First Nations of British Columbia

E450354

Indigenous peoples collective ethnocultural group

First Nations of British Columbia are the diverse Indigenous peoples and nations whose traditional territories span what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia, each with distinct cultures, languages, and governance systems.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
First Nations of British Columbia canonical	5
First Nations in British Columbia	3
Indigenous communities of British Columbia	2
First Nations governments in British Columbia	1
First Nations of the Northwest Coast	1
First Nations of the Pacific Northwest	1
Indigenous peoples of British Columbia	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous peoples collective ⓘ ethnocultural group ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
governedBy	band councils ⓘ hereditary chiefs ⓘ self-government agreements ⓘ tribal councils ⓘ
hasOrganization	First Nations Education Steering Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations Health Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Ahousaht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ BC Assembly of First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Blueberry River First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Carrier Sekani First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Carrier Sekani Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Coast Salish First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Cowichan Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Doig River First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Esquimalt Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Nelson First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Gitgaʼat First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Gitxsan First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Haida Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Haisla Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Haisla Nation Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Halfway River First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Heiltsuk Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Heiltsuk Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaska Dena First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitselas First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitsumkalum First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Ktunaxa Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Lheidli Tʼenneh First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Lilʼwat Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Metlakatla First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Musqueam Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisgaʼa Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Nlakaʼpamux First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Nlakaʼpamux Nation Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuu-chah-nulth Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuxalk Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Okanagan Nation Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Massett Village Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Osoyoos Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Saikʼuz First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Saulteau First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap Nation Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Skeetchestn Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Skidegate Band Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhees Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Squamish Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sto꞉lo First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Syilx Okanagan Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tahltan Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc NERFINISHED ⓘ Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaʼamin Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlingit First Nations in British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty 8 First Nations of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawwassen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsilhqotʼin (Chilcotin) Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsilhqotʼin National Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsimshian First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsleil-Waututh Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs NERFINISHED ⓘ West Moberly First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Westbank First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRight	Aboriginal rights under Canadian law ⓘ Aboriginal title recognized by Canadian courts ⓘ
hasTreatyProcess	BC Treaty Process NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan (Dene) languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Haida language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kutenai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlingit language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsimshianic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakashan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ
partOf	First Nations in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Fraser River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Haida Gwaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Interior Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains region NERFINISHED ⓘ Skeena River watershed ⓘ Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Songhees Nation → memberOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

Museum of Anthropology at UBC → focusesOn → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations of the Northwest Coast

Government of British Columbia → collaboratesWith → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations governments in British Columbia

Lytton First Nation → category → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations in British Columbia

Scw’exmx Tribal Council → associatedWith → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations in British Columbia

Cooks Ferry Indian Band → partOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

Ashcroft Indian Band → category → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations in British Columbia

Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people → membershipIn → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology → focusesOnPeople → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

First Peoples Gallery → exhibitionSubject → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of British Columbia

First Peoples Gallery → exhibitionSubject → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

First Peoples Gallery → associatedWith → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous communities of British Columbia

Gitanmaax → partOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous communities of British Columbia

Gitanmaax → partOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Nations of the Pacific Northwest