The Cheam Indian Band is a band government of the Stó:lō

Stó:lo

The Sto:lo , alternately written as Stó:lō, Stó:lô or Stó:lõ and historically as Staulo or Stahlo, and historically known and commonly referred to in ethnographic literature as the Fraser River Indians or Lower Fraser Salish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the Fraser Valley of...

 people located in the Upper Fraser Valley

Fraser Valley

The Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. The term is sometimes used to refer to the Fraser Canyon and stretches upstream from there, but in general British Columbian usage of the term refers to the stretch of the...

 region of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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, located near the community of Rosedale

Rosedale, British Columbia

Rosedale is a farming-based community located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. It serves as a base for many tourists, both in summer and winter. The hills and valleys of British Columbia are popular skiing, snowboarding and dogsledding locations...

. They traditionally speak the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, one of the Salishan

Salishan languages

The Salishan languages are a group of languages of the Pacific Northwest...

 family of languages. The name Cheam means "wild strawberry place" and is the nasake of Mount Cheam, which overlooks the community and most of the Upper Fraser Valley. They area a member government of the Sto:lo Tribal Council

Stó:lo Tribal Council

The Stó:lō Tribal Council is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Fraser Valley-Greater Vancouver region of the Canadian province of British Columbia that is the tribal council for First Nations band governments from Hope, at the south end of the Fraser Canyon down to Langley...

, one of two Sto:lo tribal councils.

The band services two reserves on the north shore of Cheam Lake, home to 154 people while another 141 living off the reserve.

Treaty Process

Like other members of the Sto:lo Tribal Council, he Cheam are not participating in the British Columbia Treaty Process

British Columbia Treaty Process

The British Columbia Treaty Process is a land claims negotiation process started in 1993 to resolve outstanding issues - including claims to un-extinguished aboriginal rights - with British Columbia's First Nations....

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