Shuswap (Secwepemc) people

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First Nations people Indigenous people of North America Interior Salish people ethnic group

The Shuswap (Secwepemc) people are an Interior Salish First Nations group of the central and southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a rich cultural heritage, distinct language, and longstanding ties to their traditional plateau homelands.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shuswap people	3
Secwepemc (Shuswap) peoples	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people of North America ⓘ Interior Salish people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternateName	Secwepemc NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap people NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialLanguage	English ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
hasBandGovernment	Adams Lake Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Bonaparte First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Canoe Creek/Dog Creek Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Esk’etemc First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Shuswap Lake Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Neskonlith Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Pellt’iq’t First Nation (Whispering Pines) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Simpcw First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Skeetchestn Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc NERFINISHED ⓘ Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Williams Lake First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasContemporaryIssue	land rights and self-government negotiations ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	kinship-based governance ⓘ oral storytelling traditions ⓘ pit house (kekuli) winter dwellings ⓘ plateau hunting and gathering traditions ⓘ salmon fishing practices ⓘ seasonal round subsistence cycle ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	potlatch-style feasting and gifting ⓘ sweat lodge ceremonies ⓘ traditional plant gathering and medicine ⓘ
hasOrganization	Northern Shuswap Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap Nation Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRight	Aboriginal title claims in British Columbia ⓘ
language	Secwepemctsín NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Interior Salish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ central Interior of British Columbia ⓘ southern Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
partOf	Interior Salish cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	First Nation under Canadian law ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Fraser River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Interior Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Secwepemcúl’ecw NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap Lake region NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Secwepemc people → hasAlternativeName → Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shuswap people

Indigenous peoples of the Plateau → hasNotableGroup → Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ

Plateau culture area → traditionalInhabitants → Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shuswap people

Plateau of western North America → traditionalInhabitants → Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shuswap people

Williams Lake, British Columbia → traditionalTerritoryOf → Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secwepemc (Shuswap) peoples