Wetʼsuwetʼen people

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First Nations people Indigenous people of Canada

The Wetʼsuwetʼen people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct hereditary governance system, language, and culture deeply tied to their traditional territories and waterways.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nadot'en people	1
Wetsuwetʼen people	1
Witsuwitʼen people	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people of Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBandGovernment	Burns Lake Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Moricetown Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the Wetʼsuwetʼen NERFINISHED ⓘ Skin Tyee Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClan	Gilseyhu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gitdumden clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Laksamshu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Laksilyu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsayu clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasContemporaryIssue	pipeline development disputes ⓘ resource extraction conflicts ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	feast system ⓘ fishing for salmon ⓘ hunting and trapping ⓘ potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
hasGovernanceSystem	clan-based governance ⓘ hereditary chief system ⓘ
hasLanguage	Wetʼsuwetʼen language ⓘ
hasLegalCase	Delgamuukw v. British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalIssue	Aboriginal title in British Columbia ⓘ land rights and sovereignty ⓘ
hasNeighboringPeople	Carrier Sekani people NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakelh people NERFINISHED ⓘ Gitxsan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsimshian people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
hasSocialStructure	matrilineal clan system ⓘ
languageFamily	Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Dene languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
partOf	Athabaskan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Bulkley River watershed ⓘ Bulkley Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Morice River watershed ⓘ Wetʼsuwetʼen Yintah NERFINISHED ⓘ areas around Burns Lake, British Columbia ⓘ areas around Houston, British Columbia ⓘ areas around Smithers, British Columbia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Skeena River → culturalSignificanceFor → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ

Gitxsan people → hasNeighbor → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wetsuwetʼen people

Babine language → spokenBy → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nadot'en people

Witsuwitʼen language → spokenBy → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Witsuwitʼen people