Lekwungen people

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The Lekwungen people are an Indigenous Coast Salish group whose traditional territories encompass what is now Victoria and surrounding areas on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
Indigenous people
acknowledgedIn territorial acknowledgements in Greater Victoria
associatedWithPlaceName Lekwungen territory NERFINISHED
Songhees Point NERFINISHED
xwsépsum (Esquimalt) NERFINISHED
colonialImpact displacement due to establishment of Fort Victoria
land loss through 19th-century settlement
country Canada
culturalPractice potlatch ceremonies
winter ceremonial dances
culturalRegion Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Coast Salish NERFINISHED
governedBy Esquimalt First Nation band council NERFINISHED
Songhees First Nation band council NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRevitalizationEffort cultural education in local schools
language revitalization programs
hasModernRepresentative Esquimalt First Nation NERFINISHED
Songhees First Nation NERFINISHED
hasSacredSite burial cairns and rock mounds
camas meadows
heritageRecognizedBy City of Victoria NERFINISHED
Province of British Columbia NERFINISHED
historicalPopulationCenter Victoria Harbour NERFINISHED
languageFamily Salishan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn British Columbia
southern Vancouver Island
neighboringGroup Cowichan people NERFINISHED
Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) people NERFINISHED
T’Sou-ke (Sooke) people NERFINISHED
partOf Coast Salish cultural area NERFINISHED
recognizedAs First Nations people of Canada
region Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED
religion traditional Coast Salish spirituality
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalFoodSource camas bulbs
salmon
shellfish
traditionalLanguage Lekwungen language
Songhees dialect of North Straits Salish
traditionalPractice burning of Garry oak meadows for land management
camas cultivation and harvesting
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Esquimalt, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Songhees, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Victoria, British Columbia NERFINISHED
treatyInvolvement Douglas Treaties NERFINISHED

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Songhees Nation ethnicGroup Lekwungen people