Ulkatcho First Nation
The Ulkatcho First Nation is a Dakelh First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council, and its offices are located in Anahim Lake, British Columbia at the western edge of the Chilcotin District. The Ulkatcho government is responsible for 22 Indian reserves with a population of 729 members living on-reserve, and another 200 living off reserve. Its people are of the Ulkatchot’en ethnic group, a subgroup of the Carrier (Dakelh). Ulkatcho people have intermarried heavily with both Nuxalk and Chilcotin people and share territory  in the Coast Range with the Nuxalk. Many distinctively Ulkatcho family names, such as "Cahoose", "Capoose", "Sill", "Squinas", and "Stilas" come from Nuxalk. Name. The name "Ulkatcho" is an anglicisation of Ulhk'acho, the name of one village, now disused, on Gatcho Lake. "Ulhk'acho" means "big bounteous place", a place with bountiful fish, game, and other resources. It is based on the root "k'a" "fat". Reserves. The figures following each reserve name are its area, in hectares.