Scw'exmx

The Scw'exmx are a Nlaka'pamux people of the Nicola Valley, named for Scw'ex, the river that flows through their country. Salmon formed the foundation of a regional economy: people traveled to fishing grounds on the Nicola, Thompson, and Fraser rivers when the fish returned. The valley also connected Scw'exmx communities with neighboring Okanagan peoples, with whom they intermarried.