Songish

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Songish is an alternate name for the Songhees Nation, a Coast Salish Indigenous people whose traditional territory includes the area around present-day Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Songish canonical 3

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alternateName Songhees ⓘ
Songhees Nation ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Songhees Nation ⓘ
governedBy Songhees Nation band government ⓘ
linked to: Songhees Nation
hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Coast Salish territories ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish region
hasMainCommunityNear Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
hasNeighboringCity Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
hasNeighboringIndigenousGroup Esquimalt Nation ⓘ
hasPeopleName Songhees people ⓘ
isIndigenousTo Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish cultural group ⓘ
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in British Columbia ⓘ
region Southern Vancouver Island ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Strait of Juan de Fuca region ⓘ
area around present-day Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
southern tip of Vancouver Island ⓘ

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