- Pavilion Indian Band
The Pavilion Indian Band or Ts'kw'aylaxw First Nation or Tsk'waylacw First Nation or Tsk'weylecw First Nation is a
First Nations government, located in theFraser Canyon region of the Central Interior of theCanadian province ofBritish Columbia . It was created when the government of the then-Colony of British Columbia established anIndian Reserve system in the 1860s.The Pavilion people are part of both the
Secwepemc (Shuswap) andSt'at'imc (Lillooet) Nations, and are located at Pavilion in theFraser Canyon north of Lillooet.The Pavilion Band is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or theNorthern Shuswap Tribal Council . The Pavilion people are also partlySťáťimc (Lillooet) and belong to theLillooet Tribal Council .In the
St'at'imcets language, Pavilion is called Ts'kw'aylacw or Ts'kw'aylaxw ("frost"). The same name in the Secwepmectsin is Tsk'wéylecw. The people themselves are called the Tsk'waylacw'mc in St'at'imcets, orTsk'weylecw'mc in Secwepmectsin.ee also
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Lillooet Tribal Council
*Pavilion, British Columbia
*Sťáťimc
*Secwepemc External links
* [http://www.shuswapnation.org/ Shuswap Nation website]
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