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

told by <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket granddaughters, as he notes that <strong>the</strong> “Shuswap was first located around<br />

Kinbasket Lake and followed Kutenai into <strong>the</strong> Columbia Lakes country. There was no warfare<br />

between <strong>the</strong>m.” 188<br />

It was Teit’s view, as set out in his 1909 publicati<strong>on</strong>, that <strong>the</strong> migrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kinbaskets did<br />

not alter <strong>the</strong> overall extent <strong>of</strong> Shuswap territory. C<strong>on</strong>cerning alterati<strong>on</strong>s to <strong>the</strong> overall territory<br />

used by Shuswap-speaking people, Teit remarked:<br />

Nei<strong>the</strong>r did <strong>the</strong> settlement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kinbaskets <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Columbia<br />

really mark any change or extensi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tribal boundaries, as that<br />

regi<strong>on</strong> was hunted over more or less by Shuswap parties as far back as<br />

traditi<strong>on</strong> goes. 189<br />

Fur<strong>the</strong>r informati<strong>on</strong> is provided in a footnote to this same publicati<strong>on</strong>, discussing <strong>the</strong> “Kinbaskets<br />

Band” <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Shuswap:<br />

This band live <strong>on</strong> reserves nearly opposite <strong>the</strong> mouth <strong>of</strong> Toby Creek, <strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> right bank <strong>of</strong> Columbia River…They lived for many years in a more<br />

or less nomadic state, wintering and ranging in <strong>the</strong> Columbia valley,<br />

chiefly between Golden and Windermere. The ancestors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se people<br />

[<strong>the</strong> Kinbaskets] bel<strong>on</strong>ged mostly to <strong>the</strong> Upper North Thomps<strong>on</strong> band. It<br />

seems, however, that some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m bel<strong>on</strong>ged to <strong>the</strong> Lower North<br />

Thomps<strong>on</strong> band, and a few to <strong>the</strong> Adams Lake and Shuswap Lake<br />

bands. 190<br />

Hence, according to this informati<strong>on</strong> appearing in Teit’s published 1909 work, <strong>the</strong> upper<br />

Columbia—which includes <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Project area between Golden and<br />

Invermere—became Shuswap hunting territory after <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket migrati<strong>on</strong> from neighbouring<br />

Secewepmc bands.<br />

It should be noted that Teit’s published 1909 work was based <strong>on</strong> research he undertook am<strong>on</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> Shuswap between 1887-1904. He stated that during <strong>the</strong>se years he had visited and collected<br />

informati<strong>on</strong> from “all <strong>the</strong> bands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Shuswap, excepting <strong>the</strong> isolated <strong>on</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Upper North<br />

Thomps<strong>on</strong> River at Jasper House, <strong>the</strong> Kinbaskets <strong>on</strong> Columbia River, and <strong>the</strong> Arrow Lake<br />

Band.” 191 Teit undertook fur<strong>the</strong>r research am<strong>on</strong>g both <strong>the</strong> Shuswap and Kutenai subsequent to<br />

1904. As a result, he was able to correct errors and provide clarificati<strong>on</strong>s to certain statements he<br />

188 Schaeffer 1934-1969, Reel 2. Notes with Louis Joseph in materials c<strong>on</strong>cerning “Acculturati<strong>on</strong>,” page<br />

294.<br />

189 Teit 1909, page 462.<br />

190 Teit 1909, page 460, fn.<br />

191 Teit 1909, page 447.<br />

Bouchard & Kennedy Research C<strong>on</strong>sultants Page 44<br />

Page 47 <strong>of</strong> 200

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