Wetʼsuwetʼen people

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The Wetʼsuwetʼen people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct hereditary governance system, language, and culture deeply tied to their traditional territories and waterways.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wetʼsuwetʼen people canonical 2
Nadot'en people 1
Wetsuwetʼen people 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people of Canada
country Canada
ethnicGroupOf Canada
hasBandGovernment Burns Lake Band
Moricetown Band
Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band
Office of the Wetʼsuwetʼen
Skin Tyee Nation
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation
hasClan Gilseyhu clan
Gitdumden clan
Laksamshu clan
Laksilyu clan
Tsayu clan
hasContemporaryIssue pipeline development disputes
resource extraction conflicts
hasCulturalPractice feast system
fishing for salmon
hunting and trapping
potlatch ceremonies
hasGovernanceSystem clan-based governance
hereditary chief system
hasLanguage Wetʼsuwetʼen language
hasLegalCase Delgamuukw v. British Columbia
hasLegalIssue Aboriginal title in British Columbia
land rights and sovereignty
hasNeighboringPeople Carrier Sekani people
Dakelh people
Gitxsan people
Tsimshian people
linked to: Tsimshian
hasReligion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spirituality
hasSocialStructure matrilineal clan system
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Dene languages
locatedIn British Columbia
northwestern British Columbia
partOf Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Athabascan peoples
recognizedBy Government of British Columbia
Government of Canada
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Bulkley River watershed
Bulkley Valley
Morice River watershed
Wetʼsuwetʼen Yintah
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen

areas around Burns Lake, British Columbia
areas around Houston, British Columbia
areas around Smithers, British Columbia
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (5)

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

Skeena River culturalSignificanceFor Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Wetsuwetʼen people
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Babine language spokenBy Nadot'en people
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Witsuwitʼen language spokenBy Witsuwitʼen people
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Gitxsan people hasNeighbor Wetʼsuwetʼen people