Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw

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Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw is the Squamish Nation, an Indigenous Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest with deep cultural, spiritual, and territorial ties to their ancestral lands in what is now southwestern British Columbia.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw canonical 4
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh 2
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
First Nation government ⓘ
Indigenous nation ⓘ
assertsRightsOver land, waters, and resources in their traditional territory ⓘ
governs Squamish Indian Band reserves ⓘ
hasCouncil Squamish Nation Council ⓘ
linked to: Squamish Nation
hasCulturalAffiliation Coast Salish culture ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (joint with Lil’wat Nation) ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice canoe carving ⓘ
longhouse ceremonies ⓘ
potlatch traditions ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
hasCulturalSymbol canoe ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
thunderbird ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cultural enterprises ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
real estate development ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEducationInstitution Squamish Nation Training and Trades Centre ⓘ
hasEndonym Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw ⓘ
hasEnglishName Squamish Nation ⓘ
hasGovernmentType Indian Act band government ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act band
hasHeadOfGovernmentTitle Khelsilem (Council Chairperson, as of 2020s) ⓘ
hasHeadquarters North Vancouver, British Columbia ⓘ
hasLanguage Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim ⓘ
hasPeopleName Squamish people ⓘ
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ⓘ
hasPopulationApprox over 4,000 registered members ⓘ
hasSpiritualConnectionTo ancestral lands in southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritory Burrard Inlet ⓘ
English Bay ⓘ
Fraser River lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River Delta

Howe Sound ⓘ
North Shore of Vancouver ⓘ
Squamish River valley ⓘ
linked to: Squamish Valley

Sunshine Coast ⓘ
hasUrbanPresenceIn City of Vancouver ⓘ
linked to: Vancouver

District of North Vancouver ⓘ
District of West Vancouver ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Southwestern British Columbia ⓘ
participatesIn treaty and rights negotiations in British Columbia ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish region

Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
Province of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia
subgroupOf Central Coast Salish ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Nch’ḵay̓ → culturalSignificanceFor → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw ⓘ
Nch’ḵay̓ → locatedOnTraditionalTerritoryOf → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw ⓘ
Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim) → autonym → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim ⓘ
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish Nation → hasEndonym → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw ⓘ
Squamish people → autonym → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ⓘ
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Squamish people → peopleNameInSquamish → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh ⓘ
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw → hasEndonym → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw ⓘ
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw → hasPeopleName → Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ⓘ
linked to: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw