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The '''In-SHUCK-ch Nation''', also known as '''Lower Lillooet people''', are a small [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] [[Tribal Council]] on the lower [[Lillooet River]] south of [[Pemberton, British Columbia|Pemberton]]-[[Mount Currie, British Columbia|Mount Currie]] in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]].  The communities of the In-SHUCK-ch are of the [[St'at'imcets]]-speaking [[St'at'imc]] people, but in recent years seceded from the [[Lillooet Tribal Council]] to form their own organization.  The name ''In-SHUCK-ch'' is taken from [[In-SHUCK-ch Mountain]] (Ucwalmicwts: ''In-SHUCK-ch'', meaning 'it is split'),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coull |first1=Cheryl |title=A Traveller's Guide to Aboriginal B.C. |date=1996 |publisher=Beautiful British Columbia Magazine |location=Victoria, BC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Storied Land: The Flood and the Distribution of the Lillooet People |url=https://statimc.ca/about-us/history/ |website=We Are St’át’imc! |publisher=St’at’imc Government Services |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> a distinctive mountain near the south end of [[Lillooet Lake]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sturtevant |first1=William C. |title=Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 12 |date=1998 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |location=Washington, DC |page=189}}</ref>

The three bands of the In-SHUCK-ch are:

*[[Semahquam First Nation]]
*[[Skatin First Nations]]
*[[Douglas First Nation]]

Joined with the In-SHUCK-ch in the [[Lower Stl'atl'imx Tribal Council]] is the:
*[[N'Quatqua First Nation]] of [[D'Arcy, British Columbia|D'Arcy]]

==British Columbia Treaty Process==
{{More information|British Columbia Treaty Process}}
By August 2007, the In-SHUCK-ch Nation Agreement in Principle had been officially signed by In-SHUCK-ch Nation Chiefs, the provincial Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [[Michael de Jong]] and the federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs [[Chuck Strahl]] on behalf of their governments.

Land provided to In-SHUCK-ch Nation will be approximately 13,208 ha of provincial Crown land and 1,310 ha of In-SHUCK-ch Nation’s current Indian Reserves. Canada and British Columbia are also negotiating to acquire 59 ha of private land. The capital transfer will be $21.0 million ($2005).<ref name="gov.bc.ca.In-SHUCK-ch">{{cite web |date= 2009 |url = http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/in_schuck_ch_nation/default.html|title = In-SHUCK-ch Nation|publisher = [[Executive Council of British Columbia]]|access-date = December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817004625/http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/in_schuck_ch_nation/default.html |archive-date=August 17, 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of tribal councils in British Columbia]]
*[[St'át'timc Chiefs Council]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.inshuckch.com/ In-SHUCK-ch Nation website] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121003165358/http://www.inshuckch.com/ archive])
*[http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/negotiation/first_nations_in_the_process/in_schuck_ch_nation.htm BC Govt info on Treaty Negotiations re In-SHUCK-ch]

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