Musqueam people

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The Musqueam people are an Indigenous First Nations community of the Coast Salish cultural and linguistic group whose traditional territory centers around what is now Vancouver, British Columbia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Musqueam people canonical 3
Squamish people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
First Nations people
Indigenous people of North America
assertsTitleOver City of Vancouver
linked to: Vancouver

University of British Columbia Point Grey campus lands
linked to: Point Grey campus
country Canada
culturalCentre Musqueam Cultural Centre
linked to: Musqueam
ethnicGroupOf Musqueam Indian Band
linked to: Musqueam
governingBody Musqueam Indian Band
linked to: Musqueam
hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish culture
hasCulturalPractice carving
potlatch ceremonies
riverine fishing
salmon fishing
weaving
hasCulturalSymbol canoe
cedar tree
salmon
hasMuseumCollectionAt Museum of Anthropology at UBC
hasNeighbouringPeople Squamish people
Sto:lo people
Tsawwassen First Nation
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
hasPopulation over 1,000 registered members
language hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
linked to: Halkomelem
languageFamily Coast Salish languages
Salishan languages
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedOn Musqueam Indian Reserve No. 2
linked to: Musqueam
mainReserve Musqueam Indian Reserve No. 2
linked to: Musqueam
notableLegalCase Guerin v. The Queen
R. v. Sparrow
primaryLocation Vancouver, British Columbia
linked to: Vancouver
recognizedAs band government under the Indian Act
religion Christianity
Indigenous spirituality
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalFoodSource Pacific salmon
berries
root vegetables
shellfish
sturgeon
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Boundary Bay area
Fraser River delta
linked to: Fraser River Delta

North Arm of the Fraser River
linked to: Fraser River

Point Grey
Richmond, British Columbia
Sea Island
South Vancouver
treatyProcess British Columbia Treaty Process
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet-based orthography for hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Musqueam people
Halkomelem traditionalTerritoryOf Musqueam people
Squamish language spokenBy Squamish people
linked to: Musqueam people
Stó:lō people hasNeighbor Musqueam people