Tsilhqot’in

E746951

The Tsilhqot’in are an Indigenous First Nations people of west-central British Columbia, Canada, with their own distinct Athabaskan language, culture, and traditional territory.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tsilhqot’in canonical 8
Tsilhqot'in 7
Tsilhqot’in language 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Indigenous resistance conflict
country Canada
culturalArea North American Plateau
ethnographicRegion Plateau culture area
hasAlternativeName Chilcotin
linked to: Chilcotin region

Tsilhcot’in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in

Tsilhqut’in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
hasAutonym Tsilhqot’in
hasBandGovernment ?Esdilagh First Nation
Tl’esqox First Nation
Tl’etinqox-t’in Government Office
Tsi Del Del First Nation
Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government
Yunesit’in Government
hasDistinctCulture yes
hasDistinctLanguage yes
hasGoverningBody Tsilhqot’in National Government
hasHistoricalEvent Chilcotin War of 1864
hasLanguage Tsilhqot’in language
hasPopulationRegion Cariboo region of British Columbia
linked to: Cariboo region
isPartOf Dene peoples
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages
locatedIn British Columbia
west-central British Columbia
mainEconomicActivities fishing
forestry
gathering
hunting
ranching
participant Tsilhqot’in
partOf Interior of British Columbia
recognizedAs First Nation under the Indian Act
recognizedBy Government of Canada
regionType plateau people
religion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spirituality
traditionalTerritory Chilcotin Plateau
linked to: Chilcotin region

Chilcotin River watershed
linked to: Chilcotin River

Fraser River region in central British Columbia
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Interior Plateau inhabitedBy Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot'in people autonym Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in language alternateName Tsilhqot’in
subject linked to: Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin)
Dakelh language closelyRelatedTo Tsilhqot’in language
subject linked to: Dakelh (Carrier) language
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Proto-Athabaskan language ancestorOf Tsilhqot’in language
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Chilcotin region language Tsilhqot’in language
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in Nation hasLanguage Tsilhqot’in language
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in Nation hasAutonym Tsilhqot’in
Stʼatʼimc Nation isNeighborOf Tsilhqotʼin
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in hasAutonym Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in hasAlternativeName Tsilhcot’in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsilhqot’in hasAlternativeName Tsilhqut’in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Chilcotin War of 1864 participant Tsilhqot’in
subject linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Hanceville, British Columbia hasIndigenousLanguage Tsilhqot’in language
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Tsi Del Del First Nation people Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Xats'ull First Nation people Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Xats'ull First Nation ethnicGroup Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Sekani relatedEthnicGroup Tsilhqot’in
Stʼatʼimc hasNeighboringPeople Tsilhqotʼin
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Xeni Gwet'in First Nations Government ethnicGroup Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Yunesit'in Government people Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Yunesit'in Government ethnicGroup Tsilhqot'in
linked to: Tsilhqot’in
Esdilagh First Nation category Tsilhqot’in
subject linked to: ?Esdilagh First Nation
Shuswap hasNeighbor Tsilhqot’in