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Lillooet Tribal Council

Member Bands

Bridge River Indian Band
Location
: Located near Lillooet. Main community on Bridge River Indian Reserve #1. (Two reserves; 4,699.4 hectares) (Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 399 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Cayoose Creek Band
Location: Located near town of Lillooet. Main community is on Cayoose Creek Indian Reserve #1. (Three reserves; 720.1 hectares) (Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 180 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Lil'wat First Nation (formerly Mount Currie Band Council)

Location
: At Mount Currie, near the confluence of the Lillooet and Birkenhead rivers, approximately 79 km southwest of Lillooet. (10 reserves on 2,929.6 hectares.) (Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 1,911 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Seton Lake Band

Location
: On the north shore of Seton Lake, near Shalalth, approximately 20 km northwest of Lillooet. (Seven reserves on 1,828.9 hectares.)(Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 611 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

T'it'q'et Administration (formerly Lillooet Indian Band)
Location
: Near Lillooet (seven reserves on 1,497.8 hectares). (Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 369 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Ts'Kw'aylaxw First Nation (formerly Pavilion Indian Band)

Location
: Near Lillooet. Main community is on Pavilion Indian Reserve #1, at Pavilion, on the bank of the Fraser River north of Pavilion Creek. (Eight reserves on 2,127.9 hectares.) (Source: First Nations Profiles, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and British Columbia First Nations websites)

Number of Band Members: 502 (Source: Registered Indian Population by Sex and Residence December 2006, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Background

Negotiating status
: Government representatives are working to build relationships with the Lillooet Tribal Council outside of the British Columbia Treaty Commission six-stage treaty process.

Negotiating affiliation
: The Tribal Council office is in Lillooet. Member bands are located near Lillooet.

Location

: 3,737 (Source: Registered Population as of August, 2002, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)

Other Activities

On November 4, 2008, The Province, Canada and the Seton Lake Indian Band celebrated the settlement of the remaining cut-off claims in British Columbia. Cut-off claims were the direct result of lands being removed from, or cut off of, Indian reserves in British Columbia in the early days of European settlement. For more information about the event, click here.