Squamish Nation

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Coast Salish people First Nations government Indigenous people

The Squamish Nation is an Indigenous Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest, whose traditional territory encompasses parts of what is now southwestern British Columbia, including the area around present-day Vancouver and Howe Sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Squamish Nation canonical	7
Squamish Nation government	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Coast Salish people ⓘ First Nations government ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion	Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	multiple reserves in Metro Vancouver region ⓘ reserves around Howe Sound ⓘ
hasCollectiveRights	Aboriginal title NERFINISHED ⓘ fishing rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ land rights ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	canoe culture ⓘ carving and woodwork ⓘ potlatch tradition ⓘ
hasDemographics	population in the thousands ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	cultural enterprises ⓘ real estate development ⓘ resource management ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEndonym	Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	elected band council ⓘ
hasHeadOfGovernmentTitle	Khelsilem (Council Chairperson, historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody	Squamish Nation Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Coast Salish spirituality ⓘ
isMemberOf	BC Assembly of First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of BC Indian Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Squamish language ⓘ
languageFamily	Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ
negotiatesWith	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Coast Salish cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	Indian Act band government ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesTerritoryWith	Lil’wat Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Musqueam Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsleil-Waututh Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Howe Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ North Shore of Burrard Inlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Squamish Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunshine Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver area NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet-based orthography for Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Squamish language → ethnicGroup → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Southwestern British Columbia → hasIndigenousPeoples → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Nch’ḵay̓ → culturalSignificanceFor → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Nch’ḵay̓ → locatedOnTraditionalTerritoryOf → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Squamish → traditionalTerritoryOf → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Howe Sound → hasTraditionalTerritoryOf → Squamish Nation ⓘ

Burrard Inlet (northern boundary) → traditionalTerritoryOf → Squamish Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: Burrard Inlet

Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) → associatedWithGovernment → Squamish Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Squamish Nation government