Peckquaylis Indian Reserve
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. The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre has satellite offices on the reserve.
History
The reserve was reinstated in June 2005 by Order in Council. It sits on the former site of St. Mary's Indian Residential School. 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.
First Nations bands
The 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
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Share with Others". Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation. Retrieved 19 September 2024.