Pavilion Indian Band

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The Pavilion Indian Band or Ts'kw'aylaxw First Nation or Tsk'waylacw First Nation or Tsk'weylecw First Nation is a First Nations government, located in the Fraser Canyon region of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created when the government of the then-Colony of British Columbia established an Indian Reserve system in the 1860s.

The Pavilion people are part of both the Secwepemc (Shuswap) and St'at'imc (Lillooet) Nations, and are located at Pavilion in the Fraser Canyon north of Lillooet.

The Pavilion Band is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council. The Pavilion people are also partly Sťáťimc (Lillooet) and belong to the Lillooet Tribal Council.

In the St'at'imcets language, Pavilion is called Ts'kw'aylacw or Ts'kw'aylaxw ("frost"). The same name in the Secwepmectsin is Tsk'wéylecw. The people themselves are called the Tsk'waylacw'mc in St'at'imcets, or Tsk'weylecw'mc in Secwepmectsin.

[edit] See also

• Lillooet Tribal Council
• Pavilion, British Columbia
• Sťáťimc
• Secwepemc

[edit] External link

• Shuswap Nation website

Secwepemc First Nations governments

Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Adams Lake Indian Band (Sexqeltqin) | Kamloops Indian Band (T'Kemlups} | Shuswap Indian Band (Kenpesq't)| Little Shuswap Indian Band (Quaaout) | Neskonlith Indian Band | Skeetchestn Indian Band | Spallumcheen Indian Band | Bonaparte Indian Band (St'uxwtews) | Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band (Pelltiq't) | North Thompson Indian Band (Simpcw) Northern Shuswap Tribal Council Canim Lake Band (Tsq'escen') | Soda Creek/Deep Creek Band (Xat'sull/Cm'etem) | Williams Lake Indian Band (T'exelc) | Canoe Creek Band/Dog Creek Indian Band (Stswecem'c/Xgat'tem) Unaffiliated Alkali Lake Indian Band (Esketemc) | High Bar First Nation (Llenlleney'ten) | Pavilion Indian Band (Tsk'weylecw)