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Encyclopedia > First Nations in British Columbia

First Nations in British Columbia constitute a large number of peoples. Many of these First Nations are affiliated to each other in Tribal Councils. First Nations ethnicities in British Columbia include Haida, Salish, and Nisga'a. Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) • Land 925,186 km² • Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Haida Haida Copper Shield The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America. ... The Coast Salish are a Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American culture that inhabited an area centered in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and western Washington in the United States for several millennia up to the time of arrival of the Europeans in the 19th century. ... The Nisgaa (pronounced Nis-gah) are of the First Nations of Canada. ...

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First Nations in British Columbia

  • Acho Dene Koe
  • Alexandria Indian Band
  • Alexis Creek
  • Blueberry River First Nations
  • Boothroyd Indian Band
  • Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  • Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
  • Chehalis Indian Band
  • Cheslatta Indian Band
  • Da'naxda'xw First Nation
  • Dease River First Nation
  • Ditidaht First Nation
  • Doig River First Nation
  • Douglas First Nation
  • Esketemc First Nation
  • Fort Nelson First Nation
  • Gitsegukla Indian Band
  • Glen Vowell Indian Band
  • Gwawaenuk Tribe
  • Halfway River First Nations
  • Heiltsuk Nation
  • High Bar First Nation
  • Homalco Indian Band
  • Iskut First Nation
  • Kanaka Bar Indian Band
  • Katzie First Nation
  • Klahoose First Nation
  • Kwadacha Band
  • Kwakiutl Nation
  • Kwiakah First Nations
  • Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish Tribes
  • Kwikwetlem First Nation
  • Lake Babine Nation
  • Lheidli-T'enneh Band
  • Liard First Nation
  • Little Shuswap Indian Band
  • Lower Post First Nation
  • Lytton First Nation
  • Maa-nulth First Nations
  • Mamalilikulla-Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em Band
  • McLeod Lake Indian Band
  • Musqueam Indian Band
  • Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band
  • Nicomen Indian Band
  • N'quatqua Band
  • Nuxálk Nation
  • Peters Band
  • Prophet River Band
  • Qayqayt First Nation
  • Samahquam First Nation
  • Saulteau First Nation
  • Sechelt Indian Band
  • Semaihmoo First Nation
  • Skatin First Nation
  • Skin Tyee Band
  • Skuppah Indian Band
  • Skwah First Nation
  • Sliammon First Nation
  • Squamish First Nation
  • Stone Indian Band (Yunesit'in)
  • Tahltan Indian Band
  • Taku River Tlingit First Nation
  • Tlatlasikwala Nation
  • Tlowitsis First Nation
  • Tsawataineuk Indian Band
  • Tsawwassen First Nation
  • Tsay Keh Dene Band
  • Tsi Del Del
  • Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
  • Union Bar Indian Band
  • West Moberly First Nations
  • Wuikinuxv First Nation
  • Xaxli'p First Nation
  • Yale First Nation
  • Yekooche First Nation

The Carcross/Tagish First Nation is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. ... The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. ... Heiltsuk (pronounced HAIL-tsuk) (also Bella Bella) is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by a few Haihai and Bella Bella First Nations peoples around Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia. ... The Liard River First Nation is a First Nation in the southeastern Yukon Territory in Canada. ... The Musqueam are the only Indian band whose reserve lies within the boundaries of the City of Vancouver. ... The Nuxálk Nation (pronounced Nu-halk) (also referred to as the Nuxalk, or Bella Coola) are a First Nation in Canada, living in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia. ... The Skatin First Nation are a band of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation, a small breakaway group of the larger Statimc people. ... The Squamish First Nation are a major Salishan-speaking people of southwestern Squamish. ... The Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, also known as the Burrard Band, are a Squamish-speaking people, and are closely related to but politically separate from the nearby reserves of the Squamish and Musqueam First Nations. ...

First Nations of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council

First Nations of the Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council

Lhoosk'uz Dene Government | Lhtako Dene Nation | Nazko First Nation | Toosey Indian Band | Ulkatcho First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council

First Nations of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council

Burns Lake Indian Band | Nadleh Whut'en Band | Nak'azdli Indian Band | Saik'uz First Nation | Stellat'en First Nation | Takla Lake First Nation | Tl'azt'en Nation | Wet'suwet'en First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council

First Nations of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council

Columbia Lake Indian Band | Lower Kootenay Indian Band | Shuswap Indian Band | St. Mary's Indian Band | Tobacco Plains Indian Band Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Lillooet Tribal Council

First Nations of the Lillooet Tribal Council

Bridge River Indian Band | Cayoose Creek Band | Lil'wat First Nation | Seton Lake Band | T'it'q'et First Nation | Ts'kw'aylaxw First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Nicola Tribal Association

First Nations of the Nicola Tribal Association

Coldwater Indian Band | Cook's Ferry Indian Band | Lower Nicola Indian Band | Nooaitch Indian Band | Shackan Indian Band | Siska Indian Band | Upper Nicola Band Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw

First Nations of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw

Canim Lake Band | Canoe Creek Indian Band | Soda Creek Indian Band | Williams Lake Indian Band Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council

First Nations of the Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council

Ashcroft Indian Band | Boothroyd Indian Band | Boston Bar First Nation | Oregon Jack Creek Band | Spuzzum First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Okanagan Nation Alliance

First Nations of the Okanagan Nation Alliance

Lower Simikameen Indian Band | Okanagan Indian Band | Osoyoos Indian Band | Penticton Indian Band | Upper Nicola Band | Upper Similkameen Indian Band | Westbank First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council

First Nations of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council

Adams Lake Indian Band | Bonaparte Indian Band | Kamloops Indian Band | Neskonlith Indian Band | North Thompson Indian Band | Skeetchestn Indian Band | Spallumcheen Indian Band | Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... The Kamloops Indian Band is one of the largest of the 17 groups into which the Secwepemc (Shuswap) native nation was divided when the British government established an Indian reserve system in British Columbia in the 1860s. ...

First Nations of the Stó:lô Nation

First Nations of the Stó:lô Nation

Aitchelitz Band | Chawathil First Nation | Cheam Indian Band | Kwantlen First Nation | Kwaw-kwaw-a-pilt First Nation | Lakahahmen First Nation | Matsqui First Nation | Popkum Band | Scowlitz First Nation | Seabird Island Band | Skway First Nation | Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation | Skawahlook First Nation | Skowkale First Nation | Soowahlie First Nation | Squiala First Nation | Sumas First Nation | Tzeachten First Nation | Yakweakwioosse Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations of the Tsimshian Nation

First Nations of the Tsimshian Nation

Gitga'at First Nation | Kitasoo Band Council | Kitkatla First Nation | Kitselas Indian Band | Kitsumkalum Band | Laxkw'alaams Indian Band | Metlakatla Band Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ...

First Nations on Vancouver Island

First Nations on Vancouver Island

Ahousaht First Nation | Beecher Bay First Nation | Campbell River Indian Band | Cape Mudge Band | Chemainus First Nation | Cowichan Tribes | Ehattesaht First Nation | Esquimault Nation | Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation | Halalt First Nation | Hesquiaht First Nation | Hupacasath First Nation | Huu-ay-aht First Nation | Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation | K՗moks Nation | Kwicksutaineuk First Nation | Lake Cowichan First Nation | Lyackson First Nations | Malahat Indian Band | Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations | 'Namgis First Nation | Nanoose First Nation | Nuchatlaht First Nation | Pacheedaht First Nation | Pauquachin First Nation | Penelakut Indian Band | Qualicum First Nation | Quatsino First Nation | Scia'new First Nation | Snuneymuxw First Nation | Songhees First Nation | Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations | Toquaht First Nation | Tsartlip First Nation | Tsawout First Nation | Tseshaht First Nation | Tseycum First Nation | T'sou-ke Nation | Uchucklesaht Tribe | Ucuelet First Nation Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or M̩tis. ... Located off Canadas Pacific coast and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia Vancouver Island is, at 32,134 square kilometers (12,407 square miles), the largest island on the western side of the Americas. ... Laich-kwil-tach is the proper spelling in the Kwakwala language of the name used for themselves by the Southern Kwakiutl people of Quadra Island and Campbell River. ... The Hesquiaht First Nation (pronounced Hesh-kwit or Hes-kwee-at) is a Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ... The Kwicksutaineuk First Nation is a First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, on Vancouver Island. ... The Snuneymuxw First Nation (pronounced Snoo-NEIGH-muk) are a First Nation of Coast Salish people. ... The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (formerly referred to as the Clayoquot, both pronounced Clay-kwot), are a First Nation in Canada. ... The Tsou-ke Nation is a First Nation located on Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ...

External links

  • Government of British Columbia's list of First Nations, Bands, and Tribal Councils
  • Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC: includes a lot of great info about the First Nations of BC, their culture, history and opportunities to experience these today with Native-owned travel and tourism businesses in the province


 
 

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