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Today, there are about 2,000 members in the four communities- Tsq’excen’ (Canim Lake); Stswecem’c Xgat’tem (Canoe Creek); T’exelc (Williams Lake) and Xats’ull (Soda Creek) that make up the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw.

Today, the NStQ continue to hunt, fish and gather throughout Secwepemc7ulecw and any treaty the NStQ Leadership sign on our behalf will have to reflect our strong rela-tionship to the land , to our neighbours and to the rest of the Shuswap Nation.

There are houses, schools, recreation facili-ties and businesses within the NStQ com-munities and each community has a chief and council who work with a Band admin-istration staff to meet the social, health and child welfare needs of their members.

The NStQ are also negotiating a treaty that they hope will provide for the future needs of their members and will give them a voice within the existing governing structures on what takes place within their territory.

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As First Nations people the NStQ and its relationship to the land and to one another has always been based on looking forward to future generations.

The NStQ see the treaty process as a tool to secure and self sustaining future for our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

The NStQ would like to arrive at a place where they, as a third order of government, make the decisions about the land and resources within their territory.

An NStQ government with its own constitution and bylaws that will guide their social, economic, cul-tural and traditional activities as their ancestors did for thousands of years before contact.

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Northern Shuswap Treaty Society17 South 1st AvenueWilliams Lake, BCV2G 1H4Phone: 250.392.7361Toll free: 1.888.392.7361

Canim Lake Indian BandBox 1030100 Mile House BCV0K 2E0Phone: 250.397.2227

Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First NationGeneral DeliveryDog Creek, BCV0L 1J0Phone 250.440.5649

Soda Creek Indian Band3405 Mountain House Rd.Williams Lake, BCV2G 5L5Phone 250.989.2323

Williams Lake Indian Band2672 Indian Dr.Williams Lake, BCV2G 5K9Phone 250.296.3507

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Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw

‘Shuswap people of the North’

Tsq’escen’[Canim Lake]

Stswecem’c Xgat’tem[Canoo Creek]

Xats’ull[Soda Creek]

T’exelc[Williams Lake]

Le Pexyewtes-PastThe Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) have lived in this area for at least 10,000 Years. Before contact the Sec-wepemc were made up of 32 Bands who occupied a vast territory in what is now south central British Columbia.

Each Band had three or more smaller family groups who wintered together in close proxim-ity to one another. They shared a common lan-guage, traditions and history. They also lived in harmony with the natural world of which they were the stewards.

The Secwepmc hunted birds and animals, fished for trout and salmon and gathered plants, berries and medicines throughout their territory. They also practiced their spiritual traditions and had sacred places throughout the territory. Clothing and ceremonial regalia were

made from the furs, bones, quills and feathers. They also used bone, wood, rock, bark and roots to make baskets, tools, cooking and hunting implements, snares and for winter earth pit homes and summer shelters.

The Secwepemc had a social and govern-ing structure that guided their lives and their relationships with their neighbours.