W̱SÁNEĆ people

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Coast Salish people First Nations people Indigenous people

The W̱SÁNEĆ people are a Coast Salish Indigenous nation of southern Vancouver Island and the nearby Gulf Islands, known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and territorial connection to the Salish Sea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Salish peoples	3
Saanich people	2
Quw’utsun’ Mustimuhw (Cowichan people)	1
W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) people	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Coast Salish people ⓘ First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBandGovernment	Pauquachin First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsartlip First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawout First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tseycum First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasContemporaryIssue	land rights and title ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ rights to marine resources ⓘ
hasCulturalConnectionTo	Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	canoe culture ⓘ longhouse ceremonies ⓘ storytelling ⓘ winter dances ⓘ
hasCulturalValue	interconnection with non-human beings ⓘ respect for relatives and community ⓘ stewardship of land and sea ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	LÁU,WELṈEW̱ Tribal School NERFINISHED ⓘ W̱SÁNEĆ School Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNeighboringPeople	Esquimalt Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Malahat Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhees First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization	W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpiritualConnectionTo	Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritory	Saanich Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Salish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Gulf Islands ⓘ
hasTreatyHistoryWith	Crown in right of the Colony of Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	SENĆOŦEN language ⓘ
languageFamily	Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Gulf Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Vancouver Island ⓘ
recognizedAs	First Nation in Canada ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Coast Salish spirituality ⓘ
subgroupOf	Coast Salish peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomyIncludes	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ marine harvesting ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource	berries ⓘ game animals ⓘ salmon ⓘ shellfish ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	SENĆOŦEN orthography ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

SENĆOŦEN → spokenBy → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saanich people

Northern Straits Salish → ethnicGroup → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saanich people

Cowichan Tribes → hasCulturalIdentity → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quw’utsun’ Mustimuhw (Cowichan people)

Tsawout First Nation → ethnicGroup → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) people

Tsawout First Nation → traditionalLanguageOf → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

Tla’amin Nation → culturalAffiliation → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salish peoples

Interior Salish peoples → partOf → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salish peoples

Treaty of Hellgate → affectedTribalNation → W̱SÁNEĆ people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salish peoples