St'uxwtews

St'uxwtews is a Secwépemc community whose country includes the Bonaparte River watershed in the interior plateau. The river, called Kluhtows or the gravelly river in Secwépemctsin, flows south to the Thompson. Salmon returning through the Fraser and Thompson rivers reached these inland waters, supporting fishing communities far from the sea. Forests, lakes and open valleys offered hunting and plant foods, while the rivers joined the St'uxwtews to neighbouring Secwépemc communities along the plateau's waterways.