Canim Lake Indian Reservation
Standing: Bob Parkin and Robert White
Horseback - Left: Edward Dixon, right: David Christopher
Indian Reservation - ca 1947
Far right: English Decker
English Decker and members of his family.
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Rear row: English Decker, Archer White, Mrs. Kitchen, George Daniels
Centre: Hiroko Uyeyama and Robert White
Front: ?
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Alfie Roper
Patrick Stanislas and ?
Charlie Boyce
Rita Charlie
Canim Lake Band 'Tsqescen'
The community of Canim Lake is located 35 km east of 100 Mile House, it is made up of six parcels of designated reserve land totaling 2,029.6 hectares that were originally set aside for the band by the Reilly Commission in 1887. The people of Canim Lake and their ancestors are a part of what is known as the Lake Division of the Shuswap Tribe within the Interior Salish Nations in B.C., since time immemorial.
The Canim Lake Band has 517 members with close to 75% living on the reserve. There are 66 houses for the members, with 25 families, 30 singles and 10 Elders on the housing waiting list.
The band has the Eliza Archie Memorial School for K-12; some of the students attend high school in 100 Mile House. The band also has an adult education Life Skills Program.
Like the other three Cariboo Tribal Council member communities, Canim Lake finds its reserve lands encroached by public access roads (a highway goes through the main reserves), hydro lines, gas lines and phone lines which serve the public at large.
The band employs between 50 and 150 people, including band and non-band members and non-natives as well, depending on the time of year and seasonal or education related employment. The major areas of employment with the band are the administration of various programs, Social Development, Education and various Economic Development ventures.
The lake known as Canim Lake and for which the band is named is fairly large and yet there is very little reserve land on this beautiful lake. Because of the many lakes the area is tourist oriented and much of the lake access is taken up by private land and long time lease holders.
The Canim Lake community carries out much of its band and personal business in 100 Mile House, Kamloops and Williams Lake.
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Geographical Location - Canim Lake Indian Reserve 1 Generic term Indian Reserve Description Four miles west of southwest end of Canim Lake on Bridge Creek Latitude 514700 Longitude 1210000 Ecozone Montane Cordillera Drainage Region Fraser - Lower Mainland.
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Peter Christopher
Eddy Dixon
Paul Theodore
Joe Archie
Sam Archie
Joseph Archie
Henry Bob
Julien Boyce
Morris Dixon
Secwepemc Warriors- Veterans of the World Wars
The Shuswap people have always believed in freedom and equality. When they were called upon to defend these values around the world, our fathers and grandfathers did not hesitate in joining the armed forces. Many Shuswap and First Nations soldiers fought in World War I and World War II, as well as other conflicts around the globe. In order to do so, they were forced to give up their Indian Status through a process called enfranchisement, which basically said they were no longer Indians under the Indian Act. They were not accorded the same rights as other veterans and were not allowed to march in the Veteran' Day parade for many years. They were refused education subsidies, home mortgages, federal government employment and land grants that were given to non-native veterans. These proud warriors were not even allowed to vote federally until 1960.