First Nations of British Columbia

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First Nations of British Columbia are the diverse Indigenous peoples and nations whose traditional territories span what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia, each with distinct cultures, languages, and governance systems.

All labels observed (11)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples collective
ethnocultural group
country Canada
governedBy band councils
hereditary chiefs
self-government agreements
tribal councils
hasOrganization First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia
First Nations Health Authority
hasPart Ahousaht First Nation
BC Assembly of First Nations
Blueberry River First Nations
Carrier Sekani First Nations
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
Coast Salish First Nations
Cowichan Tribes
Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations
Doig River First Nation
Esquimalt Nation
First Nations Summit
Fort Nelson First Nation
Gitgaʼat First Nation
Gitxsan First Nation
Haida Nation
Haisla Nation
linked to: Haisla people

Haisla Nation Council
Halfway River First Nation
Heiltsuk Nation
linked to: Heiltsuk

Heiltsuk Tribal Council
linked to: Heiltsuk

Kaska Dena First Nations
Kitselas First Nation
Kitsumkalum First Nation
Ktunaxa Nation
Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations
Lheidli Tʼenneh First Nation
Lilʼwat Nation
linked to: Lil’wat Nation

Metlakatla First Nation
Musqueam Indian Band
Nisgaʼa Nation
linked to: Nisga’a Nation

Nlakaʼpamux First Nations
Nlakaʼpamux Nation Tribal Council
Nuu-chah-nulth Nations
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
Nuxalk Nation
Okanagan Nation Alliance
Old Massett Village Council
linked to: Old Massett

Osoyoos Indian Band
Saikʼuz First Nation
Saulteau First Nations
Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nations
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
Skeetchestn Indian Band
Skidegate Band Council
Songhees Nation
Squamish Nation
Sto꞉lo First Nations
Syilx Okanagan Nation
Tahltan Nation
Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation
Tlaʼamin Nation
linked to: Tla’amin Nation

Tlingit First Nations in British Columbia
Treaty 8 First Nations of British Columbia
linked to: Treaty 8

Tsawwassen First Nation
Tsilhqotʼin (Chilcotin) Nations
Tsilhqotʼin National Government
Tsimshian First Nations
linked to: Tsimshian Nation

Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
West Moberly First Nations
Westbank First Nation
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation
hasRight Aboriginal rights under Canadian law
Aboriginal title recognized by Canadian courts
hasTreatyProcess BC Treaty Process
languageFamily Athabaskan (Dene) languages
Haida language
Kutenai language
Salishan languages
Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit

Tsimshianic languages
Wakashan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
partOf First Nations in Canada
linked to: First Nations
recognizedBy Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada)
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Fraser River watershed
linked to: Fraser River basin

Haida Gwaii
Interior Plateau
Pacific Northwest Coast
Peace River region
Rocky Mountains region
Skeena River watershed
Vancouver Island

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Songhees Nation memberOf First Nations of British Columbia
Museum of Anthropology at UBC focusesOn First Nations of the Northwest Coast
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Government of British Columbia collaboratesWith First Nations governments in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Lytton First Nation category First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Scw’exmx Tribal Council associatedWith First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Cooks Ferry Indian Band partOf First Nations of British Columbia
Ashcroft Indian Band category First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people membershipIn First Nations of British Columbia
First Peoples Gallery exhibitionSubject Indigenous peoples of British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
First Peoples Gallery exhibitionSubject First Nations of British Columbia
First Peoples Gallery associatedWith Indigenous communities of British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Gitanmaax partOf Indigenous communities of British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Gitanmaax partOf First Nations of the Pacific Northwest
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Hul’qumi’num’ Treaty Group representsIndigenousPeoples First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Hartley Bay partOf North Coast Indigenous communities of British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
British Columbia Treaty Process involves First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Sechelt people partOf Indigenous peoples in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Pauquachin First Nation isPartOf First Nations of British Columbia
Sliammon First Nation partOf First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Okanogan/Okanagan watershed relevantTo First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Great Bear Sea region stewardedBy Coastal First Nations
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia worksWith First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Sekani people recognizedAs First Nations in British Columbia
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Siska Indian Band partOf First Nations of British Columbia
Esdilagh First Nation category First Nations governments in British Columbia
subject linked to: ?Esdilagh First Nation
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Stó:lō Tribal Council peopleServed Indigenous peoples of the Fraser River valley
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia