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Bonaparte River Indians on horseback
A stop sign in both
English and
Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) on the Bonaparte/Stuctwesemc Reserve.
The Bonaparte Indian Band a.k.a. Bonaparte First Nation , is a member band of the
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council of the
Secwepemc (Shuswap) people.
Indian Reserves and communities
The band's main community is on the
Bonaparte Indian Reserve No. 3 , located
50°51′00″N 121°22′00″W / 50.85000°N 121.36667°W / 50.85000; -121.36667 (Bonaparte Indian Reserve 3 )
[1] comprising 704 ha., usually known as the Bonaparte Reserve, between
Cache Creek and the terminus of Highway 99 at the
Hat Creek Ranch or Lower Hat Creek (a.k.a. Carquile), Some band members work as guides, interpreters and wranglers for the Hat Creek Ranch, which is a heritage museum/restoration of a roadhouse of the
Cariboo Wagon Road and had been the homestead of
Donald McLean , former Chief Trader at
Fort Kamloops and one of the combatants and casualties of the
Chilcotin War of 1864.
Other reserves are:
[2]
Lower Hat Creek 2 , 31.6 ha., on
Hat Creek between
Marble Canyon and that creek's confluence with the
Bonaparte River (not to be confused with Lower Hat Creek, or Carquile, which is at the confluence of the creek and the river).
50°53′00″N 121°30′00″W / 50.88333°N 121.50000°W / 50.88333; -121.50000 (Lower Hat Creek Indian Reserve 2 )
[3]
Grasslands 7 , 207.6 ha., at McLean Lake, in the
Trachyte Hills northwest of Cache Creek
50°48′00″N 121°24′00″W / 50.80000°N 121.40000°W / 50.80000; -121.40000 (Grasslands Indian Reserve 7 )
[4]
Hihium Lake 6 (Shared between
Upper Nicola ,
Lower Nicola , Bonaparte, and
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Bands), 31.6 ha.
51°04′00″N 121°09′00″W / 51.06667°N 121.15000°W / 51.06667; -121.15000 (Hihium Lake Indian Reserve 6 )
[5]
Hihium Lake 6A (Shared between the
Skeetchestn and Bonaparte Bands), on north shore of Hihium Lake near NE corner of
Hihium Lake Indian Reserve No. 6 , 2.10 ha.
51°04′00″N 121°09′00″W / 51.06667°N 121.15000°W / 51.06667; -121.15000 (Hihium Lake Indian Reserve 6A )
[6]
Hihium Lake 6B (Shared between the
Skeetchestn and Bonaparte Bands), on south shore of
Hihium Lake , near its east end, 2.0 ha.
51°03′00″N 121°05′00″W / 51.05000°N 121.08333°W / 51.05000; -121.08333 (Hihium Lake Indian Reserve 6B )
[7]
Loon Lake 4 , 24.6 ha., at
Loon Lake
51°05′00″N 121°20′00″W / 51.08333°N 121.33333°W / 51.08333; -121.33333 (Loon Lake Indian Reserve 4 )
[8]
Mauvais Rocher 5 , 40.2 ha., on the
Thompson River to the east of
Ashcroft
50°47′00″N 121°05′00″W / 50.78333°N 121.08333°W / 50.78333; -121.08333 (Mauvais Rocher Indian Reserve 5 )
[9]
Upper Hat Creek 1 , 835.3 ha., on
Hat Creek to the southeast of
Marble Canyon and north of the locality of
Upper Hat Creek .
50°49′00″N 121°35′00″W / 50.81667°N 121.58333°W / 50.81667; -121.58333 (Upper Hat Creek Indian Reserve 1 )
[10]
The reserves were created when the government of the
Colony of British Columbia , without negotiation or consent of the First nations, and without legally extinguishing First Nations claim to the land, established an
Indian reserve system in the 1860s.
Population
The Bonaparte Indian Band are also called the
Stuctwesemc in
Secwepemctsín , which means "people of the Valley" (also spelled St'uxwtews). Band population is 815, with 584 living off-reserve.
[11]
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