Ashcroft Indian Band
The Ashcroft First Nation , which calls itself Ashcroft Indian Band , is a tribal government unit of the First Nations , as the Indians of Canada are called, located in the Thompson Canyon area in the Canadian province of British Columbia . Their reserves are located near the village of Ashcroft . The First Nation is one of the members of the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council . Other Nlaka'pamux tribes belong to the Nicola Tribal Association or the Fraser Canyon Indian Administration . The tribe lives in one of the driest areas of Canada, in which Douglas firs and yellow pines grow. Greg Blain has been chief since 2004.
Currently (as of July 2017) the number of members is given as 270. In June 2017, exactly 279 relatives were registered members according to the Indian Act , of which only 72 lived on the reservation. This consists of four reserves, which are under the administration of the Ashcroft First Nation.
By far the largest Indian Reserve is 105 Mile Post 2 , which is located on the right bank of the Thompson River , west of the village of Ashcroft. It covers an area of 1365.6 hectares. In addition, Ashcroft 4 , adjacent to the south at 105 Mile Post IR 2 , with an area of 123.3 hectares, then Cheetsum's Farm 1 on the right bank of the Thompson, at the tributary of Cheetsum Creek (298.9 ha), as well as McLean's Lake 3 at the lake of the same name, 11 km northwest of Ashcroft (198.3 ha).
In 2007, the Greater Vancouver Regional District stipulated that 200,000 tons of trash should be dumped in the tribal area, a plan the band resisted. In 2017, severe fires destroyed considerable parts of the main settlement and the sparse forest cover (4200 ha) in the region, and the band had to be evacuated. When their members returned, they found 12 of the 32 houses destroyed.
Web links
- Community Profile: Ashcroft , British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
- News broadcast about the role of Chief Greg Blain , 2010
- Attorney general seeks to halt Mountie's human rights hearing. Cpl. Greg Morrison Blain alleges years of 'demeaning conduct' , CBC News, May 22, 2012
Remarks
- ↑ Annual Report 2004–2005. Natural Resources Canada, 2007, p. 25.
- ↑ Our History - Ashcroft . In: Ashcroft . ( ashcroftband.ca [accessed July 23, 2017]).
- ↑ fnp-ppn.aandc-aadnc.gc.ca Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada .
- ^ According to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
- ↑ Bruce Alexander: The Globalization of Addiction. A Study in Poverty of the Spirit. Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 146.
- ↑ Cruel welcome back for Ashcroft Indian Band reserve evacuees. Residents return to rubble after wildfire destroys 12 of 32 homes in community. in: CBC News, July 14, 2017.