Squamish history is the series of past events, both passed on through oral tradition and recent history, of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), a people indigenous...
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The Squamish people (Squamish: Skwxwúʔmesh listen, historically transliterated as Sko-ko-mish) are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast...
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The Squamish Nation is a First Nations government of the Squamish people. The Squamish Nation government includes an elected council and an administrative...
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Squamish (/ˈskwɔːmɪʃ/ SKWAW-mish; Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim, sníchim meaning "language") is a Coast Salish language spoken by the Squamish people of the Pacific...
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oral traditions, please see History of the Squamish people#Oral history and History of the Squamish people#Stories. The Sts'Ailes, who live at Chehalis...
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Senakw (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
of the Indigenous Squamish people, located near what is now known as the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1869 the Colonial...
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Siwash Rock (category Squamish people)
British Columbia, Canada's Stanley Park. A legend among the Indigenous Squamish people surrounds the rock. It is between 15 and 18 metres (49 and 59 ft) tall...
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In the late 1870s, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh communities on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet experienced an increase of physical and economic encroachment...
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Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before European colonization have been difficult to establish. Estimates have varied widely...
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Sea to Sky Gondola (category Squamish, British Columbia)
The Sea to Sky Gondola is a privately owned recreational aerial tramway about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Squamish, British Columbia. On BC-99, it offers views...
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Stawamus (village) (category Squamish villages)
are of British Isles ethnic origin). The Community Profile for the same year, however, says 97 and 100. History of the Squamish people Squamish Nation...
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August Jack Khatsahlano (category Squamish people (individuals))
Indigenous/Aboriginal chief of the Squamish people. He was born in the village of X̱wáýx̱way [citation needed] or Chaythoos on the peninsula that is now Stanley...
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Squamish culture is the customs, arts, music, lifestyle, food, painting and sculpture, moral systems and social institutions of the Squamish indigenous...
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as the Squamish Indian Residential School or St. Francis Indian Residential School) was a Canadian Indian residential school located in the City of North...
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Bowen Island (category Articles containing Squamish-language text)
Nex̱wlélex̱wm in the Squamish language of the Squamish people.: 235 The Squamish peoples used and occupied the area around Howe Sound including Bowen...
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held in Squamish, British Columbia, over the second weekend in August. In 2015, its last year, it had an attendance of over 120,000 people. The festival...
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The Squamish Five (sometimes referred to as the Vancouver Five) were a group of self-styled "urban guerrillas" active in Canada during the early 1980s...
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Whistler, British Columbia (redirect from Resort Municipality of Whistler)
(Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Cwitima, IPA: [xʷetemɛ]; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh: Sḵwiḵw, IPA: [sqʷɛqʷ]) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British...
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X̱wemelch'stn (category Squamish villages)
large community within the Squamish Nation of the Squamish people, who are a part of the Coast Salish ethnic and linguistic group. The name X̱wemelch'stn...
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was the residence of Squamish historian August Jack Khatsahlano. The Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast had achieved a very high level of cultural...
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Simon Baker (Canadian actor) (category Living people)
Baker III (born March 30, 1986) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent. He has appeared in Strange Empire (2014), Murdoch Mysteries...
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Mount Garibaldi (category Squamish people)
Mount Garibaldi (Squamish: Nch'ḵay̓, pronounced [n̩.ʧʼqɛˀj̰]) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern...
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The Lions, known as Ch'ích'iyúy Elx̱wíḵn ("The Twin Sisters") in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language, are a pair of pointed peaks (West Lion – 1,646 m...
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including the Squamish, Nooksack, Halkomelem-speaking peoples, the Klallam, and the other Northern Straits-speaking peoples. The Lummi are part of the North Straits...
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of the Squamish and the St'at'imc as well as other Salish tribes, a section of the Squamish, particularly the Native Youth Movement, opposes the expropriation...
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Squamish Tillamook Sliammon (Tla A'min) Tsleil-Waututh T'Sou-ke Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) St'at'imc (Lillooet) Nlaka'pamux (Thompson River people)...
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Schenks and Chekwelp (category Squamish villages)
told in the oral history as the birthplace of the Squamish, after what they call the Great Flood. There are two Indian reserves of the Squamish Nation...
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Snug Cove (category Squamish people)
of the mainland, and has a population of around 3,700 people. The Squamish hunters and fishermen were the first people to stay in the area using the site...
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Chiyakmesh (category Squamish villages)
community of the Indigenous Squamish people, located near Squamish, British Columbia. The name of the Cheakamus River comes from the name of this community...
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