Skwah-lets | Sq'éwlets First Nation
Community Profile
- The Sq'éwlets First Nation is a Coast Salish Indigenous community located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, with a rich cultural heritage connected to the traditional lands along the Fraser River.
- Last Updated 2025-04-21 15:34:21 UTC
- Name: Sq'éwlets (ISC Code: 568)
- Former Names: Scowlitz First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Coast Salish
- Indigenous Language: Halkomelem
- Number of Registered Members: 302
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 06/09/2025
- CHIEF: JOSEPH CHAPMAN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:3
- JOSEPH CHAPMAN
- MELVYN (BUTCH) HALL (PENNIER)
- CANDACE CHARLIE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scowlitz-First-Nation/271170762991983
- PHONE NUMBER: (604) 826-5813
- FAX NUMBER: (604) 826-6222
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 76, LAKE ERROCK, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief JOSEPH CHAPMAN:
- Councillor MELVYN (BUTCH) HALL (PENNIER):
- Councillor CANDACE CHARLIE:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Sq'éwlets20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Sq'éwlets20112012.pdf
- 2009 - Sq'éwlets20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Sq'éwlets20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Sq'éwlets20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Sq'éwlets20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Sq'éwlets20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Sq'éwlets20042005.pdf
- 2002 - Sq'éwlets20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Sq'éwlets20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 10235
COQUALEETZA
23.4 Hectares
CHILLIWACK NEW WESTMINSTER DISCTRICT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9657
PEKW'XE:YLES (PECKQUAYLIS)
10.3 Hectares
[49.1434849, -122.2745945] -
ISC Code: 8044
SCOWLITZ 1
69.0 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP.3,R.30,W.6M, AT THE OUTLET OF HARRISON BAY, NORTH OF FRASER RIVER
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 8045
WILLIAMS 2
9.7 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP3, R30,W.6M, ON RIGHT BANK OF HARRISON RIVER, WEST OF SCOWLITZ I.R. NO. 1
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 8046
SQUAWKUM CREEK 3
158.0 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP.24,E.C.M., AND TP.3,R.30, W.6M ON SOUTHWEST SHORE OF HARRISON BAY
[49.2057179, -122.910956]
- Traditional territories encompass the Lower Fraser Valley region
- Key areas include lands around Harrison River, Stave Lake, and surrounding watershed
- Historically used lands for fishing, hunting, and seasonal resource gathering
- Territory spans modern-day municipalities of Mission, Maple Ridge, and surrounding regions
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Mission vigil raises awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women
- PHOTOS: ‘Momentous day’: Kilby, province return important artifacts to Sq’éwlets First Nation
- Bill Reid Centre exhibit celebrates namesake in new display space
- Indigenous Archaeology in Canada
- Indigenous Relations | City of Mission
- PHOTOS: Sts’ailes asserts jurisdiction over child welfare in celebratory ceremony
- Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at Heritage Park
- PHOTOS: B.C. First Nation Sts’ailes moves to fund its own child welfare
- Sq’éwlets Virtual Exhibition Workshop Highlights TK Labels
- PHOTOS: ‘Momentous day’: Kilby, province return important artifacts to Sq’éwlets First Nation
- IPinCH Funds TK License/Label Workshop for the "Sq’éwlets: A Stó:lo-Coast Salish community in the Fraser River Valley" Virtual Museum Project
- VIDEO: MP Vis advocates for Agassiz pool facility before Parliament
- Art and Decolonization: ‘This Is My Activism’
- Digital Sq'éwlets
- Bill Reid Centre exhibit celebrates namesake in new display space - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The Sq'éwlets Youth Origins Experience: Providing tangible and intangible experiences of ancestral places and belongings in supporting wellness among Indigenous …
- Collaborative practices and decolonial media production for museums
- Sharing deep history as digital knowledge: An ontology of the Sq'éwlets website project
- Home to S'ólh Téméxw: Establishing Foundations for the Repatriation of Stó: lō Sacred items
- Collaborative Digital Curation and Recursive Publics: the Making of Sq'éwlets: A Stó: lō-Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Overcoming the Digital Divide: Some lessons from the Arctic for consideration in BC
- Digital Sq'éwlets
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Subverting the universality of metadata standards: The TK labels as a tool to promote Indigenous data sovereignty
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- THE SQ'ÉWLETS YOUTH ORIGINS EXPERIENCE
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Subverting the universality of metadata standards: The TK labels as a tool to promote Indigenous data sovereignty
- The Indigenous digital footprint
- Collaborative encounters in digital cultural property: tracing temporal relationships of context and locality
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Sq'éwlets: A Stó: lo-Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley Virtual Museum
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
- Object-based learning and well-being: Exploring material connections
Expert Analysis