Coast Salish peoples

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The Coast Salish peoples are a group of culturally and linguistically related Indigenous nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their complex social systems, rich artistic traditions, and deep connections to the land and waterways of the Salish Sea region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples
cultural group
linguistic group
affectedBy Canadian Indian Act policies
European colonization of the Americas
surface form: European colonization

U.S. treaty-making in the 1850s
smallpox epidemics
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
engagedIn cultural revitalization
land rights and title struggles
language revitalization
hasConcept sacred relationship with land and waterways
stewardship of salmon and marine resources
territorial rights based on kinship and use
hasCulturalTrait bilateral kinship
clan and lineage-based identities
elaborate naming practices
extended family households
hereditary leadership
inter-village alliances
longhouse architecture
marriage alliances
oral tradition
place-based spirituality
ranked social structure
resource stewardship practices
ritual gift-giving
seasonal round of resource use
shamanism
spirit dancing
use of cedar for housing and material culture
use of reef net fishing in some groups
use of woolly dog and mountain goat wool historically
winter ceremonialism
hasLanguage Comox language
Halkomelem
Lummi language
Nooksack language
Lushootseed
surface form: Northern Lushootseed

Northern Straits Salish
SENĆOŦEN
Sechelt language
Lushootseed
surface form: Southern Lushootseed

Squamish language
Lushootseed
surface form: Straits Salish languages
hasSubgroup Cowichan Tribes
Duwamish people
Esquimalt, Canada
surface form: Esquimalt Nation

Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples
Katzie First Nation
Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Lummi Nation
Makah-related but distinct Coast Salish neighbors
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Musqueam people
Nisqually people
Nooksack people
Penelakut Tribe
Puyallup Tribe
Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) peoples

Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation
Semiahmoo First Nation
Shíshálh Nation
Snohomish people
Snuneymuxw First Nation
Songhees Nation
Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Squamish people

Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sto꞉lo peoples

Suquamish
surface form: Suquamish Tribe

Lummi Nation
surface form: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Tla’amin Nation
Tsawout First Nation
Tsawwassen First Nation
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Tulalip Tribes
knownFor basketry
canoe culture
coastally oriented fishing economy
complex social systems
house posts and poles
potlatch-like ceremonial practices
rich artistic traditions
salmon fishing
weaving
wood carving
languageBranch Lushootseed
surface form: Coast Salish languages
languageFamily Salishan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
Oregon
Washington
surface form: Washington State
materialCulture bark and root baskets
cedar plank longhouses
dugout canoes
stone and bone tools
woven blankets
primaryRegion Salish Sea
region Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
religion Indigenous spirituality
spiritualPractice first salmon ceremonies
healing rituals
spirit power quests
winter dances
timeDepth pre-contact period thousands of years
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
trade

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Pacific Northwest indigenousPeoples Coast Salish peoples
Chief Seattle ethnicity Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Squamish people
Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sto꞉lo peoples
Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Coast Salish peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) peoples
Chinookan peoples neighboringGroup Coast Salish peoples
Vancouver Island hasIndigenousPeoples Coast Salish peoples
Stanley Park, Vancouver hasCulturalSignificanceFor Coast Salish peoples
subject surface form: Stanley Park
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Coast Salish Nations
Lushootseed subfamily Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Lushootseed spokenBy Coast Salish peoples
Suquamish partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Suquamish culturalAffiliation Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Lushootseed-speaking peoples
Princess Angeline culture Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Duwamish people partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural group
Duwamish people subgroupOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Lushootseed-speaking peoples
Duwamish people culture Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish culture
Sealth culture Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Duwamish partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
SENĆOŦEN subfamily Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples subgroupOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Halkomelem-speaking peoples
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples partOf Coast Salish peoples
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples culturalRegion Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish territory
Salish Sea namedAfter Coast Salish peoples
Salish Sea ethnicallySignificantFor Coast Salish peoples
Musqueam people hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish culture
Songhees Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Lummi language partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Northern Straits Salish ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
Tsleil-Waututh Nation ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
Cowlitz people relatedEthnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
Penelakut Tribe ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Penelakut Tribe partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish Nations
Penelakut Tribe hasCulturalRegion Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish territory
Penelakut Tribe culturalGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Cowichan Tribes partOf Coast Salish peoples
Cowichan Tribes hasCulturalHeritage Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish art
Salishan languages spokenBy Coast Salish peoples
Tsawwassen First Nation ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Katzie First Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Kwikwetlem First Nation ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Kwikwetlem First Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Nooksack people culturalGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Nooksack people partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural and linguistic group
Lummi Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Lummi Nation ethnicGroup Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Tsawout First Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural area
Tsawout First Nation hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish
Semiahmoo First Nation partOf Coast Salish peoples
this entity surface form: Coast Salish cultural group