Gwet; Tsilhqotʼin band name: Xeni Gwetʼin – "People of Xeni Village"; registered population April, 2020: 454) Aside from the indigenous communities, there are only two small unincorporated towns in the whole region: Alexis Creek and Anahim Lake, the largest, with 522 people. Numerically, at least, the Tsilhqotʼin still dominate the Chilcotin plateau. Tsilhqotʼin First Nations belong to two tribal councils: Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council (two Carrier/Dakelh bands, one Tsilhqotʼin band, and one mixed Carrier/Dakelh-Tsilhqotʼin band) Kluskus First Nation Red Bluff First Nation Toosey First Nation (Tlʼesqox of the Tsilhqotʼin) Ulkatcho First Nation Tsilhqotʼin National Government (all Tsilhqotʼin bands without the mixed Carrier/Dakelh-Tsilhqotʼin band) ʔEsdilagh First Nation (Alexandria First Nation) Tŝideldel First Nation (Alexis Creek First Nation) Yunesitʼin First Nation (Stone First Nation) Tlʼetinqox-tʼin Government Office (Anaham Reserve First Nations) Xeni Gwetʼin First Nation Toosey First Nation (Tlʼesqox of the Tsilhqotʼin) Despite its small population and isolation, the region has produced an impressive collection of literature mixing naturalism with Indigenous and settler cultures. The area is accessed by Highway 20, which runs from the City of Williams Lake to the port town of Bella Coola. Highway 20 westbound from Williams Lake crosses the Fraser River at Sheep Creek - thereby entering Tsilhqotʼin traditional territory. The highway passes over the Chilcotin Plateau, characterized by undulating grasslands, expansive forests of lodgepole pine and Douglas fir, a scattering of lakes, rivers, creeks and ponds, volcanic and glaciated landforms, and a magnificent backdrop of snow-covered peaks. See also Tsilhqotʼin language Chilcotin War Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council Tsilhqotʼin Tribal Council Tsilhqotʼin Nation v. British Columbia References Bibliography Nemiah: The Unconquered Country by Terry Glavin Chilcotin Cowboy by Paul St. Pierre Smith and Other Events by Paul St. Pierre Caruso of Lonesome Lake by Ralph Edwards Chiwid by Sage Birchwater The Chilcotin War by Mel Rothenburger High Slack: Waddington's Gold Road and the Bute Inlet Massacre of 1864 by Judith Williams External links Tŝilhqot'in National Government Tŝilhqot'in Language Tsilhqot'in Nation Chilcotin Country