Xat'sull First Nation

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Xatśūll First Nation formerly known as Soda Creek Indian Band, is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created when the government of the then-Colony of British Columbia established an Indian reserve system in the 1860s. It is a member government of the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council.

In the Shuswap language, Soda Creek is called Xats'ull, while Deep Creek is Cmetem'.

Xat'sull, (pronounced hat-shall) means "on the cliff where the bubbling water comes out".{{cite web|last=Xatsull |title=Xatsull Culture and History |url=http://www.xatsull.com/History%20and%20Culture/History%20information/History%20Informationhtml.html |access-date=2007-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121101726/http://www.xatsull.com/History%20and%20Culture/History%20information/History%20Informationhtml.html |archive-date=November 21, 2006 }}

One of the many First Nation's Chiefs has been Bev Sellars,[http://bcbooklook.com/2014/04/04/chief-bev-sellars-wins-ryga-award/ "Chief Bev Sellars wins Ryga Award"]. BC Booklook, April 4, 2014. a lawyer and writer who was a finalist for the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2014 for her Indian residential schools memoir They Called Me Number One.[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2014/09/03/thomas-king-bev-sellars-among-finalists-for-2014-burt-award-for-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-literature/ "Thomas King, Bev Sellars among finalists for 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature"]. Quill & Quire, September 3, 2014.

The Xat'sull/Cmetem' First Nation has not signed any treaty with any settler-colonial political entity, nor has it ceded any land and let go its territorial claims. As part of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (Tribal Council), Xat'sull/Cmetem' First Nation has been in negotiation with the government of Canada and the government of British Columbia regarding a final treaty settling this matter. An "Agreement in Principle" was signed in 2018. Once a final agreement is signed between the Tribal Council, Canada, and British Columbia, it is expected that the Indian Reserves will be abolished, the territories under jurisdiction of Xat'sull/Cmetem' First Nation will expand significantly, and former reserves will be absorbed into settlement land under sovereignty of Xat'sull/Cmetem' First Nation.[http://www.bctreaty.ca/northern-shuswap-tribal-council BC Treaty Commission - Northern Shuswap Tribal Council]