Splatsin First Nation

The Splats'in First Nation, formerly known as the Spallumcheen Indian Band, is a member of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its main Indian reserve is located at Enderby, British Columbia. It was created when the government of the then-Colony of British Columbia established an Indian reserve system in the 1860s. It is a member government of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.

In the 1960s/1970s, the band had a population of 350, but 100 of their children were removed by child welfare authorities as part of the Sixties Scoop.[1]

In 1980 members of the Spallumcheen Band travelled to Vancouver to protest the Provincial government. The protest involved a march with hundreds of First Nations people, through downtown Vancouver. The protest was sparked by the high numbers of Indigenous children being removed from the Splats'in nation, throughout the previous 20 years, and being adopted out to non-Indigenous families, or non-Indigenous foster homes. The protest brought a positive result for the Splats'in community, the Provincial and Federal governments’ allowed the Band to have control over their own child welfare system. The granting of jurisdiction to the band was made possible through an Indian Act by-law. The by-law was passed in 1980, titled Spallumcheen Indian Band By-law #3 – A By-law of the Care of Our Indian Children. The reason they were able to grant the Band this autonomy was due to a provision in The Indian Act by-laws. Spallumcheen Band utilized section 81(1), (a), (c), and (d). The Splats'in, to date, still have control over their child welfare. Due to a new interpretation of the by-law provisions, by the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), no Band or First Nation since the Spallumcheen Band have been afforded the same autonomy.[2]

Indian Reserves

The band has three reserves only:

References

  1. ^ Patrick Johnson "Native Children and the Child Welfare System", July 4, 2022. 4:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOnN6mQBq34&t=280s
  2. ^ Metallic, Naiomi (2016-03-23). "Indian Act By-Laws: A Viable Means for First Nations to (Re)Assert Control Over Local Matters Now and Not Later". Rochester, NY. SSRN 2811273. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Reserve/Village/Settlement Detail
  4. ^ BCGNIS entry "Enderby Indian Reserve 2" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Reserve/Village/Settlement Detail
  6. ^ BCGNIS entry "Salmon River Indian Reserve 1" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Reserves/Village/Settlement Detail
  8. ^ BCGNIS "Sicamous Indian Reserve 3" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine


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