Lower Kootenay Band

The Lower Kootenay First Nation (Kutenai: Yaqan nuʔkiy Band[1]) are a First Nation based in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. In the British Columbia Treaty Process They are part of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council.[2]

Treaty process

The Ktunaxa Nation entered Stage 5 of the BC Treaty Process in 2017.[2]

History

In July 2021, ground penetrating radar discovered the unmarked graves of 182 people at the site of the former St. Eugene’s Mission School located on the reserve. Students from this band and others were required by law to attend the school until it closed in the 1970s.[3]

Demographics

The Lower Kootenay First Nation has 208 members.[4]

References
  1. "2nd Annual Ktunaxa Challenge 2012". Aboriginal Services - College of the Rockies, BC, Canada. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  2. "Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council". Executive Council of British Columbia. 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  4. "Kootenay". Government of Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2009.


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