Cheam First Nation

{{Short description|First Nations band government}} {{Use Canadian English |date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} '''Cheam Indian Band''' ({{langx|hur|Xwchí꞉yò꞉m}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Galloway |first=Brent Douglas |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65r158r4 |title=Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume 1 |date=September 1, 2009 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-09872-5 |series=University of California Publications in Linguistics |volume=141 |location=Berkeley |pages=43 |language=en |access-date=February 8, 2025}}</ref> is a First Nations band government of the Stó:lō people in the Upper Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located near the community of Rosedale.<ref>[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=584&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation Detail] </ref> They traditionally speak the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, one of the Salishan family of languages. The name ''Cheam'' means "wild strawberry place" and is the namesake of Mount Cheam, which overlooks the community and most of the Upper Fraser Valley. They are a member government of the Sto:lo Tribal Council, one of two Sto:lo tribal councils.

The band services two reserves on the north shore of Cheam Lake, home to 354 people with another 200 living off the reserve.<ref>[http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/News2003/0305/UBCIC-JPC030513CheamBand.htm Cheam Band Battles DFO And RCMP] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310171214/http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/News2003/0305/UBCIC-JPC030513CheamBand.htm |date=March 10, 2005 }}.</ref>

==Treaty Process==

Like other members of the Sto:lo Tribal Council, the Cheam are not participating in the British Columbia Treaty Process.<ref>[http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/stolo_tribal/default.html BC Government Aboriginal Reconciliation and Renewal website]</ref>

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==External links== *[https://cheam.ca/ Cheam First Nation]

Category:Sto:lo governments Category:First Nations governments in the Lower Mainland