The Skwah First Nation aka the Skwah Indian Band is a band government of the Sto:lo

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 in the area of the City of Chilliwack, British Columbia

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...

, Canada

Canada

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. It should not be confused with the Skway First Nation

Skway First Nation

The Skway First Nation aka Skway Indian Band is a band government of the Stó:lō people living in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada near the city of Chilliwack. They traditionally speak the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, one of the Salishan family of languages...

 in the same area, which is a member 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...

, while the Skwah Nation is not.

Indian Reserves

Indian Reserves under the administration of the Skwah First Nation are:

• Grass Indian Reserve No. 15
  Grass Indian Reserve No. 15
  Grass Indian Reserve No. 15 is an Indian Reserve in the area of the City of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, located 3.5 miles southeast of that city's downtown area. 64.80 ha. in size, it is shared by nine bands of the Sto:lo people...
  
  , 1/2 miles southeast of Chilliwack, 64.80 ha. shared with eight other bands
• Pekw'Xe:yles
  Pekw'Xe:yles
  Pekw'Xe:yles, also spelled Peckquaylis , is an Indian Reserve on the north bank of the Fraser River in Mission, British Columbia, Canada, located between Lower Hatzic Slough and D'Herbomez Creek. 10.3 ha. in area, it was reinstated in June, 2005 by Order in Council and is used by 21 Indian...
  
   (Peckquaylis), site of the former St. Mary's Indian Residential School, now a cultural/government/business centre, 10.30 ha.
• Schelowat Indian Reserve No. 1, on the right bank of Hope Slough, 5 miles east of Chilliwack, 85.20 ha.
• Skumalasph Indian Reserve No. 16
  Skumalasph Indian Reserve No. 16
  Skumalasph Indian Reserve No. 16 is an Indian Reserve of the...
  
  , 6 miles northwest of Chilliwack, 468.40 ha., shared with four other bands
• Skwah Indian Reserve No. 4, west of and adjoining downtown Chilliwack, 126.30 ha.
• Skwahla Indian Reserve No. 2, on the left bank of Hope Slough, 1 mile northeast of Chilliwack, 11.70 ha,
• Skwali Indian Reserve No. 3, northwest of and at the City of Chiillwack, 118.50 ha.

Population

Registered population of the Skwah First Nation is 479. Of these 232 live on one of the band's own reserves (115 male, 117 female), 51 live on reserves administered by another band (25 male, 26 female), while 196 live off-reserve (91 male, 105 female).