Thursday, September 29, 2011

SHEWAP INDIANS IN CANADA

THE SHUSWAP WERE IN THE MOST IMPORTANT SALISHAN TRIBE OF B.C. HOLDING MOST OF THE TERRITORY BETWEEN COLUMBIA RIVER WATERSHED AND FRASER RIVER, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF SMALL VILLAGE RESERVATIONS ATTACHED TO VARIOUS AGENCIES. THEIR POPULATION DECREASED TO HALF OF WHAT THEY HAD PRIOR TO THE MINERS. TODAY THEY HAVE 2100 FOLKS IN 3 BANDS. THEY SPEAK SHUSWAP. THEIR TIBAL COUNCIL IS BASED IN KAMLOOPS, BC.

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