Central Coast Salish

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Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish subgroup
Indigenous people subgroup
cultural-linguistic group
colonialImpactIncludes missionization
reserve system
residential schools
engagedIn cultural revitalization
language revitalization
ethnicGroupIncludes Comox (K’ómoks) people NERFINISHED
Homalco people NERFINISHED
Hul’q’umi’num’ peoples NERFINISHED
Klahoose people NERFINISHED
Mainland Comox peoples NERFINISHED
Pentlatch people NERFINISHED
Sechelt (shíshálh) people NERFINISHED
Sliammon (Tla’amin) people NERFINISHED
Squamish people NERFINISHED
hasArtTradition basketry
house-post carving
weaving
wood carving
hasCulturalPractice complex kinship systems
potlatch ceremonies
seasonal resource harvesting
hasCulturalRegion Northwest Coast cultural area NERFINISHED
hasRelatedGroup Northern Coast Salish NERFINISHED
Southern Coast Salish NERFINISHED
languageFamily Salishan languages NERFINISHED
languageGroupIncludes Comox language NERFINISHED
Hul’q’umi’num’ language NERFINISHED
Sechelt language NERFINISHED
Squamish language
locatedIn British Columbia
Canada
North America
Pacific Northwest
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington State
partOf Coast Salish NERFINISHED
recognizedAs distinct subgroup within Coast Salish world
subgroupOfLanguageBranch Coast Salish languages NERFINISHED
traditionalEconomyBasedOn fishing
hunting
plant gathering
shellfish gathering
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Salish Sea region NERFINISHED
Strait of Georgia NERFINISHED
eastern Vancouver Island shores
northern Puget Sound area
southern British Columbia mainland coast

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Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) branchOf Central Coast Salish