Songish

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Songish is an alternate name for the Songhees Nation, a Coast Salish Indigenous people whose traditional territory includes the area around present-day Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Songish canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
alternateName Songhees
Songhees Nation
country Canada
ethnicGroupOf Songhees Nation
governedBy Songhees Nation band government
linked to: Songhees Nation
hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish
hasCulturalRegion Coast Salish territories
linked to: Coast Salish region
hasMainCommunityNear Victoria, British Columbia
hasNeighboringCity Victoria, British Columbia
hasNeighboringIndigenousGroup Esquimalt Nation
hasPeopleName Songhees people
isIndigenousTo Pacific Northwest Coast
linked to: Pacific Northwest
languageFamily Salishan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
Vancouver Island
partOf Coast Salish cultural group
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia
recognizedAs First Nation in British Columbia
region Southern Vancouver Island
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Strait of Juan de Fuca region
area around present-day Victoria, British Columbia
southern tip of Vancouver Island

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