City of Kamloops, Tk’emlups leaders meet for first time to discuss land claim – Castanet
Dec 11, 2025
Officials from the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc band and the City of Kamloops have started discussions about a decade-old land title claim for a vast 1.25-million hectare area that includes the entire city.
Delegations from the band and the city met last month — the first such meeting about the issue.
The Stk’emlupsemc of the Secwepemc Nation (SSN), made up of the Tk’emlups and Skeetchestn bands, filed in court in 2015 to assert Aboriginal title over 1.25 million hectares of B.C.’s Interior, including the entire City of Kamloops.
When it was filed in 2015, the SSN claim was seen largely as pushback to plans for the contentious Ajax mine project rather than an attempt to undermine private property ownership rights.
