The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its people are of the Ulkatchot’en ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both Nuxalk and Chilcotin people and share territory in the Coast Range with the Nuxalk.
Tribal Name: Ulkatcho First Nation
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Traditional Name: Ulkatchot’en. The name Ulkatcho is an anglicisation of Ulhk'acho, the name of one village, now disused, on Gatcho Lake. Ulhk'acho means "big bounteous place", a place with bountiful fish, game, and other resources. It is based on the root k'a "fat."
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Province: British Columbia
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Tribal Affiliation: Dakelh
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Political Organizations: Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council
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The figures following each reserve name are its area, in hectares.
- Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 1 1 ha.
- Squinas Inian Reserve No. 2 400 ha.
- Thomas Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 2A 248.5 ha.
- Towdystan Lake Indian Reserve No. 3 258.2 ha.
- Abuntlet Lake Indian Reserve No. 4 129.5 ha.
- Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 5 129.6 ha.
- Uklatcho Indian Reserve No. 6 129.5 ha.
- Salmon River Indian Reserve Meadow No. 7 96.3 ha.
- Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 8 259 ha.
- Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 10 198.7 ha.
- Blackwater Meadow Indian Reserve No. 11 57.5 ha.
- Cahoose Indian Reserve No. 12 64.8 ha.
- Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 13 194 ha.
- Louis Squinas Ranch Indian Reserve No. 14 356.3 ha.
- Ulkatcho Indian Reserve No. 14A 256.6 ha.
- Casimiel Meadows Indian Reserve No. 15A 64.8 ha.
- Amy Cahoose Meadow Indian Reserve No. 16 129.5 ha.
- Tilgatko Indian Reserve No. 17 62.7 ha.
- Betty Creek Indian Reserve No. 18 129.5 ha.
- Willow Meadow Indian Reserve No. 9 59.5 ha.
- Fishtrap Indian Reserve No. 19 20.2 ha.
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- Carey Price, hockey player (Son of former Chief Lynda Price)
- Jimmy Stilas, former chief whose death was one of the incidents leading to the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry.
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