Lower Nicola Indian Band Explained

Lower Nicola Indian Band ('''Nʔeʔiyk''')^[1] is a Nlaka'pamux First Nations government, located in the Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The Lower Nicola Indian Band reserve community and offices are located at Shulus, also known as Lower Nicola, six kilometres west of Merritt, British Columbia, the main urban centre in the region between the Lower Mainland and Kamloops.

Chief and Councillors

Chief

• Aaron Sam

Councillors

• Harold Joe
• Art Dick
• Robert Sterling
• Molly Toodlican
• Nicholas Peterson
• Clyde Sam
• Clarence Basil
• Clarence Bigfoot

Reserves

Lower Nicola Indian Band has jurisdiction over the following reserves:^[2]

• Nicola Mameet 1 - 11,350 Acres - 581 Residents
• Joeyaska 2 - 320 Acres - 42 Residents
• Pipseul 3 - 220 Acres
• Zoht 4 - 500 Acres - 35 Residents
• Zoht 5 - 160 Acres
• Logan's 6 - 45 Acres
• Hamilton Creek 7 - 4,400 Acres - 42 Residents
• Speous 8 - 280 Acres
• Zoht 14 - 160 Acres
• Hihium Lake 6 (Shared between Upper Nicola, Lower Nicola, Bonaparte, and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Bands) - 78 Acres

See also

• Scw'exmx
• Thompson language

External links

• Lower Nicola Indian Band website
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - First Nation Detail

Notes and References

1. https://www.lnib.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Newsletter-May2019.pdf https://www.lnib.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Newsletter-May2019.pdf
2. Web site: Lower Nicola Indian Band Community Profile. PDF. December 2015. Lnib.net. 22 March 2022.