Skway First Nation

The Skway First Nation, (officially Shxwhá:y Village), is a band government of the Stó:lō people living in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada near the city of Chilliwack. They traditionally speak the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, one of the Salishan family of languages. The band is a member government of the Sto:lo Nation tribal council, and should not be confused with the Skwah First Nation, which is in the same area but is a different band..

Indian Reserves

The band administers three Indian Reserves:^[1]

Grass Indian Reserve No. 15, 1/2 mile southeast of Chilliwack, 64.8 ha.
Skumalasph Indian Reserve No. 16, 6 miles northwest of Chilliwack, 468.4 ha.
Skway Indian Reserve No. 5, 2 miles west of Chilliwack, 255 ha. (location of Skway Village)

The band also shares with 20 other bands the Peckquaylis Indian Reserve, formerly St. Mary's Indian Residential School at Mission, which is now a cultural, government and aboriginal business centre.

Treaty process

The Skway are at Stage 4 in British Columbia Treaty Process with the rest of the Sto:lo Nation tribal council.^[2]

References

External links

Shxwhá:y Village website

Coast Salish

Peoples	Chawathil Cheam Chehalis (WA) Chemainus Clemclemaluts Comiaken Copalis Cowlitz Duwamish Esquimalt Halalt Hoh Homalco Humptulips Katzie Khenipsen Kilpahlas Klahoose Klallam Koksilah Kwa-kwa-a-pilt Kwantlen Kway-quit-lam Nuxalk Sliammon Nanoose Malahat Snuneymuxw Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh Shishalh Squamish Musqueam Semiahmoo Matsqui Sumas Scowlitz Sts'Ailes Leq' a: mel Popkum Seabird Island Skwah Skway Shxw'ow'hamel Skawahlook Skowkale Soowahlie Squiala Tzeachten Yakweakwioose T'souk-e Tsartlip Somena Quamichan Penelakut Lamalcha Saanich Lummi Nooksack Lower Skagit Upper Skagit Skokomish (Twana) Muckleshoot Sammamish Samish Sauk-Suiattle Snohomish Snoqualmie Nisqually Puyallup Stillaquamish Suquamish Swinomish Tulalip Quinault Sahewamish Wynoochee Satsop Nehalem (Tillamook) Siletz Quamichan Somena

Governments	Aitchelitz Band Chawathil First Nation Cheam Indian Band Kwantlen First Nation Katzie First Nation Kwaw-kwaw-a-pilt First Nation Leq' a: mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum Band Scowlitz First Nation Seabird Island Band Skwah First Nation Skway First Nation Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Soowahlie First Nation Squiala First Nation Sumas First Nation Tzeachten First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Chehalis First Nation Tsleil-waututh First Nation Musqueam Indian Band Katzie First Nation Kwikwetlem First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Chemainus First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Klahoose First Nation Malahat First Nation Nanoose First Nation Peters Band Sliammon First Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation Yale First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Tseycum First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Squamish Nation Union Bar First Nation Nuxalk Nation T'sou-ke First Nation Esquimalt First Nation Tsawout First Nation Cowichan Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cowlitz Indian Tribe Port Madison Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Lummi Nation Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Samish Indian Nation Skokomish Indian Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Suquamish Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes

Organizations & Institutions	NorthWest Indian Fisheries Commission South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency Washington Indian Gaming Association Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Culture & Society	Music Mythology Art

Languages	Coast Salish languages Comox/Island Comox (†) Sliammon/Mainland Comox Pentlatch Halkomelem Sechelt Squamish Nooksack Saanich Lummi Klallam Lushootseed Whulshootseed Twana Cowlitz Quinault

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