It is a member of the Fraser Canyon Indian Administration, one of three tribal councils of the Nlaka'pamux people.
"Kanaka" was a word used throughout the Pacific islands and Australian to indicate a person recruited for manual labour.
Kanaka also means "free man" but in many cases it meant indentured servant.
The Project will include a water diversion and intake facilities, a buried penstock and a powerhouse located on Kanaka Bar Indian Band's Whyeek IR No.
The water licence and crown land tenures were issued in September 2011 and August 2011, respectively.