Sechelt people

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The Sechelt people are an Indigenous Coast Salish nation of the Pacific Northwest Coast, primarily based in what is now British Columbia, Canada.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sechelt people canonical 8
Sechelt (shíshálh) people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
country Canada
culturalGroup Coast Salish
ethnicGroupOf shíshálh Nation
linked to: Shíshálh Nation
governingBody shíshálh Nation Government
linked to: Shíshálh Nation
hasAlternativeName Sechelt Indian Band
Shishalh
shíshálh people
hasCapital Sechelt, British Columbia
linked to: Sechelt
hasCommunity Sechelt Indian Band community
linked to: Sechelt Indian Band
hasCulturalInstitution tems swiya Museum
hasCulturalPractice canoe culture
potlatch
storytelling
traditional carving
weaving
hasFocus cultural preservation
land stewardship
language revitalization
hasRight Aboriginal rights recognized under Canadian law
hasTreatyStatus self-government agreement with Canada
locatedIn British Columbia
Pacific Northwest Coast
linked to: Pacific Northwest
mainReserveArea Sunshine Coast
neighboringGroup Homalco people
Klahoose people
Squamish people
Tla’amin (Sliammon) people
linked to: Sliammon people
partOf Indigenous peoples in British Columbia
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
primaryEconomicActivities arts and crafts
fishing
forestry
tourism
province British Columbia
recognizedAs First Nation under Canadian law
region Southwestern British Columbia
religion Christianity
Indigenous spirituality
traditionalLanguage shíshálh language
traditionalLanguageFamily Salishan languages
traditionalTerritory Jervis Inlet
Salish Sea region
linked to: Salish Sea

Sechelt Peninsula
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet for shíshálh language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Sechelt language traditionalSpeakers Sechelt people
shíshálh people hasAlternateName Sechelt people
sháshíshálh language ethnicGroup Sechelt people
Sechelt Indian Band represents Sechelt people
Sechelt Indian Band ethnicGroup Sechelt people
shíshálh swiya associatedPeople Sechelt people
shíshálh swiya hasEthnicGroup Sechelt people
Central Coast Salish ethnicGroupIncludes Sechelt (shíshálh) people
linked to: Sechelt people