Shuswap Indian Band

Shuswap Indian Band

The Shuswap Indian Band is a member of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the East Kootenay region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its main Indian reserve is located at Invermere, British Columbia in the Rocky Mountain Trench region on the upper Columbia River, on the other side of the Selkirk Mountains from other Secwepemc bands. 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 and also of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council.

ee also

*Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
*Invermere, British Columbia

External links

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


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