• The Penelakut First Nation is the band government of the Penelakut people on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The six tribes of The Penelakut...
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    The Penelakut are a large (about 1000 individuals) Hul'qumi'num-speaking First Nation. They live primarily on Penelakut Island (formerly Kuper Island)...
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    Other First Nations began to undertake their own surveys of sites of local Indian schools. In response, Steve Sxwithul'txw of the Penelakut First Nation, carver...
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    funding from the Department of Indian Affairs. On 12 July 2021, the Penelakut First Nation announced that more than 160 unmarked graves had been found on the...
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    The Sc'ianew First Nation or Beecher Bay First Nation is a First Nations group, governed by a band governmental body of the same name. They are a party...
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    Penelakut Island (called Kuper Island by most people between 1851–2010) is located in the southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland...
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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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    The Tsawwassen First Nation (Halkomelem: sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ, pronounced [st͡sʼəwaθən məstejəxʷ]) is a First Nations government whose lands are located...
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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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  • Pauquachin First Nation Penelakut Indian Band Popkum Band Qualicum First Nation Quatsino First Nation Scia'new First Nation Scowlitz First Nation Seabird...
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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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  • The Aitchelitz First Nation (Halkomelem: Áthelets), also known as the Aitchelitz Band, is a First Nations band government of the Sto:lo people, located...
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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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    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 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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    Galiano Island was long inhabited by Indigenous peoples from the Penelakut First Nation as well as other Coast Salish peoples. Midden pits at Montague Harbour...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • (Qwum’yiqun’) Khenipsen (Hinupsum) Kilpahlas (Tl’ulpalus) Koksilah (Hwulqwselu) Penelakut Hunquminum (Downriver Halkomelem) Musqueam Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) Katzie...
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  • The Leq'á:mel First Nation, formerly known as Lakahahmen First Nation, is a First Nations band government whose community and offices are located in the...
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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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  • memo sent to band members on July 8, 2021, Chief Joan Brown of the Penelakut First Nation made reference to the discovery of at least 160 "undocumented and...
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  • The Sq'éwlets First Nation (Scowlitz) (Halkomelem: Sq'éwlets) is the band government of Skaulits subgroup of the Stó:lō people located on Harrison Bay...
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  • The Peters First Nation or Peters Band (Halkomelem: Skw'átets) are a First Nations band government of the Sto:lo people in the area of Hope, British Columbia...
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    means “People of the Cattails”. On Penelakut Island, two cedar logs lay on the shore. From these logs came the first man and woman on the island. These...
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  • The Yakweakwioose First Nation or Yakweakwioose Band (Halkomelem: Yeqwyeqwí:ws) is a band government of the Sto:lo people located in the Upper Fraser Valley...
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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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    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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