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NEW! - NSTC Governance Orientation Kit

The Board of Directors of the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council is proud to present this orientation guide for citizen's current or considering a position of Councillor in the community. The job of a Councillor is constantly evolving, with more and more responsibilities and complexities added each year, especially as we pursue self-governance. This guide provides the information on the basic underlying tenants of this job, which we hope will provide a strong foundation for the increasing complex roles of Councillors. We hope you find this guide useful, prompts open and honest discussion, and provides a common framework for our communities to work together as we move towards our visions fo self-determination. Click here to go to the Governance Page of our website.

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We are the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ), meaning the Shuswap people of the north. We are located in central British Columbia in the Cariboo Chilcotin Region. We are 4 of the 17 Shuswap bands that are known as the Secwepemc Nation.

The Tsq'escen' (Canim Lake), Stswecem'c/Xgat'tem (Canoe & Dog Creek), Xat'sūll (Soda & Deep Creek), and T'exelc (Williams Lake a.k.a. Sugar Cane) communities have built a political alliance to work together to address the needs and issues that are relevant to the NStQ communities.

Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw membership population is over 2000 people. We are known as the people from where the water flowed, where we held jurisdiction and managed large tracts of the Fraser River and the surrounding area and watersheds. Our ties to the land are an important element of our Secwepemc culture, traditional values and customs, and spiritual beliefs which we dictate to living in harmony with the land.

Through the treaty process, we are striving for a very unique goal as compared to many other tables. We are not only seeking to govern ourselves, but we are seeking to maintain our integral relationship with our traditional territory as stewards of the land by proposing in our treaty a structure for something called "shared-decision making." Through shared-decision-making with Canada and BC, we are hoping to help guide the management of all the natural resources on our traditional territory.

Our combined traditional territory between our four NStQ First Nations spans between 5,300,000 hectares and 5,600,000 hectares.

Click on this link to to view the NStQ Brochure

Contact Us:

The Northern Shuswap Tribal Council address is:

17 S. 1st Avenue
Williams Lake, BC V2G1H4

Our contact numbers are:

Toll Free: 1-888-392-7361
Phone: 250-392-7361
Fax: 250-392-6158

Our regular office hours are from: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
We close for lunch from: 12 to 1 pm