Cowichan Tribes

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Cowichan Tribes is a First Nations government on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, representing one of the largest Coast Salish communities with a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish community ⓘ
First Nations government ⓘ
Indian band government ⓘ
associatedWithLanguageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
collaboratesWith Government of Canada ⓘ
local municipalities in Cowichan Valley ⓘ
provincial government of British Columbia ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
engagesIn cultural preservation ⓘ
land and resource management ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
treaty negotiations ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cowichan (Quw’utsun’) people ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
governedBy elected chief and council ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Coast Salish art ⓘ
ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral histories ⓘ
potlatch traditions ⓘ
traditional fishing practices ⓘ
traditional longhouses ⓘ
weaving and textiles ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Quw’utsun’ Mustimuhw (Cowichan people) ⓘ
linked to: W̱SÁNEĆ people
hasEconomicActivity fisheries ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
small business development ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasGovernmentType band council ⓘ
hasHeadquarters Duncan, British Columbia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver reserve lands in the Cowichan Valley ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’ ⓘ
hasPopulationStatus one of the largest Coast Salish communities ⓘ
one of the largest First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
hasService cultural and language programs ⓘ
education services ⓘ
health services ⓘ
housing services ⓘ
social development programs ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Cowichan Valley ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
locatedNear Cowichan Bay ⓘ
Cowichan River ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
recognizedAs Indian Act band ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cowichan River watershed ⓘ
parts of southeastern Vancouver Island ⓘ

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Coast Salish peoples → hasSubgroup → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Cowichan Tribes → ethnicGroup → Cowichan (Quw’utsun’) people ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Duncan → hasHeritage → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Duncan → hasIndigenousCommunityNearby → Cowichan Tribes First Nation ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Hul’q’umi’num’ → spokenIn → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Cowichan Valley → namedAfter → Cowichan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Cowichan Valley → inhabitedBy → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Cowichan Valley → traditionalTerritoryOf → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Cowichan River → traditionalTerritoryOf → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Songhees people → neighboringPeople → Cowichan people ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Lekwungen people → neighboringGroup → Cowichan people ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Cowichan Bay → hasCulturalAssociationWith → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Duncan, British Columbia → hasNearbyFirstNation → Cowichan First Nation ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes
Coast Salish Nation → hasSubgroup → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Snuneymuxw people → hasNeighboringGroup → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
City of Totems → associatedWith → Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Saanich people → neighboringGroup → Cowichan people ⓘ
linked to: Cowichan Tribes