Pekw'Xe:yles or Peckquaylis /pɛkˈweɪlɪs/ is an Indian reserve on the north bank of the Fraser River in Mission, British Columbia, Canada, located between Lower Hatzic Slough and D'Herbomez Creek.
Pekw'Xe:yles is 10.3 hectares large.[1] The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre has satellite offices on the reserve.[2]
History
editThe reserve was reinstated in June 2005 by Order in Council.[3] It sits on the former site of St. Mary's Indian Residential School.[4] The 2023 three-day Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation concluded at the St. Mary’s Indian Residential School site in Mission on the Pekw'Xe:yles Reserve.[4]
First Nations bands
editThe reserve is used by 23 First Nation band governments. They are as follows.
- Aitchelitz
- Chawathil
- Aitchelitz
- Chawathil
- Cheam First Nation
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt
- Leq'á:mel First Nation
- Matsqui First Nation
- Popkum First Nation
- Seabird Island
- Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation
- Shxwhá:y Village
- Skawahlook First Nation
- Skowkale
- Skwah First Nation
- Soowahlie
- Sq'éwlets
- Squiala First Nation
- Sts'ailes
- Sumas First Nation
- Tzeachten
- Yakweakwioose[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PEKW'XE:YLES (PECKQUAYLIS)". Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail. Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Contact". Fraser Valley Child Development Centre. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Pekw'Xe:yles (Indian reserve)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ a b "Share with Others". Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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