the orig ...
s.
The real name of the most famous member of the Xeni Gwet'in is not known - Klatassine
Lhatŝ’aŝʔin (also known as Klatsassan or Klattasine; died 1864), was a chief of the Chilcotin ( Tsilhqot'in) people. He led a small group of warriors in attacks on road-building crews near Bute Inlet, British Columbia, in April and May 1864. ...
or Klatsassan, the name for the leader of the Chilcotin War
The Chilcotin War, the Chilcotin Uprising or the Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people in British Columbia and white road construction workers. Fourteen men employed by Alfred Wadd ...
of 1864, means "we don't know who he was".
Their band government is called the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation Xeni can refer to:
*Xeni Gwet'in The Xeni Gwet'in, also known as the Stone Chilcotin, are a First Nations people whose traditional territory is located in the southern Chilcotin District of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the inland f ...
.
References
External links
"Welcome to Xeni" visitor information website
Tsilhqot'in
Athabaskan peoples
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