First Nations of British Columbia

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First Nations of British Columbia are the diverse Indigenous peoples and nations whose traditional territories span what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia, each with distinct cultures, languages, and governance systems.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples collective ⓘ
ethnocultural group ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governedBy band councils ⓘ
hereditary chiefs ⓘ
self-government agreements ⓘ
tribal councils ⓘ
hasOrganization First Nations Education Steering Committee ⓘ
First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia ⓘ
First Nations Health Authority ⓘ
hasPart Ahousaht First Nation ⓘ
BC Assembly of First Nations ⓘ
Blueberry River First Nations ⓘ
Carrier Sekani First Nations ⓘ
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council ⓘ
Coast Salish First Nations ⓘ
Cowichan Tribes ⓘ
Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations ⓘ
Doig River First Nation ⓘ
Esquimalt Nation ⓘ
First Nations Summit ⓘ
Fort Nelson First Nation ⓘ
Gitgaʼat First Nation ⓘ
Gitxsan First Nation ⓘ
Haida Nation ⓘ
Haisla Nation ⓘ
linked to: Haisla people

Haisla Nation Council ⓘ
Halfway River First Nation ⓘ
Heiltsuk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Heiltsuk

Heiltsuk Tribal Council ⓘ
linked to: Heiltsuk

Kaska Dena First Nations ⓘ
Kitselas First Nation ⓘ
Kitsumkalum First Nation ⓘ
Ktunaxa Nation ⓘ
Kwakwakaʼwakw First Nations ⓘ
Lheidli Tʼenneh First Nation ⓘ
Lilʼwat Nation ⓘ
linked to: Lil’wat Nation

Metlakatla First Nation ⓘ
Musqueam Indian Band ⓘ
Nisgaʼa Nation ⓘ
linked to: Nisga’a Nation

Nlakaʼpamux First Nations ⓘ
Nlakaʼpamux Nation Tribal Council ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth Nations ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council ⓘ
Nuxalk Nation ⓘ
Okanagan Nation Alliance ⓘ
Old Massett Village Council ⓘ
linked to: Old Massett

Osoyoos Indian Band ⓘ
Saikʼuz First Nation ⓘ
Saulteau First Nations ⓘ
Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nations ⓘ
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council ⓘ
Skeetchestn Indian Band ⓘ
Skidegate Band Council ⓘ
Songhees Nation ⓘ
Squamish Nation ⓘ
Sto꞉lo First Nations ⓘ
Syilx Okanagan Nation ⓘ
Tahltan Nation ⓘ
Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc ⓘ
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation ⓘ
Tlaʼamin Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tla’amin Nation

Tlingit First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
Treaty 8 First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Treaty 8

Tsawwassen First Nation ⓘ
Tsilhqotʼin (Chilcotin) Nations ⓘ
Tsilhqotʼin National Government ⓘ
Tsimshian First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian Nation

Tsleil-Waututh Nation ⓘ
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs ⓘ
West Moberly First Nations ⓘ
Westbank First Nation ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation ⓘ
hasRight Aboriginal rights under Canadian law ⓘ
Aboriginal title recognized by Canadian courts ⓘ
hasTreatyProcess BC Treaty Process ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan (Dene) languages ⓘ
Haida language ⓘ
Kutenai language ⓘ
Salishan languages ⓘ
Tlingit language ⓘ
linked to: Tlingit

Tsimshianic languages ⓘ
Wakashan languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
partOf First Nations in Canada ⓘ
linked to: First Nations
recognizedBy Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada) ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Fraser River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River basin

Haida Gwaii ⓘ
Interior Plateau ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
Peace River region ⓘ
Rocky Mountains region ⓘ
Skeena River watershed ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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

Songhees Nation → memberOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
Museum of Anthropology at UBC → focusesOn → First Nations of the Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Government of British Columbia → collaboratesWith → First Nations governments in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Lytton First Nation → category → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Scw’exmx Tribal Council → associatedWith → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Cooks Ferry Indian Band → partOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
Ashcroft Indian Band → category → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people → membershipIn → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
First Peoples Gallery → exhibitionSubject → Indigenous peoples of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
First Peoples Gallery → exhibitionSubject → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
First Peoples Gallery → associatedWith → Indigenous communities of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Gitanmaax → partOf → Indigenous communities of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Gitanmaax → partOf → First Nations of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Hul’qumi’num’ Treaty Group → representsIndigenousPeoples → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Hartley Bay → partOf → North Coast Indigenous communities of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
British Columbia Treaty Process → involves → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Sechelt people → partOf → Indigenous peoples in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Pauquachin First Nation → isPartOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
Sliammon First Nation → partOf → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Okanogan/Okanagan watershed → relevantTo → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Great Bear Sea region → stewardedBy → Coastal First Nations ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia → worksWith → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Sekani people → recognizedAs → First Nations in British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Siska Indian Band → partOf → First Nations of British Columbia ⓘ
Esdilagh First Nation → category → First Nations governments in British Columbia ⓘ
subject linked to: ?Esdilagh First Nation
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia
Stó:lō Tribal Council → peopleServed → Indigenous peoples of the Fraser River valley ⓘ
linked to: First Nations of British Columbia