• The Shuswap language (/ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/; Secwepemctsín, [ʃəxʷəpəməxˈtʃin]) is a northern Interior Salish language traditionally spoken by the Shuswap people...
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    Secwépemc (redirect from Shuswap Indians)
    one of the Salishan languages, known as Secwepemctsín or Shuswap. Secwepemcúĺecw, the traditional territory or country of the Shuswap people, ranges from...
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    Shuswap Lake (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) is a lake located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little Shuswap River...
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  • Shuswap language, a language spoken by the Secwepemc Shuswap River, a river in the Monashee Mountains and North Okanagan of British Columbia Shuswap Country...
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    been sporadically known as Okanagan—Shuswap. North Okanagan–Shuswap consists of Subdivision C of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and the North Okanagan...
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    Kamloops (redirect from Fort Shuswap)
    "Kamloops" is the anglicized version of the Shuswap word "Tk'əmlúps", meaning "meeting of the waters". Shuswap is still spoken in the area by members of...
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    List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
    native languages, e.g. Alkali Lake, British Columbia is Esket in the Shuswap language; Lytton, British Columbia is Camchin in the Thompson language (often...
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    Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless...
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    The Canim Lake Band (Shuswap language: Tsq'escen') is a First Nations government of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation, located in the Central Interior region...
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    Same-sex marriage in British Columbia (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    [təkˀsəlˈʔilˀt stɬˀəlˈsqaləxʷ]) in Shuswap, sƛ̓émxn sməlek̓ʷózeʔ in Thompson, and chʼéychʼiyúya ḵwáliwan in Sechelt. In the Okanagan language, two-spirit people are...
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    Arm The Shuswap is often referred to in tandem form: Kamloops-Shuswap, Columbia-Shuswap, Okanagan-Shuswap/Shuswap-Okanagan. Kamloops-Shuswap, former federal...
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  • The Williams Lake First Nation (Shuswap language: T’exelcemc) is a First Nations government of the Secwépemc Nation, located in the Cariboo region of the...
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    American mink (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    weasels and other indigenous animals as heroes.[citation needed] Abenaki language Western Abnaki: mosbas Penobscot: mósəpehso Alabama: sakihpa Aleut: ilgitux̂...
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  • preaching in the Shuswap language at the Mission in 1877; the Indigenous people mocked his inability to properly speak their language[source?]. Despite...
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    Interior The extinct Nicola Athapaskans, or Stuwix ("strangers" in the Shuswap language), migrated south from northern BC into the Nicola Valley region in...
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    Mount Robson (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    Mount Robson Yexyexéscen (Shuswap) Highest point Elevation 3,954 m (12,972 ft) Prominence 2,829 m (9,281 ft) Isolation 460 km (290 mi)  Listing World...
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    Voiceless labial–velar fricative (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    labial–velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...
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  • Skwlax te Secwepemculecw (Shuswap language: Skwlax) is a First Nations band government of a community of the Secwepemc Nation, located in the Central Interior...
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    job; English is now the predominant language within the Shuswap Nation and the survival of the Shuswap language is uncertain." In 1982, the building...
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    Tranquille (Shuswap language: Pellqweq'wíle) is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast side of Kamloops...
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    Gustafsen Lake standoff (category Articles containing Shuswap-language text)
    British Columbia, Canada, at Gustafsen Lake (known as Tsʼpeten in the Shuswap language). The standoff began on August 18, 1995, and lasted for 31 days, ending...
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  • Adams Lake Indian Band (category Shuswap Country)
    The Adams Lake Indian Band (Shuswap language: Sexqeltqin) is a member of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation. It was created when the government of the Colony...
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    dairy and farmlands of the Spallumcheen Valley (a name derived from a Shuswap language word with multiple meanings: "beautiful valley", "flat meadow", "meeting...
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  • Northern Shuswap Tribal Council Secwepemc Shuswap language (Secwepemcstin) Gustafsen Lake Standoff List of tribal councils in British Columbia Shuswap Nation...
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  • not a member of either the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council or the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council. In the Shuswap language, the people of Alkali Lake are...
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  • Dufferin (Shuswap language: Txwiyéyut) is a neighbourhood of the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Originally its own municipality, created in...
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  • the Regional District of North Okanagan. The name is derived from a Shuswap language word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin"...
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  • The West End (Shuswap language: Tk'emlul̓pe) is a South Shore neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia in Canada. It is the city's oldest residential...
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    Adams Lake (category Shuswap Country)
    British Columbia, which separates the Thompson and Shuswap regions and the Thompson–Nicola and Columbia–Shuswap regional districts. The upper reaches lie in...
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  • Westsyde (Shuswap language: Simpcwétkwe) is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the west...
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