Llenlleney'ten
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The 'Llenlleney'ten are a First Nations people in the Chilcotin District
-Fraser Canyon
region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc
people and reside on a remote stretch of the Fraser River
about 50 kilometres north of Lillooet
at a location known as High Bar, and also at adjacent Low Bar. Together with the Esketemc
of the Alkali Lake Indian Band
they are sometimes called the Canyon Shuswap, and historically have close ties to their Tsilhqot'in
neighbours. The Llenlleney'ten are mostly Secwepemc ethnically, but have close family ties and shared cultural traditions with the Tsilhqot'in
.
Their band government is called the High Bar First Nation
.
Chilcotin District
The Chilcotin District of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lea of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River....
-Fraser Canyon
Fraser Canyon
The Fraser Canyon is an 84 km landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley...
region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc
Secwepemc
The Secwepemc , known in English as the Shuswap people, are a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their traditional territory ranges from the eastern Chilcotin Plateau and the Cariboo Plateau southeast through the Thompson Country to Kamloops and the Shuswap...
people and reside on a remote stretch of the Fraser River
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...
about 50 kilometres north of Lillooet
Lillooet, British Columbia
Lillooet is a community on the Fraser River in western Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station,...
at a location known as High Bar, and also at adjacent Low Bar. Together with the Esketemc
Esketemc
The Esketemc are a First Nations people in the Cariboo Regional District of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc people and reside around the community of Alkali Lake , an unincorporated settlement and Indian Reserve community on the Cariboo Plateau south...
of the Alkali Lake Indian Band
Alkali Lake Indian Band
The Alkali Lake Indian Band, also known as the Esketemc First Nation, is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc people, located at Alkali Lake in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created when the government of the then-Colony of...
they are sometimes called the Canyon Shuswap, and historically have close ties to their Tsilhqot'in
Tsilhqot'in
The Tsilhqot'in are a Northern Athabaskan First Nations people that live in British Columbia, Canada...
neighbours. The Llenlleney'ten are mostly Secwepemc ethnically, but have close family ties and shared cultural traditions with the Tsilhqot'in
Tsilhqot'in
The Tsilhqot'in are a Northern Athabaskan First Nations people that live in British Columbia, Canada...
.
Their band government is called the High Bar First Nation
High Bar First Nation
The High Bar First Nation is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc Nation, located in the Fraser Canyon-Cariboo 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...
.