Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw

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Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is the Squamish Nation, an Indigenous Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest with deep cultural, spiritual, and territorial ties to their ancestral lands in what is now southwestern British Columbia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw canonical 4
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh 2
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
First Nation government
Indigenous nation
assertsRightsOver land, waters, and resources in their traditional territory
governs Squamish Indian Band reserves
hasCouncil Squamish Nation Council
linked to: Squamish Nation
hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish culture
hasCulturalInstitution Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (joint with Lil’wat Nation)
hasCulturalPractice canoe carving
longhouse ceremonies
potlatch traditions
weaving
hasCulturalSymbol canoe
salmon
thunderbird
hasEconomicActivity cultural enterprises
fisheries
forestry
real estate development
tourism
hasEducationInstitution Squamish Nation Training and Trades Centre
hasEndonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
hasEnglishName Squamish Nation
hasGovernmentType Indian Act band government
linked to: Indian Act band
hasHeadOfGovernmentTitle Khelsilem (Council Chairperson, as of 2020s)
hasHeadquarters North Vancouver, British Columbia
hasLanguage Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim
hasPeopleName Squamish people
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
hasPopulationApprox over 4,000 registered members
hasSpiritualConnectionTo ancestral lands in southwestern British Columbia
hasTraditionalTerritory Burrard Inlet
English Bay
Fraser River lowlands
linked to: Fraser River Delta

Howe Sound
North Shore of Vancouver
Squamish River valley
linked to: Squamish Valley

Sunshine Coast
hasUrbanPresenceIn City of Vancouver
linked to: Vancouver

District of North Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
languageFamily Salishan languages
locatedIn Canada
Southwestern British Columbia
participatesIn treaty and rights negotiations in British Columbia
partOf Coast Salish cultural area
linked to: Coast Salish region

Pacific Northwest Coast
recognizedBy Government of Canada
Province of British Columbia
linked to: British Columbia
subgroupOf Central Coast Salish

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Nch’ḵay̓ culturalSignificanceFor Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Nch’ḵay̓ locatedOnTraditionalTerritoryOf Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) autonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish Nation hasEndonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish people autonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish people peopleNameInSquamish Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw hasEndonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw hasPeopleName Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw