Nlaka'pamux, Populated places in the Similkameen, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, Syilx, Nicola, Colville Indian Reservation, Princeton, British Columbia, Dewdney Trail, Keremeos, British Columbia, Tulameen, British Columbia
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Nlaka'pamux, Populated
places in the Similkameen, Regional District of
Okanagan-Similkameen, Syilx, Nicola, Colville Indian Reservation,
Princeton, British Columbia, Dewdney Trail, Keremeos, British
Columbia, Tulameen, British Columbia, Colville-Okanagan language,
Okanagan people, Pasayten River, E. C. Manning Provincial Park,
Hedley, British Columbia, British Columbia Highway 3A, Nicola
Athapaskans, Similkameen Falls, Okanagan Indian Band, Frank
Richter, Sr., Leonard Marchand, Nicola Country, Penticton Regional
Airport, Okanagan Range, Hozameen Range, Similkameen River,
Similkameen Gold Rush, Skaha Lake, Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux
Heritage Park, Ashnola River, Spuzzum, British Columbia, Thompson
Plateau, Osoyoos Lake, Siska, British Columbia, Princeton
Aerodrome, Nicola Tribal Association, Okanagan Trail, Scw'exmx,
Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex, Westbank First Nation, Frank
Richter, Jr., Nicola people, British Columbia Highway 5A, Apex
Mountain Resort, Cameron Bar Indian Reserve No. 13, Cawston,
British Columbia, Allison Pass, Okanagan Nation Alliance, Vaseux
Lake, John Fall Allison, Allenby, British Columbia, School District
53 Okanagan Similkameen, Richter Pass, Penticton Water Aerodrome,
Camchin, British Columbia, Olalla, British Columbia, Annie York,
Hedley Mascot Mine, 105 Mile Post Indian Reserve No. 2, Chopaka,
British Columbia, Cathedral Provincial Park and Protected Area,
Blakeburn, British Columbia, Copper Mountain, British Columbia,
Osoyoos Airport, Tsinstikeptum Indian Reserve No. 9, Coalmont,
British Columbia, Bromley Rock Provincial Park, Tsinstikeptum
Indian Reserve No. 10, Oliver Airport, Osoyoos Indian Band,
Penticton Indian Band, Mahoney Lake, Oregon Jack Provincial Park,
Sunday Summit, Upper Nicola Indian Band, Sxe'xn'x, Upper
Columbia United Tribes, Allison Lake Provincial Park, Lower
Similkameen Indian Band, Keremeos Columns Provincial Park, Nickel
Plate Provincial Park, Upper Similkameen Indian Band, Blackfoot,
British Columbia, Otter Lake Provincial Park, Confederated Tribes
of the Colville Reservation, Okanagan Lake Provincial Park, Sun-Oka
Beach Provincial Park, Vaseux Lake Provincial Park, Stemwinder
Provincial Park, Inkaneep Provincial Park. Excerpt: Nicola
(1780/1785 - ~1865) (Spokan Hwistesmetxe'qen, Walking Grizzly
Bear), also Nkwala or N'kwala, was an important First Nations
political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia
Interior (early 19th century to 1858) as well as into the colonial
period (1858-1871). He was grand chief of the Okanagan people and
chief of the Nicola Valley peoples, an alliance of Nlaka'pamux
and Okanagans and the surviving Nicola Athapaskans, and also of the
Kamloops Band of the Shuswap people. The name Nicolas (pronounced
in English, in approximation of the French) was conferred on him by
French-Canadians in the employ of the Hudson's Bay and
Northwest Companies who worked at a temporary un-named trading post
at the head of Okanagan Lake. The Scots and English in the employ
of the companies adapted this to Nicholas and Old Nicholas, while
First Nations people adapted it to Nkwala'. Nicola was one of
the four children and chiefly heir of Pelka'mulox
("Rolls-Over-The-Earth"), third chief in the lineage of
Okanagan chiefs to bear that name (which was by linguistic origin
Spokane), the first and second being born c.1675-1680 and
c.1705-1710 respectively. The date of birth of the third
Pelka'mulox, Nicola's father, is unce...
