Tsawwassen people
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The Tsawwassen people are a Coast Salish Indigenous group from the southwestern coast of British Columbia, Canada, traditionally centered around the area near present-day Delta along the Strait of Georgia.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement | 0 |
| Tsawwassen First Nation | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish people
ⓘ
First Nations government ⓘ First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ modern treaty ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalAffiliation | Coast Salish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
canoe travel
ⓘ
potlatch-related ceremonies ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 2009-04-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Tsawwassen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Tsawwassen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | “land facing the sea” (approximate English meaning of Tsawwassen) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| modernCommunityLocation | Tsawwassen Lands, Delta, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | first urban modern treaty in British Columbia ⓘ |
| people | Tsawwassen people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Government of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mainland, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Musqueam people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Squamish people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sto꞉lo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsleil-Waututh people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Indigenous spirituality ⓘ |
| signatory |
Government of Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Province of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsawwassen First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ shellfish harvesting ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
Pacific salmon
ⓘ
berries ⓘ herring ⓘ shellfish ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Downriver Halkomelem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Boundary Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fraser River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Delta, British Columbia ⓘ southwestern coast of British Columbia ⓘ |
| treaty | Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.