Songhees Nation

E107421
Coast Salish people First Nations government Indigenous community

Songhees Nation is an Indigenous Coast Salish community traditionally based around what is now Victoria, British Columbia, with deep cultural, linguistic, and territorial ties to the southern Vancouver Island region.

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Label Occurrences
Songhees Nation canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
First Nations government ⓘ
Indigenous community ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Salish Sea ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lekwungen people ⓘ
governingBodyType band government ⓘ
governsReserve Songhees Indian Reserve No. 1 ⓘ
hasContemporaryActivity cultural revitalization ⓘ
economic development projects ⓘ
land stewardship ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Coast Salish longhouse traditions ⓘ
canoe culture ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
traditional reef net fishing ⓘ
hasCulturalTiesWith Esquimalt Nation ⓘ
hasCulturalTieTo Gulf Islands ⓘ
Saanich Peninsula ⓘ
hasHistoricalRelationWith Victoria City ⓘ
surface form: City of Victoria

Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
hasHistoricalVillage Lekwungen village sites around Victoria harbour ⓘ
hasPopulationType off-reserve members ⓘ
on-reserve members ⓘ
hasSacredSite Songhees Point ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
marine harvesting ⓘ
languageFamily Coast Salish languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Victoria metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Victoria
memberOf First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
peopleAlsoKnownAs Lekwungen ⓘ
Songish ⓘ
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
recognizedUnder Indian Act ⓘ
region Vancouver Island ⓘ
sharesTerritoryWith Esquimalt Nation ⓘ
significantWaterBody Esquimalt Harbour ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca

Victoria Harbour ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Lekwungen language ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
surface form: Victoria, British Columbia area

southern Vancouver Island ⓘ

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Coast Salish peoples → hasSubgroup → Songhees Nation ⓘ