Tla’amin Nation

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Tla’amin Nation is an Indigenous Coast Salish First Nation whose traditional territory is centered around the upper Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish nation
First Nation government
Indigenous people
country Canada
culturalAffiliation W̱SÁNEĆ people
surface form: Salish peoples
culturalPractice canoe carving
potlatch-style gatherings
traditional fishing and harvesting
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
surface form: Coast Salish
governingBody Tla’amin Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tla’amin Nation Government
governmentType self-governing First Nation
governs Tla’amin treaty settlement lands
hasCapital Tla’amin Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tla’amin community
hasChief hegus (hereditary and/or elected leader title)
hasEconomicActivity fisheries
forestry
real estate development
tourism
hasLegislature Tla’amin Legislature
hasNeighboringNation Homalco First Nation
Klahoose First Nation
Sechelt Indian Band
surface form: Sechelt (shíshálh) Nation
hasOfficialLanguage English
Tla’amin language
hasPopulationType registered members
hasTreaty Tla’amin Final Agreement
languageFamily Coast Salish languages
languageSubfamily Mainland Comox
locatedIn British Columbia
Sunshine Coast Regional District
memberOf Coast Salish peoples
nearbyCity Powell River, British Columbia
partOfHistoricalGroup Klahoose people
surface form: Mainland Comox peoples
peopleAlsoCalled Sliammon First Nation
Sliammon people
surface form: Tla’amin people
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

British Columbia
surface form: Province of British Columbia
religionTraditions Indigenous spiritual practices
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Powell River area
Texada Island area
coastal inlets and islands of northern Strait of Georgia
traditionalTerritoryRegion qathet region
upper Sunshine Coast region
treatyEffectiveDate 2016-04-05
treatyStatus modern treaty in effect
treatyWith British Columbia
Canada

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Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Tla’amin Nation
Tla’amin Nation hasCapital Tla’amin Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tla’amin community
Tla’amin Nation governingBody Tla’amin Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tla’amin Nation Government