Ulkatcho Indian Band

Preferred Name:
Ulkatcho
Alternative Name:
Language:
Dakelh, Tsilhqot'in
BC Regional Office:
Cariboo (Williams Lake)
Region:
Cariboo
Reserve Land Area:3,245.70 ha
Chief:
Chief Linda Price
Council:
Councillor Allan Louie, Councillor Mary Leon, Councillor Allan Louie, Councillor Laurie Vaughan, Councillor Stella West, Councillor Nelson William
Governance Structure:
Custom Electoral System
Population (off First Nations land):414
Population (on First Nations land):651
Population Total:1,065
Address: P.O. Box 3430
Anahim Lake
V0L 1C0
Economic Development Contact: Nadine Charleyboy

ncharleyboy@ulkatcho.ca
Fax: (250) 742-3411
Phone: (250) 742-3260
Community Description

The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations government in British Columbia Its offices are located in Anahim Lake, British Columbia at the western edge of the Chilcotin District. Its people are of the Ulkatchot’en ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both Nuxalk and Chilcotin people and share territory in the Coast Range with the Nuxalk

Treaty or Tribal Association
Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council
Summary of Economic Development Agreements, Community Businesses and Joint Ventures

Ulkatcho is party to a number of Forestry Consultation, Revenue Sharing, and Economic Opportunity Agreements with the Provincial Government. In 2012, it signed a Strategic Land Use Planning Agreement governing the area known as the Great Bear Rainforest, which allows it to apply for a variety of multi-source funding for advancing sustainable economic development projects in BC's central coast region.

Economic Development Background

Ulkatcho does not have an economic development department, but is still involved in a variety of economic development activities and agreements with external parties.