Wetʼsuwetʼen people

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The Wetʼsuwetʼen people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct hereditary governance system, language, and culture deeply tied to their traditional territories and waterways.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wetʼsuwetʼen people canonical 2
Nadot'en people 1
Wetsuwetʼen people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
hasBandGovernment Burns Lake Band ⓘ
Moricetown Band ⓘ
Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band ⓘ
Office of the Wetʼsuwetʼen ⓘ
Skin Tyee Nation ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation ⓘ
hasClan Gilseyhu clan ⓘ
Gitdumden clan ⓘ
Laksamshu clan ⓘ
Laksilyu clan ⓘ
Tsayu clan ⓘ
hasContemporaryIssue pipeline development disputes ⓘ
resource extraction conflicts ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice feast system ⓘ
fishing for salmon ⓘ
hunting and trapping ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
hasGovernanceSystem clan-based governance ⓘ
hereditary chief system ⓘ
hasLanguage Wetʼsuwetʼen language ⓘ
hasLegalCase Delgamuukw v. British Columbia ⓘ
hasLegalIssue Aboriginal title in British Columbia ⓘ
land rights and sovereignty ⓘ
hasNeighboringPeople Carrier Sekani people ⓘ
Dakelh people ⓘ
Gitxsan people ⓘ
Tsimshian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
hasSocialStructure matrilineal clan system ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Dene languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
partOf Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples
recognizedBy Government of British Columbia ⓘ
Government of Canada ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Bulkley River watershed ⓘ
Bulkley Valley ⓘ
Morice River watershed ⓘ
Wetʼsuwetʼen Yintah ⓘ
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen

areas around Burns Lake, British Columbia ⓘ
areas around Houston, British Columbia ⓘ
areas around Smithers, British Columbia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Skeena River → culturalSignificanceFor → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ
Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Wetsuwetʼen people ⓘ
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Babine language → spokenBy → Nadot'en people ⓘ
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Witsuwitʼen language → spokenBy → Witsuwitʼen people ⓘ
linked to: Wetʼsuwetʼen people
Gitxsan people → hasNeighbor → Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ