Ulkatcho First Nation

The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, its offices are located in Anahim Lake, British Columbia at the western edge of the Chilcotin District. The Ulkatcho government is responsible for 22 Indian reserves with a population of 729 members living on-reserve, and another 200 living off reserve. Its people are of the Ulkatchot’en ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both Nuxalk and Chilcotin people and share territory in the Coast Range with the Nuxalk. Many distinctively Ulkatcho family names, such as Cahoose, Capoose, Sill, Squinas, and Stilas come from Nuxalk.

Name

The name Ulkatcho is an anglicisation of Ulhk'acho, the name of one village, now disused, on Gatcho Lake. Ulhk'acho means "big bounteous place", a place with bountiful fish, game, and other resources. It is based on the root k'a "fat".

Chief and councillors


Previous chiefs were Lynda Price, Alan Weselowski, Cassidy Sill, and Jimmy Stillas. These past chiefs held a great interest in the land and the survival of their territories and ways of life of the Dakelh people. Today, the invasion of resource development has forced the community to sign agreements that are misinterpreted as a way out of the financial crisis. Although these short term benefits include menial jobs through New Gold and other invasive capitalist companies, the impact on the land has not been included.

Chief and councillors

Other

Lance Cahoose Memorial Ball-hockey tournament May 18 to 20

Reserves

The figures following each reserve name are its area, in hectares.

Notable Ulkatcho people

See also

References

External links

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