Coast Salish peoples

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The Coast Salish peoples are a group of culturally and linguistically related Indigenous nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their complex social systems, rich artistic traditions, and deep connections to the land and waterways of the Salish Sea region.

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Generate an image of the Coast Salish peoples (The Coast Salish peoples are a group of culturally and linguistically related Indigenous nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their complex social systems, rich artistic traditions, and deep connections to the land and waterways of the Salish Sea region.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples ⓘ
cultural group ⓘ
linguistic group ⓘ
affectedBy Canadian Indian Act policies ⓘ
European colonization ⓘ
U.S. treaty-making in the 1850s ⓘ
smallpox epidemics ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
engagedIn cultural revitalization ⓘ
land rights and title struggles ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
hasConcept sacred relationship with land and waterways ⓘ
stewardship of salmon and marine resources ⓘ
territorial rights based on kinship and use ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait bilateral kinship ⓘ
clan and lineage-based identities ⓘ
elaborate naming practices ⓘ
extended family households ⓘ
hereditary leadership ⓘ
inter-village alliances ⓘ
longhouse architecture ⓘ
marriage alliances ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
place-based spirituality ⓘ
ranked social structure ⓘ
resource stewardship practices ⓘ
ritual gift-giving ⓘ
seasonal round of resource use ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
spirit dancing ⓘ
use of cedar for housing and material culture ⓘ
use of reef net fishing in some groups ⓘ
use of woolly dog and mountain goat wool historically ⓘ
winter ceremonialism ⓘ
hasLanguage Comox language ⓘ
Halkomelem ⓘ
Lummi language ⓘ
Nooksack language ⓘ
Northern Lushootseed ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed

Northern Straits Salish ⓘ
SENĆOŦEN ⓘ
Sechelt language ⓘ
Southern Lushootseed ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed

Squamish language ⓘ
Straits Salish languages ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed
hasSubgroup Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Duwamish people ⓘ
Esquimalt Nation ⓘ
linked to: Esquimalt, Canada

Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples ⓘ
Katzie First Nation ⓘ
Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples ⓘ
Kwikwetlem First Nation ⓘ
Lummi Nation ⓘ
Makah-related but distinct Coast Salish neighbors ⓘ
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe ⓘ
Musqueam people ⓘ
Nisqually people ⓘ
Nooksack people ⓘ
Penelakut Tribe ⓘ
Puyallup Tribe ⓘ
Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) peoples ⓘ
Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation ⓘ
Semiahmoo First Nation ⓘ
Shíshálh Nation ⓘ
Snohomish people ⓘ
Snuneymuxw First Nation ⓘ
Songhees Nation ⓘ
Squamish people ⓘ
Sto꞉lo peoples ⓘ
Suquamish Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Suquamish

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community ⓘ
linked to: Lummi Nation

Tla’amin Nation ⓘ
Tsawout First Nation ⓘ
Tsawwassen First Nation ⓘ
Tsleil-Waututh Nation ⓘ
Tulalip Tribes ⓘ
knownFor basketry ⓘ
canoe culture ⓘ
coastally oriented fishing economy ⓘ
complex social systems ⓘ
house posts and poles ⓘ
potlatch-like ceremonial practices ⓘ
rich artistic traditions ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
languageBranch Coast Salish languages ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
materialCulture bark and root baskets ⓘ
cedar plank longhouses ⓘ
dugout canoes ⓘ
stone and bone tools ⓘ
woven blankets ⓘ
primaryRegion Salish Sea ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
religion Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
spiritualPractice first salmon ceremonies ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
spirit power quests ⓘ
winter dances ⓘ
timeDepth pre-contact period thousands of years ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ

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Pacific Northwest → indigenousPeoples → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Chief Seattle → ethnicity → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Coast Salish peoples → hasSubgroup → Squamish people ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Coast Salish peoples → hasSubgroup → Sto꞉lo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Coast Salish peoples → hasSubgroup → Saanich (W̱SÁNEĆ) peoples ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Chinookan peoples → neighboringGroup → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Vancouver Island → hasIndigenousPeoples → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Stanley Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Indigenous peoples of the Coast Salish Nations ⓘ
subject linked to: Stanley Park, Vancouver
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Lushootseed → subfamily → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Lushootseed → spokenBy → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Suquamish → partOf → Coast Salish ⓘ
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Suquamish → culturalAffiliation → Lushootseed-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Princess Angeline → culture → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Duwamish people → partOf → Coast Salish cultural group ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Duwamish people → subgroupOf → Lushootseed-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Duwamish people → culture → Coast Salish culture ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Sealth → culture → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Duwamish → partOf → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
SENĆOŦEN → subfamily → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples → subgroupOf → Halkomelem-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples → partOf → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples → culturalRegion → Coast Salish territory ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Salish Sea → namedAfter → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Salish Sea → ethnicallySignificantFor → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Musqueam people → hasCulturalAffiliation → Coast Salish culture ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Songhees Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Lummi language → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Northern Straits Salish → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Tsleil-Waututh Nation → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Cowlitz people → relatedEthnicGroup → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Penelakut Tribe → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Penelakut Tribe → partOf → Coast Salish Nations ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Penelakut Tribe → hasCulturalRegion → Coast Salish territory ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Penelakut Tribe → culturalGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Cowichan Tribes → partOf → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Cowichan Tribes → hasCulturalHeritage → Coast Salish art ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Salishan languages → spokenBy → Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Tsawwassen First Nation → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Katzie First Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Kwikwetlem First Nation → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Kwikwetlem First Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Nooksack people → culturalGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Nooksack people → partOf → Coast Salish cultural and linguistic group ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Lummi Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Lummi Nation → ethnicGroup → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Tsawout First Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Tsawout First Nation → hasCulturalAffiliation → Coast Salish ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples
Semiahmoo First Nation → partOf → Coast Salish cultural group ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish peoples