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DRAFT REPORT: Rights and Title Interests in <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Project Area<br />

men hunted in <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley. Discussi<strong>on</strong>s with Chief Kinbasket indicate that he<br />

established residency in <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley, likely in <strong>the</strong> 1840s, and had a number <strong>of</strong> camps.<br />

Subsequent to <strong>the</strong> establishment <strong>of</strong> this residency, <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket family’s c<strong>on</strong>tact with <strong>the</strong>ir kin<br />

am<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Shuswap Lake Divisi<strong>on</strong> became less. They increasingly intermarried with <strong>the</strong><br />

neighbouring Ktunaxa.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> time <strong>the</strong> Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong> set aside lands for <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket Shuswap and for<br />

<strong>the</strong> Columbia Lake Ktunaxa in 1884, <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket Shuswap were an aut<strong>on</strong>mous band with<br />

linguistic ties to <strong>the</strong> Secwepemc, but with str<strong>on</strong>g social ties to <strong>the</strong> neighbouring Ktunaxa. By at<br />

least <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 19 th century, <strong>the</strong> two groups acted toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>on</strong> issues <strong>of</strong> resource<br />

management.<br />

Bouchard & Kennedy Research C<strong>on</strong>sultants Page 83<br />

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