Qwelmínte Secwépemc

Qwelmínte Secwépemc is a collective of leadership from 8 Secwépemc communities (Adams Lake Indian Band, Skwlāx te Secwepemcu’lecw [formerly known as Little Shuswap Lake Band], Simpcw, Skeetchestn, Splatsin, High Bar First Nation, Whispering Pines Clinton Indian Band, and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc), along with their Aboriginal Rights and Title and Natural Resource technicians. Qwelminte Secwepemc has been working with the B.C. Government (through the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Ministry of Forests, and the Ministry of Lands, Water and Resource Stewardship) to move forward via the Qwelminte Secwepemc Government to Government table. Qwelminte Secwepemc, as a collective, is NOT a decision-making body. While leadership and technicians from each of the Secwepemc signatories are actively part of Qwelminte Secwepemc, it is the signatories who ratify the decisions through their respective governance structures and processes respecting a decentralized governance model.