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Kwikwetlem First Nation
Band No. 560
*kʷikʷəƛ̓əm*
Land
Approximate ancestral territory
People	Kwikwetlem Sto꞉lo
Treaty	None^{[Note 1]}
Headquarters	Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 1, Coquitlam
Province	British Columbia
Main reserve	Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 1
Other reserve(s)	Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 2
Land area	0.84 km²
Population (2021)
On reserve	55^[1]
Total population	123^[2]
Government
Chief	Ron Giesbrecht
Council size	3
Council	George Chaffee John Peters
Website
Kwikwetlem First Nation

The Kwikwetlem First Nation, also known as the Coquitlam Indian Band, is the band government of the Kwikwetlem, a Sto:lo people living in the Coquitlam area of British Columbia, Canada. They traditionally speak the Downriver dialect of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, one of the Salishan family of languages. The name Kwikwetlem (Halkomelem: kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) refers to "red fish up the river".^[3]

The Nation is made up of two reserves, a small 2.6-hectare site near the mouth of the Coquitlam River where it drains into the Fraser River, and a much larger 82-hectare site approximately 2.5 km north.^[4] About 36% of all Kwikwetlem members live on Coquitlam No. 1, 43% live elsewhere in Canada, and roughly 21% reside throughout the United States.^[5]

Government

The band is led by an elected council, with the current term running from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2027:^[6]

Chief: Ron Giesbrecht
Councillor: George Chaffee
Councillor: John Peters

Geography

Historically, the Kwikwetlem's territory covered and extended a moderate distance beyond the Coquitlam River and Pitt River watersheds. Today, there are two Indigenous Reserves under the administration of the Kwikwetlem First Nation.^[4]

Coquitlam 1

Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 1 (Halkomelem: slakəyánc, lit. 'young sockeye') is the main reserve for the Kwikwetlem Nation, housing its administrative offices and all of its on-reserve population. It is situated at an ancient village site. It has an area of 6.5 acres (2.63 ha).

Coquitlam 2

Coquitlam Indian Reserve No. 2 (Halkomelem: setɬamékmən, lit. 'when the tide is high we go') is the secondary reserve of the Kwikwetlem Nation. Making up the vast majority of the total reserve land, it has an area of approximately 200 acres (80.94 ha). Planning for the development of the area began in 2020.^[7]

Notes

^ The Kwikwetlem Nation's ancestral territory has never been ceded, surrendered, nor abandoned.

References

^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Coquitlam 1, Indian reserve (IRI) [Census subdivision], British Columbia;Coquitlam 2, Indian reserve (IRI) [Census subdivision], British Columbia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^ "Our People". Kwikwetlem First Nation. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^ "History and Culture". Kwikwetlem.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Our Territory". Kwikwetlem First Nation. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Our People". Kwikwetlem First Nation. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Chief and Council". Kwikwetlem.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Planning". Kwikwetlem.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links

Official website

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Governments	Aitchelitz Band Chawathil First Nation Cheam First Nation Kwantlen First Nation Katzie First Nation Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation Leq'á:mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum Band Sq'éwlets First Nation Seabird Island Band Skwah First Nation Skway First Nation Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Soowahlie First Nation Squiala First Nation Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council Stó꞉lō Tribal Council Sumas First Nation Tzeachten First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Sts'ailes Nation Tsleil-waututh First Nation Musqueam Indian Band Katzie First Nation Kwikwetlem First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Chemainus First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Klahoose First Nation Malahat First Nation Nanoose First Nation Peters First Nation Tla'amin Nation shíshálh Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation Yale First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Tseycum First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Squamish Nation Union Bar First Nation Nuxalk Nation T'Sou-ke Nation Esquimalt First Nation Tsawout First Nation Cowichan Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cowlitz Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Lummi Nation Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Samish Indian Nation Skokomish Indian Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Suquamish Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes
Organizations and institutions	Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency Washington Indian Gaming Association Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
Culture and society	Music Mythology Art
Languages	Comox Island Comox † Sliammon/Mainland Comox Pentlatch Halkomelem shíshálh Squamish Nooksack North Straits Lummi Saanich Samish Semiahmoo Songhees T'sou-ke Klallam Lushootseed Northern and Southern Twana Cowlitz Quinault

First Nations in British Columbia

Cultural areas: Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups

Athabaskan	Dakelh Daneẕaa Sekani Tlingit Tsilhqot'in
Salishan	Hul'qumi'num Klallam K'ómoks Musqueam Nlaka'pamux Nuxalk Scw'exmx Secwépemc SEMYOME Shishá7lh Sinixt Skwxwú7mesh St'at'imc Stó:lō W̱SÁNEĆ
Tsimshianic	Gitxsan Nisga'a Tsimshian
Wakashan	Ditidaht Haisla Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Laich-kwil-tach Heiltsuk Nuučaan̓uł Wuikinuxv
Isolate	Haida Ktunaxa

Treaties and land claims

Douglas Treaties (1850-1854)
Treaty 8 (1899)
Nisga'a (1998)
Modern treaty process (ongoing)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council (Williams Lake)	Lhoosk'uz Lhtako Toosey Ulkatcho
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council (Prince George)	Burns Lake Nadleh Whuten Nak'azdli Whut'en Saik'uz Stellat'en Takla Tl'azt'en Wet'suwet'en
Gitksan Tribal Services Society (Hazelton)	Gitanmaax Gitanyow Glen Vowell Kispiox
Secretariat of the Haida Nation (Masset)	Old Masset Skidegate
Kaska Dena Council (Lower Post)	Daylu Dena Dease River Kwadacha
Ktunaxa Nation Council Society (Cranbrook)	?Akisq'nuk ?aqam Lower Kootenay Tobacco Plains
Kwakiutl District Council (Campbell River)	Campbell River Cape Mudge Da'naxda'xw Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw K'ómoks Kwakiutl Kwiakah Mamalilikulla Tlatlasikwala
Lillooet Tribal Council (Lillooet)	Bridge River Cayoose Creek T'it'q'et Ts'kw'aylaxw Tsal'alh Xaxli'p
Lower St'atl'imx Tribal Council (Pemberton)	Douglas Lil'wat N'Quatqua Samahquam Skatin
Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw Tribal Council (Campbell River)	Dzawada'enuxw Gwawaenuk Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis
Naut'sa Mawt Tribal Council (Delta)	Halalt Homalco Klahoose Malahat Nanoose Snuneymuxw Stz'uminus T'Sou-ke Tla'amin Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh
Nisga'a Nation (Gitlax̱t'aamiks)	Ging̱olx Gitlax̱t'aamiks Gitwinksihlkw Lax̱g̱alts’ap
Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council (Lytton)	Boothroyd Boston Bar Lytton Oregon Jack Creek Skuppah Spuzzum
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council Society (Williams Lake)	Canim Lake Soda Creek Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Williams Lake
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (Port Alberni)	Ahousaht Ditidaht Ehattesaht Hesquiaht Hupacasath Huu-ay-aht Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nuchatlaht Tla-o-qui-aht Toquaht Tseshaht Uchucklesaht Ucluelet
Okanagan Nation Alliance (Westbank)	Lower Similkameen Okanagan Osoyoos Penticton Upper Similkameen Westbank
Scw'exmx Tribal Council (Merritt)	Coldwater Cook's Ferry Nicomen Nooaitch Shackan Siska Upper Nicola
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (Kamloops)	Adams Lake Bonaparte Neskonlith Shuswap Simpcw Skeetchestn Splatsin Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Whispering Pines/Clinton
Sto:lo Nation (Chilliwack)	Aitchelitz Leq' a: mel Matsqui Popkum Shxwhá:y Skawahlook Skowkale Squiala Sumas Tzeachten Yakweakwioose
Sto:lo Tribal Council (Agassiz)	Chawathil Cheam Kwantlen Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt Seabird Island Shxw'ow'hamel Soowahlie Sq'éwlets
Treaty 8 Tribal Association (Fort St. John)	Doig River Fort Nelson Halfway River Prophet River Saulteau West Moberly
Tsilhqot'in National Government (Williams Lake)	?Esdilagh Tl'etinqox Tŝideldel Xeni Gwet'in Yunesit'in
Wuikinuxv-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council (Bella Coola)	Kitasoo Nuxalk Wuikinuxv
Unaffiliated	Ashcroft Cheslatta Esk'etemc Gitxaala Gitga'at Haisla High Bar Iskut Katzie Kitselas Kitsumkalum Kwikwetlem Lax Kw'alaams Little Shuswap Lake McLeod Lake Metlakatla Musqueam Nazko Nee-Tahi-Buhn Peters Semiahmoo Skin Tyee Skwah Squamish Sts'ailes Tahltan Taku River Tsay Keh Dene Union Bar Witset Yale
Not federally recognized	Kelly Lake

v t e Neighbourhoods in Coquitlam, British Columbia
Official neighbourhoods	Austin Heights Cariboo/Burquitlam Central Coquitlam Cape Horn Eagle Ridge Hockaday Nestor Maillardville Mayfair/Pacific Reach Northeast Coquitlam Ranch Park River Heights Town Centre Westwood Plateau
Other areas	Canyon Springs Chineside Coleman Dartmoor Essondale Fraser Mills Harbour Chines Harbour Village Highland Park Meadowbrook New Horizons Noons Creek River Springs Westwood Woodland Acres
First Nations	Kwikwetlem

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