FDI - Thompson

The Thompson were a hunter/gatherer confederacy and language group. They lived along the Thompson and Fraser Rivers of southern inland British Columbia. They suffered from the White influx, particularly the resulting epidemics and being crowded out of their ancestral territories.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (# of Villages)

BC Nicola (12), Spences Bridge (16), Lower Thompson (25), Upper Thompson (16)

Present Locations

BC Boothroyd Indian Band, Boston Bar

Boston Bar Indian Band, North Bend

Coldwater Indian Band, Merritt

Cook's Ferry Indian Band, Merritt

Kanaka Bar Indian Band, Lytton

Lower Nicola Indian Band, Merritt

Lytton Indian Band, Lytton

Nicomen Indian Band

Nooaitch Indian Band, Merritt

Oregon Jack Creek Indian Band, Ashcroft

Shackan Indian Band, Merritt

Siska Indian Band, Lytton

Skuppah Indian Band, Lytton

Spuzzum Indian Band, Spuzzum

Year	*History*
1809	Simon Fraser passed through territory followed by numerous employees of Hudson Bay Company
1845	Visited by Jesuit missionary Father John Nobili
1858	Fraser River gold rush, invasion of miners, violence
1860	Visited by missionary Oblate Father Paul Durieu
1863	Smallpox epidemic
1880	Obalte missionary Father John M. R. Le Leune began working with tribe inventing Salish shorthand writing system
1884	Canadian Pacific Railroad completed

Thompson Sites:

Boothroyd http://www.bcfn.org/profile/boothroyd.htm

Boothroyd Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca48.php

Boston Bar http://www.bcfn.org/profile/boston_bar.htm

Boston Bar http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/high_country/cities/canyons.htm

Boston Bar Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca49.php

Coldwater http://www.bcfn.org/profile/coldwater.htm

Coldwater Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca41.php

Cook's Ferry http://www.bcfn.org/profile/cooks_ferry.htm

Cook's Ferry Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca42.php

Dreamspeaker http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nr/nwltr/drm/s2000/shu_e.html

Kanaka Bar http://www.bcfn.org/profile/kanaka_bar.htm

Lower Nicola http://www.bcfn.org/profile/lower_nicola.htm

Lower Nicola Indian Band http://www.lnib.net/

Lower Nicola Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca43.php

Lytton http://www.bcfn.org/profile/lytton.htm

Lytton Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca53.php

Nicola Tribal Association http://www.bcfn.org/nicola/

Nicomen http://www.bcfn.org/profile/nicomen.htm

Nicomen Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca44.php

Nicomen Indian Band http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/negotiation/first_nations_in_the_process/nicomen.htm

Nooaitch Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca47.php

Ntlakyapamuk Indians of Canada http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/ntlakyapamuk_indians.htm

Ntlaklapamuk Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/salish/ntlakyapamukindianhist.htm

Oregon Jack Creek http://www.bcfn.org/profile/oregon_jack_creek.htm

Oregon Jack Creek Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca40.php

Oregon Jack Creek No. 3 http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCRSummaryEn/1341?OpenDocument

Shackan Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca46.php

Siska Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca54.php

Skuppah Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca55.php

Spuzzum http://www.bcfn.org/profile/spuzzum.htm

Spuzzum: Fraser Canyon Histories http://www.aaanativearts.com/article1015.html

Spuzzum Indian Band http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/bc/probca56.php

Thompson Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=thp

Thompson Language http://www.ydli.org/langs/thompson.htm

Thompson Language http://www.native-languages.org/thompson.htm

Thompson Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=thp

Thompson Myth: Creation of Man http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/065.html

Thompson River Indians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14704b.htm

Thompson Tribe Pit House http://www.dennisrhollowayarchitect.com/html/Thompson.html

*Ethnie:*	THOMPSON (NTLAKYAPAMUK)
*Language:*	Thompson or Nylakyapamuk
*Family:*	Northern Interior Salish
*Stock:*	Interior Salish
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Plateau

Year	BC Population	Source
1700	5,000	NAHDB calculation
1780	5,000	Mooney estimate
1800	5,000	NAHDB calculation
1900	1,800	NAHDB calculation
1902	1,826	Canadian Indian Office
1906	1,776	Canadian Indian Office
2000	4,500	NAHDB calculation
2005	4,719	Indian Life Online