The In-SHUCK-ch Nation, also known as Lower Lillooet people, are a small First Nations Tribal Council on the lower Lillooet River south of Pemberton-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'),[1][2] a distinctive mountain near the south end of Lillooet Lake.[3]
The three bands of the In-SHUCK-ch are:
Joined with the In-SHUCK-ch in the Lower Stl'atl'imx Tribal Council is the:
- ^ Coull, Cheryl (1996). A Traveller's Guide to Aboriginal B.C. Victoria, BC: Beautiful British Columbia Magazine.
- ^ "A Storied Land: The Flood and the Distribution of the Lillooet People". We Are St’át’imc!. St’at’imc Government Services. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Sturtevant, William C. (1998). Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 12. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 189.