Central Coast Salish
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Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Central Coast Salish canonical | 5 |
| Straits Salish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11719429 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Coast Salish Context triple: [Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim), branchOf, Central Coast Salish]
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A.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.
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D.
Coast Salish Semiahmoo
Coast Salish Semiahmoo refers to the Indigenous people and culture of the Semiahmoo First Nation, a Coast Salish community traditionally based around the southern Strait of Georgia in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
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E.
Coast Salish Nation
The Coast Salish Nation is a large cultural and linguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, encompassing numerous related First Nations and tribes in what is now southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Central Coast Salish Target entity description: Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
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A.
Northern Straits Salish
Northern Straits Salish is an Indigenous Salishan language traditionally spoken by several Coast Salish communities in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Cowlitz Coast Salish
Cowlitz Coast Salish is an Indigenous Coast Salish language historically spoken by the Cowlitz people of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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C.
Halkomelem Salish
Halkomelem Salish is a Coast Salish Indigenous language of the Salishan family traditionally spoken in the southwestern British Columbia region of Canada.
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D.
Coast Salish Semiahmoo
Coast Salish Semiahmoo refers to the Indigenous people and culture of the Semiahmoo First Nation, a Coast Salish community traditionally based around the southern Strait of Georgia in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
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E.
Coast Salish Nation
The Coast Salish Nation is a large cultural and linguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, encompassing numerous related First Nations and tribes in what is now southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coast Salish subgroup
ⓘ
Indigenous people subgroup ⓘ cultural-linguistic group ⓘ |
| colonialImpactIncludes |
missionization
ⓘ
reserve system ⓘ residential schools ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
cultural revitalization
ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupIncludes |
Comox (K’ómoks) people
ⓘ
linked to:
Comox people
Homalco people ⓘ Hul’q’umi’num’ peoples ⓘ Klahoose people ⓘ Mainland Comox peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Comox people
Pentlatch people ⓘ Sechelt (shíshálh) people ⓘ
linked to:
Sechelt people
Sliammon (Tla’amin) people ⓘ
linked to:
Sliammon people
Squamish people ⓘ |
| hasArtTradition |
basketry
ⓘ
house-post carving ⓘ weaving ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
complex kinship systems
ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ seasonal resource harvesting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion |
Northwest Coast cultural area
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
|
| hasRelatedGroup |
Northern Coast Salish
ⓘ
Southern Coast Salish ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages ⓘ |
| languageGroupIncludes |
Comox language
ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ language ⓘ
linked to:
Hul’q’umi’num’
Sechelt language ⓘ Squamish language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ North America ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington State ⓘ
linked to:
Washington
|
| partOf |
Coast Salish
ⓘ
linked to:
Coast Salish peoples
|
| recognizedAs | distinct subgroup within Coast Salish world ⓘ |
| subgroupOfLanguageBranch | Coast Salish languages ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomyBasedOn |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ plant gathering ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryIncludes |
Salish Sea region
ⓘ
linked to:
Salish Sea
Strait of Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Strait
eastern Vancouver Island shores ⓘ northern Puget Sound area ⓘ southern British Columbia mainland coast ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Central Coast Salish Description of subject: Central Coast Salish refers to a subgroup of Coast Salish Indigenous peoples and their closely related languages traditionally inhabiting parts of the Pacific Northwest coast, particularly in what is now British Columbia and Washington State.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Central Coast Salish