{{Short description|First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Peters First Nation | native_name = | native_name_a = | native_name_r = | type = | seal = | seal_size = | seal_caption = | seal_alt = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_caption = | logo_alt = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | formed = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} OR {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | preceding1 = | preceding2 = <!-- up to |preceding6= --> | dissolved = | superseding1 = | superseding2 = <!-- up to |superseding6= --> | agency_type = Band government | jurisdiction = | status = Active | headquarters = Canada | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} --> | motto = | employees = | budget = | minister_type = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = <!-- up to |minister8_name= --> | deputyminister_type = | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- up to |deputyminister8_name= --> | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = <!-- up to |chief9_name= --> | parent_department = | parent_agency = | parent_agency_type = <!-- defaults to |type if left blank --> | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- up to |child25_agency= --> | keydocument1 = <!-- up to |keydocument6= --> | website = {{URL|pfn3feathers.com}} | agency_id = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | mapframe = yes<!-- see below for more parameters --> | footnotes = | embed = }}
'''Peters First Nation''' or '''Peters Band''' ({{langx|hur|'''Skwʼátets'''}})<ref name=Galloway>Galloway, Brent. (2009) Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem. [https://escholarship.org/content/qt65r158r4/qt65r158r4.pdf https://escholarship.org/content/qt65r158r4/qt65r158r4.pdf]</ref> is a First Nations band government of the Sto:lo people in the area of Hope, British Columbia.<ref>[https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=586&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation Detail]</ref><ref name="Peters">{{cite web|date = 2009|url = https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=586&lang=e|title = Peters|accessdate = July 26, 2009|last = |website = Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher = Government of Canada|quote = }}</ref>
Historically, the name of the First Nation in English was a transcription of the indigenous Halkomelem name ('''Skwʼátets'''). This was spelt as "Squatits Band". However, presumably due to the coincidental similarity in pronunciation to the ethnic and sexual slur "Squaw", this name has since been abandoned and is no longer used.
The Halkomelem name '''Skwʼátets''' literally means 'trickling water in the back'. The band was named after trickling water because trees grew on roots here above ground and water trickled under the trees in seasons when waterfalls were going.<ref name=Galloway/>
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==External links== * [https://pfn3feathers.com/ PFN 3 Feathers] * [https://www.canlii.org/#search/indexLang=en&text=%22Peters%20First%20Nation%22&searchId=2025-07-05T06%3A38%3A14%3A897%2F7a9c56a1a065439bbe43e8850768e2a5 Court History of Peters First Nation]
Category:Sto:lo governments Category:First Nations governments in the Lower Mainland
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