Little Shuswap Indian Band

Little Shuswap Indian Band

The Little Shuswap Indian Band is a First Nations band government of a community of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its main Indian reserve is located at Chase, British Columbia, sometimes marked Squilax on maps ("black bear" in the Shuswap language) is properly called Quaaout, and is on the shore of Little Shuswap Lake. It was created when the government of the then-Colony of British Columbia established an Indian Reserve system in the 1860s. It is a member government of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.

ee also

*Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
*Chase, British Columbia

External links

* [http://www.shuswapnation.org/ Shuswap Nation website]


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