Talk:North Thompson Indian Band

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[edit] Thompson Indians

Is this group the same as the Thompson Indians written about by James Alexander Teit in 1900 (published as vol 1 part 4 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition#Official Publications)? Or are there other groups sometimes referred to as Thompson Indians as well? -- Ngio 10:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

no; they are Shuswap (Secwepemc). The Thompson Indians spoken of by Teit are the Nlaka'pamux and partly the Nicola people (who are partly Nlaka'pamux ethnically); they are concentrated on the lower Fraser Canyon and the adjacent lower Thompson River (below Kamloops Lake, at the head of which is the city of Kamloops where the North Thompson River meets the South Thompson River (Kamloops means "rivers meeting" in Shuswap/Secwepemctsin); the Nlaka/pamux/Thompson name for Lytton, their historical "capital" (not politically) also means "waters meeting" - "Kumsheen" historically, now p.c.-spelled Camchin.Skookum1 03:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC) (this comment copied here from User talk:Skookum1#Thompson Indians by Ngio 14:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC))