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The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh

Dakelh

The Dakelh or Carrier are the indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.Most Carrier call themselves Dakelh, meaning "people who go around by boat"...

First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia

British Columbia

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. It is a member of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, its offices are located in Anahim Lake, British Columbia

Anahim Lake, British Columbia

Anahim Lake is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its name, and the name of the associated lake, in the Tsilhqot'in language, is Tl'etinqox. The village and surrounding areas have a population of approximately 1500. The Ulkatcho First Nation has 729 living on nearby...

at the western edge of the Chilcotin District

Chilcotin District

The Chilcotin District of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lea of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River....

. The Ulkatcho government is responsible for 22 Indian reserve

Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...

s with a population of 729 members living on-reserve, and another 200 living off reserve. Its people are of the Ulkatchot’en

Ulkatchot’en

The Ulkatchot'en or Ulkatchos or Ulkatcho people are a First Nations people in the Chilcotin District of the Canadian province of British Columbia...

ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both Nuxalk

Nuxalk

Nuxálk are an indigenous people native to Bella Coola, British Columbia in Canada. The term can refer to:* Nuxálk language, a moribund Salishan language.* Nuxalk Nation, the name of the Nuxálk group in the First Nations....

and Chilcotin

Chilcotin

Chilcotin, meaning "people of the red ochre river" may refer to:*The Tsilhqot'in , an Athabaskan First Nations people of British Columbia, Canada*Chilcotin language, the language spoken by the Tsilhqot’in...

people and share territory in the Coast Range

Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia. They are so-named because of their proximity to the sea coast, and are often...

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

Allen Louie, Chief
Benny Cahoose
Gary Holte
Zack Parker
Dayton Sulin
Harvey Sulin

Previous chiefs were Lynda Price, Alan Weselowski, Cassidy Sill, and Jimmy Stilas.

Reserves

The figures following each reserve name are its area, in hectare

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 1 1 ha.
Squinas Inian Reserve No. 2 400 ha.
Thomas Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 2A 248.5 ha.
Towdystan Lake Indian Reserve No. 3 258.2 ha.
Abuntlet Lake Indian Reserve No. 4 129.5 ha.
Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 5 129.6 ha.
Uklatcho Indian Reserve No. 6 129.5 ha.
Salmon River Indian Reserve Meadow No. 7 96.3 ha.
Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 8 259 ha.
Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 10 198.7 ha.
Blackwater Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11 57.5 ha.
Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 12 64.8 ha.
Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 13 194 ha.
Louis Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 14 356.3 ha.
Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 14A 256.6 ha.
Casimiel Meadows Indian Reserve No. 15A 64.8 ha.
Amy Cahoose Meadow Indian Reserve No. 16 129.5 ha.
Tilgatko Indian Reserve No. 17 62.7 ha.
Betty Creek Indian Reserve No. 18 129.5 ha.
Willow Meadow Indian Reserve No. 9 59.5 ha.
Fishtrap Indian Reserve No. 19 20.2 ha.

Notable Ulkatcho people

Carey Price
Carey Price
Carey Price is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League . Price was the Canadiens' first round selection in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft...

, hockey player (currently non-status but son of Chief Lynda Price)
Jimmy Stilas, former chief whose death was one of the incidents leading to the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry.

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