Shackan First Nation

The Shackan Indian Band (Thompson: Sx̣íx̣nx)[1] is a Nlaka'pamux First Nations government located in the Nicola Country of the Southern Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Scw’exmx Tribal Council, which is one of three tribal councils of the Nlaka'pamux people. Other Nlaka'pamux governments belong either to the Fraser Canyon Indian Administration or the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council.

The Shackan Indian Band reserve community and offices are located just west of Merritt, the main urban centre in the Nicola Country region between the Lower Mainland and Kamloops.

The name Shackan is an adaptation from Sxe'xn'x (Sx̣íx̣nx), which is its name in the local dialect of Nlaka'pamuctsin (the Thompson language).

  1. ^ Nlaka’pamux Nation Inventory of Traditional Cultural Properties in the Upper Skagit River Valley within FERC Project Area # 553-000, Washington State, USA, and Mitigation Measures to protect Nlaka’pamux Cultural Properties. https://www.lexissecuritiesmosaic.com/gateway/ferc/alj-initial-decisions/20200501-5391_pdf.pdf