People of the Inlet

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People of the Inlet is an alternate name for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish First Nation whose traditional territory centers around the Burrard Inlet area of what is now Greater Vancouver, British Columbia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
People of the Inlet canonical 3
“People of the Inlet” 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nation
Indigenous people
alternateName People of the Inlet
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
country Canada
culturalPractice canoe travel
oral history traditions
potlatch ceremonies
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast
culture Coast Salish culture
engagedIn land and rights recognition efforts
ethnicGroupOf Canada
hasEthnonym Slay-wa-tuth
Tsleil-Waututh
hasGovernmentType band government
hasHistoricalConnectionTo Burrard Inlet industrial development impacts
colonial settlement of Greater Vancouver
hasMainReserve Burrard Inlet 3
hasNeighboringNation Katzie First Nation
Kwikwetlem First Nation
Musqueam Indian Band
Squamish Nation
hasPrimaryWaterway Burrard Inlet
Indian Arm
headquartersLocation North Vancouver
headquartersRegion North Shore, Metro Vancouver
language Downriver Halkomelem
linked to: Halkomelem
languageFamily Salishan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
notableFor environmental protection initiatives in Greater Vancouver
stewardship of Burrard Inlet marine environment
partOfTreatyProcess British Columbia treaty process
peopleNameMeaning People of the Inlet
recognizedBy Government of British Columbia
Government of Canada
region Metro Vancouver
regionType coastal
religion Indigenous spirituality
subgroupOf Coast Salish peoples
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering of marine resources
hunting
traditionalTerritory Burrard Inlet
Eastern Burrard Inlet
linked to: Burrard Inlet

Greater Vancouver region
linked to: Lower Mainland

Indian Arm
North Shore of Burrard Inlet
Port Moody Arm

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tsleil-Waututh Nation hasAlternateName People of the Inlet
Burrard Band hasEthnonymMeaning “People of the Inlet”
linked to: People of the Inlet
Tsleil-Waututh Nation alternateName People of the Inlet
subject linked to: People of the Inlet
People of the Inlet peopleNameMeaning People of the Inlet