Tsilhqot’in

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First Nations people Indigenous people Indigenous resistance conflict

The Tsilhqot’in are an Indigenous First Nations people of west-central British Columbia, Canada, with their own distinct Athabaskan language, culture, and traditional territory.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Chilcotin War of 1864 0
Tsilhqot’in language 2
Tsilhqot'in 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Indigenous resistance conflict ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalArea North American Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Plateau culture area ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chilcotin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsilhcot’in NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsilhqut’in NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAutonym Tsilhqot’in NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBandGovernment ?Esdilagh First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tl’esqox First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tl’etinqox-t’in Government Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsi Del Del First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yunesit’in Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDistinctCulture yes ⓘ
hasDistinctLanguage yes ⓘ
hasGoverningBody Tsilhqot’in National Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Chilcotin War of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Tsilhqot’in language ⓘ
hasPopulationRegion Cariboo region of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Dene peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
west-central British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
participant Tsilhqot’in NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation under the Indian Act ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType plateau people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Chilcotin Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chilcotin River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fraser River region in central British Columbia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) → alternateName → Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
subject surface form: Tsilhqot’in language
Proto-Athabaskan language → ancestorOf → Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsilhqot’in language
Tsilhqot'in people → autonym → Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsilhqot'in
Dakelh (Carrier) language → closelyRelatedTo → Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
subject surface form: Dakelh language
this entity surface form: Tsilhqot’in language
Interior Plateau → inhabitedBy → Tsilhqot’in ⓘ