Last Updated on January 2, 2012 by Dennis
Lillooet Indians (‘wild onion’). One of the 4 principal Salish tribes in the interior of British Columbia, situated on Fraser River around the mouths of Cayoosh Creek and Bridge River, on Seton and Anderson Lakes, and southward from them to Harrison Lake. Pop. 978 in 1904.
Bands:
- Anderson Lake
- Bridge River
- Cavoosh Creek (2)
- Douglas
- Enias
- Fountain
- Kanlax
- Lillooet (2)
- Mission
- Niciat
- Pemberton Meadows
- Schloss
It is sometimes divided into the Lower Lillooet, including the Douglas and Pemberton Meadows bands, and the Upper Lillooet, including all the rest.