Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace’s Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws: Yerí7 re Stsmémelt.s-kucw provides a comprehensive, authoritative history of the Secwépemc Nation across more than ten millennia of territorial presence on the Interior Plateau of British Columbia. Drawing on oral histories (spetékwll and stspetékwle), archaeological findings, and rigorous linguistic research in Secwepemctsín, the work articulates ancestral land tenure, resource stewardship, and sovereign legal traditions spanning the Shuswap watershed, including Switsemalph (Salmon Arm). The authors analyze the severe disruption caused by the Fraser Canyon gold rush, colonial land pre-emptions, and reserve reductions under the Joint Indian Reserve Commission, highlighting enduring Secwépemc political mobilization, title assertions, and cultural persistence against crown dispossession.

British Columbia Interior Plateau, First Nations British Columbia History, History, Indigenous peoples British Columbia Legal status, laws, etc., Secwepemc Indians, Secwepemc Indians Government relations, Secwepemc Indians History, Secwépemc Nation, Shuswap Indians, Shuswap Indians History

Foreword by Bonnie Leonard. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Bonnie Leonard. Includes bibliographical references and index.