Kluskus First Nation


The Lhoosk'uz Dene Nation, formerly called the Kluskus First Nation, is the band government of the Lhoosk’uz, a Dakelh people whose main reserve located on the Chilcotin Plateau 130 km west of the city of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. The First Nation is a member of the Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council, which includes both Tsilhqot'in and Carrier communities.
The Kluskus First Nation's offices are located in Quesnel.

Indian Reserves

There are several Indian Reserves under the administration of the Kluskus First Nation:
  • Bishop Bluffs Indian Reserve No. 10, 6 mi. E of Kluskus Lake, 48.60 ha.
  • Bishop Bluffs Indian Reserve No. 5, 7 mi. SE of Kluskus Lake],] 64.80 ha.
  • Bishop Bluffs Indian Reserve No. 6, 7 miles E of Kluskus Lake, 194.20 ha.
  • Chief Morris Indian Reserve No. 13, 5 miles E of Kluskus Lake, 129.50 ha.
  • Cluchuta Lake Indian Reserve No. 10A, on right bank of the West Road River, 3 miles N of Cluchuta Lake, 64.80 ha.
  • Cluchuta Lake Indian Reserve No. 10B, on right bank of the West Road River, west end of and adjoining IR. No. 10A, 4.5 ha.
  • Kloyadingli Indian Reserve No. 2, E end of the eastern Kluskus Lake, 221.70 ha.
  • Kluskus Indian Reserve No. 1, W end of the N shore of the middle Kluskus Lake, 425.30 ha.
  • Kluskus Indian Reserve No. 14, 5 Mi. E of the easterly Kluskus Lake, 48.60 ha.
  • Kushya Creek Indian Reserve No. 12, 3 mi. W of Kluskus Lake, 16.20 ha.
  • Kushya Creek Indian Reserve No. 7, 3 mi. W of West Kluskus Lake, 64.70 ha.
  • Sundayman's Meadow Indian Reserve No. 3, on a creek flowing into Lower Kluskus Lake, 3 mi. E of Middle Euchiniko Lake, 32.40 ha.
  • Tatelkus Lake Indian Reserve No. 28, at north end of Tatelkuz Lake, 125.80 ha.
  • Tsachla Lake Indian Reserve No. 8, on S shore of Tsacha Lake, 64.30 ha.
  • Tzetzi Lake Indian Reserve No. 11, on the West Road River, north shore of Blue Lake, 64.70 ha.
  • Upper Kluskus Lake Indian Reserve No. 9, on N shore of Upper Kluskus Lake, 7.40 ha.
  • Yaladelassla Indian Reserve No. 4, N shore of the easterly Euchiniko Lake, 70 ha.

    Politics

In 1973, the government of British Columbia unveiled plans to conduct extensive logging on the lands of Kluskus and Nazko First Nations. For over two years, Kluskus unsuccessfully sought an agreement on cooperative planning that would allow future generations of their peoples to benefit from the extraction of their natural resources. In March 1975, Kluskus and Nazko signed a joint declaration opposing further encroachment on their territories, the watersheds of the Nazko and Blackwater Rivers west of the River to the Ulgatcho Mountains. When the provincial government continued to pursue logging plans, the people of the two first nations held public protests in Quesnel in 1976.