Musqueam Indian Band

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The Musqueam Indian Band is a First Nations community of the Coast Salish peoples whose traditional territory includes what is now the city of Vancouver and surrounding areas in southwestern British Columbia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations band government
Indigenous community
acknowledgedIn Vancouver territorial acknowledgements
associatedWithRiver Fraser River NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith City of Vancouver NERFINISHED
University of British Columbia NERFINISHED
country Canada
culturalPracticesInclude potlatch traditions
storytelling
weaving
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED
engagesIn cultural revitalization
language revitalization
ethnicGroup Coast Salish NERFINISHED
governedBy Musqueam Chief and Council NERFINISHED
hasCulturalCentre Musqueam Cultural Centre NERFINISHED
hasCulturalIdentity xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people NERFINISHED
hasEndonym xʷməθkʷəy̓əm NERFINISHED
hasGovernmentType band council
hasHistoricSite c̓əsnaʔəm (Marpole Midden) NERFINISHED
hasLandRightsDisputes land claims in Vancouver area
hasOfficialName Musqueam Indian Band NERFINISHED
hasPopulationType off-reserve members
on-reserve members
hasPrimaryReligion Indigenous spiritual traditions
isPartOf Coast Salish Nations NERFINISHED
isSignatoryTo modern treaty negotiations in British Columbia
languageFamily Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn British Columbia
Southwestern British Columbia NERFINISHED
mainReserve Musqueam Indian Reserve No. 2 NERFINISHED
mainReserveLocatedIn Vancouver NERFINISHED
notableLegalCaseInvolves R. v. Sparrow NERFINISHED
operates Musqueam Museum and cultural programs
people Musqueam NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ NERFINISHED
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia NERFINISHED
recognizedAs First Nation under the Indian Act of Canada
region Lower Mainland NERFINISHED
subjectOf Supreme Court of Canada decisions on Aboriginal rights
traditionalEconomyIncludes fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritoryIncludes City of Vancouver NERFINISHED
Fraser River estuary NERFINISHED
Parts of Burnaby, British Columbia
Parts of Richmond, British Columbia
University of British Columbia Point Grey campus area NERFINISHED

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Semiahmoo First Nation isNeighborOf Musqueam Indian Band
Burrard Inlet (northern boundary) traditionalTerritoryOf Musqueam Indian Band
subject surface form: Burrard Inlet