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The Ktunaxa Nation or Ktunaxa Nation Council is a First Nations tribal council government comprising four Ktunaxa (Kutenai) bands in the south-east of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of three Kutenai governments, the others being the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in the United States.
The Ktunaxa Nation also includes descendants of the Kinbasket family, a Secwepemc (Shuswap) band who settled in Ktunaxa Nation territory and became members. Secwepemc citizens formed the Shuswap Indian Band, now part of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.
The council was formed in 1970 as the Kootenay Indian District Council. The name was changed in 1990 to the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council to reflect the presence both Kutenai and Secwepemc citizens in the council. In 2005, the named was changed to Ktunaxa Nation Council following the departure of the Shuswap Indian Band.




Member bands


Columbia Lake First Nation, Windermere
Lower Kootenay First Nation, Creston
St. Mary's First Nation, Cranbrook
Tobacco Plains First Nation, Grasmere




See also


List of tribal councils in British Columbia
Kutenai language




References






External links


Ktunaxa Nation website

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• Bahasa di Amerika Serikat
• Ktunaxa Nation
• Kutenai
• Kutenai language
• First Nations in British Columbia
• Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
• Lower Kootenay Band
• Regional District of East Kootenay
• Ɂakisq̓nuk First Nation
• St. Mary's First Nation (British Columbia)
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