Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc

Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc (pronounced [tkʼəmˈlups tə səˈxʷɛpəmx]), abbreviated TteS and previously known as the Kamloops Indian Band, is a First Nations government within the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, which represents ten of the seventeen Secwepemc band governments, all in the southern Central Interior region, spanning the Thompson and Shuswap districts. It is one of the largest of the 17 groups into which the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation was divided when the Colony of British Columbia established an Indian reserve system in the 1860s.

Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc
Band No. 688
PeopleSecwepemc
Land
Main reserveKamloops 1
Other reserve(s)
  • Hihium Lake 6
  • Kamloops 2
  • Kamloops 3
  • Kamloops 4
  • Kamloops 5
Land area134.159 (51¾ sq. mi.) km2
Population (2021)
On reserve563
On other land103
Off reserve746
Total population1412
Government
ChiefRosanne Casimir
Council
  • Marie Baptiste
  • Thomas William Blank
  • Justin Gottfriedson
  • Katy Gottfriedson
  • Jeanette Jules
  • Sonny Leonard
Tribal Council
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
Website
https://tkemlups.ca

The Chief of TteS is referred to as the Kúkpi7.

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