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    The Nanoose First Nation, also known the Snaw-naw-as First Nation, is a First Nations government located on central Vancouver Island in southwestern British...
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    The Musqueam Nation (Hunquminum: šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ) is a First Nation whose traditional territory encompasses the western half of what is now Greater...
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  • Band Musqueam First Nation Katzie/Katzie First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation SemiahmooSemiahmoo First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (Burrard Band)...
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  • current anglicized spelling was adopted by the early 1870s. The Nanoose First Nation called the peninsula Berry Point. In the early 1800s, a rival tribe...
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    The shíshálh Nation (also spelled Shishalh) is a First Nation located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Their swiya (world, 'Territory’)...
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    Tsleil-Waututh Nation (Halkomelem: səlilwətaɬ, IPA: [səlilwətaɬ]), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band...
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    The Tsawwassen First Nation (Halkomelem: sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ, pronounced [st͡sʼəwaθən məstejəxʷ]) is a First Nations government whose lands are located...
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    The Lummi Nation (/ˈlʌmi/ LUH-mee; Lummi: Xwlemi [xʷləˈmi] or Lhaq'temish; officially known as the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation) is a federally-recognized...
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    The Snuneymuxw First Nation (pronounced [snʊˈneɪməxʷ]) is located in and around the city of Nanaimo on east-central Vancouver Island, British Columbia...
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  • The Songhees First Nation is a First Nations government that represents the Songhees, or Lekwungen people. They are located around Victoria, British Columbia...
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    Kwantlen First Nation (Halkomelem: qw̓ɑ:nƛ̓ə̓n̓) is a First Nations band government in British Columbia, Canada, located primarily on McMillan Island near...
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  • Esquimalt First Nation, also known as the Esquimalt Indian Band and Esquimalt Nation, is a First Nations band government of the Esquimalt people. Historically...
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  • Malahat First Nation is a Coast Salish First Nations community of W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich People) representing approximately 350 members with two reserve lands...
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  • Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations Musqueam First Nation 'Namgis First Nation Nanoose First Nation Nuchatlaht First Nation Nuxalk First Nation Pacheedaht First Nation Pauquachin...
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    The Nuxalk Nation is the band government of the Nuxalk people of Bella Coola, British Columbia. It is a member of the Wuikinuxv-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council...
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  • Halkomelem): Hwlitsum (Lamalcha or Lamalchi) Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) Cowichan Somena (S’amuna’) Quw'utsun Quamichan Clemclemaluts (L’uml’umuluts)...
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    The Stz'uminus First Nation (formerly known as the Chemainus Indian Band and Chemainus First Nation) is a First Nations government located in southeastern...
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  • 122°45′55″W / 49.01111°N 122.76528°W / 49.01111; -122.76528 Semiahmoo First Nation (/ˌsɛmiˈɑːmuː/ SEM-ee-AH-moo) is the band government of the Semiahmoo...
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    The Kwikwetlem First Nation, also known as the Coquitlam Indian Band, is the band government of the Kwikwetlem, a Sto:lo people living in the Coquitlam...
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  • The Tsartlip First Nation is a First Nation located on the Saanich Peninsula, in Saanich territory on Vancouver Island. They are a member of the Sencot'en...
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    Tla'amin First Nation (Comox language: ɬəʔamɛn), formerly Sliammon Indian Band or Sliammon First Nation, is a First Nations self governing nation whose lands...
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    Island. With over 3,800 registered members, it is the single largest First Nations band in British Columbia. When the band was created pursuant to the...
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    in other ways. The Lummi Nation reacquired around 10 percent of reservation land into trust, and in the 1980s, the Lummi Nation opened a restaurant-boating...
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    Treaty Association along with the Malahat, Nanoose, Songhees, and T'Souke Nations. The Sc'ianew First Nation number 261 (as of March, 2020). Sc'ianew lands...
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  • The book Musqueam: A Living Culture, a publication by the Musqueam First Nation, refers to it explicitly as a "grass". Wayne Suttles in the Musqueam...
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  • The Sts'ailes Nation formerly known as Chehalis First Nation /ʃəˈheɪlɪs/ (Halkomelem: Sts'a'í:les) is the band government of the Sts'Ailes people, whose...
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    The Homalco First Nation (Comox language: Xwémalhkwu, also spelled χʷɛmaɬku) is a First Nations government located in Bute Inlet near the upper Sunshine...
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  • This is a list of First Nations governments (also band governments) in the Canadian province of British Columbia. "First Nation" refers to the Aboriginal...
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    The Quinault Indian Nation (/kwɪˈnɒlt/ or /kwɪˈnɔːlt/; QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized...
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  • Aitchelitz First Nation Leq'á:mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum First Nation Skway First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Squiala...
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