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{{Short description|First Nation government in British Columbia, Canada}}
The '''High Bar First Nation''' is a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] government of the [[Secwepemc]] (Shuswap) Nation, located in the [[Fraser Canyon]]-[[Cariboo]] region of the [[British Columbia Interior|Central Interior]] of the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. It was created when the government of the then-[[Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)|Colony of British Columbia]] established an [[Indian reserve]] system in the 1860s. It is one of three Secwepemc bands that is not a member of either the [[Shuswap Nation Tribal Council]] or the [[Northern Shuswap Tribal Council]]. The High Bar people are also partly [[Tsilhqot'in]] and have links with some Chilcotin First Nations.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In the [[Chilcotin language]], the High Bar people are the ''[[Llenlleney'ten]]''. The Secwepemc in the [[Fraser Canyon]] and on the [[Chilcotin Plateau]] are also known as the Canyon Shuswap and have traditionally had close ties with the Tsilhqot'in people.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

==Indian reserves==
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There are three [[Indian reserves]] under the administration of the High Bar First Nation:<ref>[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=703&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Reserves/Settlements/Villages Detail] </ref>
*[[High Bar Indian Reserve No. 1]], on the Fraser River, 11 miles NW of [[Kelly Lake, British Columbia|Kelly Lake]], 1183.30 ha. <small>{{coord|51|06|00|N|122|00|00|W|name=High Bar Indian Reserve 1}}</small><ref>{{BCGNIS|34401|High Bar Indian Reserve 1}}</ref>
*[[High Bar Indian Reserve No. 1A]], south of and adjoining IR No. 1, 87.80 ha. <small>{{coord|51|06|00|N|122|00|00|W|name=High Bar Indian Reserve 1A}}</small><ref>{{BCGNIS|34402|High Bar Indian Reserve 1A}}</ref>
*[[High Bar Indian Reserve No. 2]], on right (W) bank of the Fraser River, 10 miles NW of Kelly Lake, 275.20 ha. <small>{{coord|51|05|00|N|121|58|00|W|name=High Bar Indian Reserve 2}}</small><ref>{{BCGNIS|34404|High Bar Indian Reserve No. 2}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Williams Lake, British Columbia]]
*[[Lillooet, British Columbia]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515225901/http://www.nstq.org/nstc/Cariboo_Tribal_Council/Canoe_index.htm Canoe Creek Band website]
*[https://www.highbarfirstnation.ca/ High Bar First Nation website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070425213049/http://www.nstq.org/nstc.htm Northern Shuswap Tribal Council website]
*[http://www.shuswapnation.org/ Shuswap Nation website]

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{{Secwepemc First Nations}}

[[Category:Secwepemc governments]]
[[Category:First Nations governments in the Fraser Canyon]]
[[Category:Tsilhqot'in governments]]


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