Wetʼsuwetʼen

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The Wetʼsuwetʼen are an Indigenous First Nations people of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct governance system, language, and territory along the Bulkley and Morice rivers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wetʼsuwetʼen canonical 6
Wetʼsuwetʼen Yintah 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
asserts Aboriginal title over traditional territory ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice potlatch ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast of North America ⓘ
culturalRevitalization land-based cultural education ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
governanceConflict dispute between hereditary chiefs and elected band councils ⓘ
governanceSystem clan-based system ⓘ
hereditary chief system ⓘ
hasBandGovernment Moricetown Band ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation ⓘ
hasClan Gilseyhu clan ⓘ
Gitdumden clan ⓘ
Laksamshu clan ⓘ
Laksilyu clan ⓘ
Tsayu clan ⓘ
hasCommunity Moricetown (Witset) ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation community at Palling Reserve ⓘ
hasOrganization Office of the Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
hasPopulationCenter Houston, British Columbia region ⓘ
Smithers region ⓘ
involvedIn Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict ⓘ
Delgamuukw–Gisdayʼwa land claims case ⓘ
language Wetʼsuwetʼen language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
neighboringGroup Carrier Sekani ⓘ
linked to: Carrier (Dakelh)

Gitxsan ⓘ
Nisgaʼa ⓘ
linked to: Nisga'a people
notableLegalCase Delgamuukw v. British Columbia ⓘ
partOf Dene peoples ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation under Canadian law ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
region Bulkley Valley ⓘ
Nechako Plateau ⓘ
religion traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Bulkley River region ⓘ
Morice River region ⓘ
treatyStatus largely untreatied territory ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Wetʼsuwetʼen language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Gitxsan → neighboringPeople → Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
Gitxsan → sharesCaseWith → Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
Bulkley River → culturalSignificanceFor → Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
Skeena Country → hasIndigenousPeoples → Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen people → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Wetʼsuwetʼen Yintah ⓘ
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen