# Cheam First Nation

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{{Short description|First Nations band government}}
{{Use Canadian English |date=February 2026}}
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'''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](/source/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](/source/First_Nations_in_Canada) [band government](/source/band_government) of the [Stó:lō](/source/St%C3%B3%3Al%C5%8D) people in the [Upper Fraser Valley](/source/Fraser_Valley) region of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada, located near the community of [Rosedale](/source/Rosedale%2C_British_Columbia).<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](/source/Halkomelem), one of the [Salishan](/source/Salishan_languages) family of languages. The name ''Cheam'' means "wild strawberry place" and is the namesake of [Mount Cheam](/source/Mount_Cheam), which overlooks the community and most of the Upper Fraser Valley.  They are a member government of the [Sto:lo Tribal Council](/source/Sto%3Alo_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](/source/British_Columbia_Treaty_Process).<ref>[http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/stolo_tribal/default.html BC Government Aboriginal Reconciliation and Renewal website]</ref>

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

{{Sto:lo Tribal Council}}

{{Coast Salish}}

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

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