Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples

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Coast Salish people First Nations Indigenous people

The Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples are Indigenous Coast Salish communities of southeastern Vancouver Island and nearby Gulf Islands whose shared language and culture are rooted in the Hul’q’umi’num’ dialect of Halkomelem.

Aliases (1)

Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Coast Salish people → First Nations → Indigenous people →
colonialHistory	impacted by British and Canadian colonization →
continent	North America →
country	Canada →
culturalPractice	carving → potlatch-style feasts → weaving → winter dances →
culturalRegion	Coast Salish territory → Pacific Northwest Coast →
ethnicGroupOf	Gulf Islands → southeastern Vancouver Island →
governedBy	various Hul’q’umi’num’ First Nations bands →
hasDialect	Downriver Hul’q’umi’num’ → Island Hul’q’umi’num’ →
hasInstitution	community language schools →
hasOrganization	Hul’qumi’num’ Treaty Group →
hasProgram	immersion language classes → language revitalization programs →
language	Hul’q’umi’num’ →
languageBranchOf	Central Coast Salish languages →
languageFamily	Halkomelem →
languageStatus	endangered →
legalStatus	recognized as Indigenous peoples under Canadian law →
locatedIn	British Columbia →
locatedOn	Gulf Islands → Vancouver Island NERFINISHED →
oralTradition	myths and legends of Coast Salish type →
partOf	Coast Salish peoples NERFINISHED →
religion	Christianity → traditional Coast Salish spirituality →
sharesCultureWith	other Coast Salish peoples → other Halkomelem-speaking peoples →
subgroupOf	Halkomelem-speaking peoples →
traditionalLanguage	Hul’q’umi’num’ →
traditionalSubsistence	fishing → hunting → plant gathering → shellfish harvesting →
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Chemainus area → Cowichan Valley → Nanaimo area → southern Gulf Islands →
treatyProcess	British Columbia treaty process →
writingSystem	Hul’q’umi’num’ orthography using Latin script →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Halkomelem ("Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations") →	associatedPeople
Coast Salish peoples →	hasSubgroup
Halkomelem ("Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking First Nations") →	traditionalTerritoryOf