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<div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="hur">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Musqueam Indian Band</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">
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<div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="#Flag">Flag</a></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none" data-switcher-default="">Show map of the <a href="British_Columbia_Coast#Major_subregions" title="British Columbia Coast">South Coast</a></span></div><div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of British Columbia</span></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Traditional territory of the Musqueam Nation, as defined by the 1976 Musqueam Declaration</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Band_government" title="Band government">Band council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Chief</th><td class="infobox-data">Wayne Sparrow</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Councillors</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding:0">
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</style><span class="nobold">Full list (10):</span></div></div>
<ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left; display:none"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Morgan Guerin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Megan Harkey-Mentzos</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Allyson Fraser</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Gordon Grant</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Angela Point</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Kim Guerin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Jordan Point</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Michele Point</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Alec Guerin</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Richard Sparrow</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Traditional territory</th><td class="infobox-data">1,448.88 km<sup>2</sup> (559.42 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Reserve land</th><td class="infobox-data">2.73 km<sup>2</sup> (1.05 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,656</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="UTC-8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-8">UTC-8</a> (<a href="Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="UTC-7" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-7">UTC-7</a> (PDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code span</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="List_of_postal_codes_of_Canada%3A_V" title="List of postal codes of Canada: V">V6N</a> (Musqueam 2), V4K<span class="nowrap"> </span>3N2 (Musqueam 4)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Area_code_604" title="Area code 604">604</a>, <a href="Area_codes_778%2C_236%2C_and_672" class="mw-redirect" title="Area codes 778, 236, and 672">778, 236, 672</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Coast_Salish" title="Coast Salish">Coast Salish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1288773161">
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<p>The <b>Musqueam Nation</b> is a <a href="First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> whose traditional territory encompasses the western half of what is now <a href="Greater_Vancouver" title="Greater Vancouver">Greater Vancouver</a>, in <a href="British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, Canada. It is governed by a <a href="Band_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Band council">band council</a> and is known officially as the <b>Musqueam Indian Band</b> under the <i><a href="Indian_Act" title="Indian Act">Indian Act</a></i>. "Musqueam" (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e9\/Musqueam_English_pronunciation.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Musqueam English pronunciation.mp3"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Musqueam_English_pronunciation.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable">ⓘ</sup></span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">MUS</span>-kwee-əm</i>) is an <a href="Anglicisation_of_names" title="Anglicisation of names">anglicization</a> of the <a href="Halkomelem" title="Halkomelem">Hunquminum</a> name <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></span>, which means "place of the <a href="Scolochloa" title="Scolochloa">river grass</a>" or "place where the river grass grows" (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">məθkʷəy̓</span></span> being the Hunquminum name of the plant).
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<p>"Musqueam" is derived from the Hunquminum name <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></span>, which is itself a derivative of <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">məθkʷəy̓</span></span>, the Hunquminum name for river grass. River grass was historically abundant in Musqueam territory; <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></span> accordingly means "place of the river grass" or "place where the river grass grows".<sup id="cite_ref-Musqueam's_Story_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musqueam's_Story-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The oral history of the Musqueam people speaks to the plant's cultural significance. The Musqueam origin story tells of an enormous double-headed serpent (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">sʔi:ɬqəy̓</span></span>) which lived in Camosun Bog (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməm̓qʷe:m</span></span>). The serpent was so massive that its winding path created the <a href="Fraser_River" title="Fraser River">Fraser River</a> (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">stal̕əw̓</span></span>). All living things that crossed the serpent's path were said to have died, and from the serpent's droppings bloomed new life – river grass – which grew abundantly around the serpent's home. The people of the area therefore named the land <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Musqueam's_Story_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musqueam's_Story-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>The Musqueam people have lived in the <a href="Point_Grey" title="Point Grey">Point Grey</a> area of Vancouver, around the mouth of the <a href="Fraser_River" title="Fraser River">Fraser River</a>, for at least 4,000 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Klashinsky_2018_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klashinsky_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archaeological evidence taken from the <a href="Marpole_Midden" title="Marpole Midden">Marpole Midden</a> (or Great Fraser Midden) attest to the Musqueam people's thousands-year-old history in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Roy_2010,_p._16_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roy_2010,_p._16-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marpole Midden was the location of <span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">c̓əsnaʔəm</span></span>, the largest village in Musqueam some 2,500 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-Klashinsky_2018_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klashinsky_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The changing river delta prompted its inhabitants to move to the present site of the Musqueam 2 reserve starting approximately 1,500 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-Klashinsky_2018_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klashinsky_2018-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Musqueam 2 has a residential area called "Musqueam Village"; the reserve formerly had a second residential area, the village of Ma Li (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">maləy̓</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Marpole Midden is also the location of a sacred Musqueam burial ground which was desecrated by archeologists in the late 19th and early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy201018,_22_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy201018,_22-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harlan Ingersoll Smith, an archaeologist from the <a href="American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a> participating in the <a href="Jesup_North_Pacific_Expedition" title="Jesup North Pacific Expedition">Jesup North Pacific Expedition</a> from 1897 to 1900, unilaterally excavated from the midden the skeletal remains of as many as 75 Musqueam ancestors, taking them with him back to New York City to be unceremoniously displayed and researched.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Musqueam_Timeline_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musqueam_Timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The belongings of those buried at the site, including tools, jewelry, carved artworks and ceremonial objects, were also excavated and taken without consultation of or permission from the Musqueam people. The midden consisted mostly of layers of <a href="Biofact_(archaeology)" title="Biofact (archaeology)">biofacts</a> such as shells and non-human animal bones, which were not taken.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERoy201018_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy201018-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1913, the Canadian federal government and BC provincial government jointly established the <a href="McKenna%E2%80%93McBride_Royal_Commission" title="McKenna–McBride Royal Commission">McKenna–McBride Royal Commission</a> (officially the "Royal Commission on Indian Affairs") to finalize the boundaries of <a href="Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">reserve lands</a>. The Musqueam people gave testimonies to federal and provincial commissioners in which they reasserted their rights to live, fish, and hunt on their traditional, unceded territories.<sup id="cite_ref-Musqueam_Timeline_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musqueam_Timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his testimony, Musqueam chief Johnny (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">χʷəyχʷayələq</span></span>) contrasted the Musqueam people's traditional ways of fishing and hunting with those of recently arrived settlers:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I have a few words to say yet. It is indeed true what the Chairman said, the Indian's custom of taking fish was only by the means of a small net, and they only caught very few, so as not to destroy the fish with a net only 3 feet wide. This is the reason I say that I did not destroy the fish. It is the Whiteman that brought the long nets and catches all kinds of fish. That is the reason the fish are all going away. Whenever we go out and hunt for the deer, if we get one we bring it down and use all the meat – we do not waste any of it, only the guts and the tripe is left behind. The Whiteman goes out hunting for the deer, sometime they shoot a buck and just take the horns or maybe just take the skin off and leave the meat there. It is a living for the Indians, it is a pleasure for the whites, and about the ducks it is the same way. When the Whitemen go out, they shoot all descriptions of ducks and leave them floating in the sea, but when the Indians go out shooting, they know when they have enough but the Whiteman never knows, and about the fish it is the same way. The Whitemen use a long net, and whenever they get so much fish that they cannot sell them, they throw them overboard – but the Indians do not do that whenever we get or catch fish, we know when to stop and we eat or sell all we catch. These are the grievances I bring before you commissioners, and I say that the food of the Indians is being seized and destroyed.</p></blockquote>
<p>He also reasserted the Musqueam people's right to fish along the Fraser River, saying:<sup id="cite_ref-Musqueam_Timeline_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musqueam_Timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When I want to go fishing, the two parties are also holding on to each end of my boat – there are initials and numbers on the bow and initials and numbers on the stern, and I know that I own the water<span class="nowrap"> </span>... When I want to catch fish for my living I do not want to be interfered with at all.</p></blockquote>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Territory">Territory</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musqueam_Declaration">Musqueam Declaration</h3></div>
<p>On June 10, 1976, the Musqueam people collectively made the Musqueam Declaration, which was ratified by then Musqueam chief, Delbert Guerin, and the five members of the Musqueam band council.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Musqueam Declaration described the traditional territory of the Musqueam people as follows:
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<blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The lands, lakes and streams defined and included by a line commencing at Harvey Creek in Howe Sound and proceeding Eastward to the height of land and continuing on the height of land around the entire watershed draining into English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm; South along the height of land between Coquitlam River and Brunette River to the Fraser River, across to the South or left bank of the Fraser River and proceeding downstream taking in the left Bank of the main stream and the South Arm to the sea, including all those intervening lands, islands and waters back along the sea shore to Harvey Creek, AND, the sea, its reefs, flats, tidal lands and islands adjacent to the above described land and out to the centre of Georgia Strait.</p></blockquote>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reserves">Reserves</h3></div>
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<p>The <a href="Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">reserves</a> under the administration of the band are:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li>Musqueam 2 (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</span></span>), at the mouth of the Fraser River to the north of <a href="Sea_Island_(British_Columbia)" title="Sea Island (British Columbia)">Sea Island</a>, 470 acres (190.40 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">
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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:49.233333333333334,-123.21666666666667"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°14′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°13′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.23333°N 123.21667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.23333; -123.21667</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Musqueam Indian Reserve 2</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></li>
<li>Musqueam 4, to the east of Canoe Passage near <a href="Westham_Island" title="Westham Island">Westham Island</a>, 142 acres (57.30 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><span class="geo-inline"><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:49.06666666666667,-123.125"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°04′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°07′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.06667°N 123.12500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.06667; -123.12500</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Musqueam Indian Reserve 4</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></li>
<li>Sea Island 3 (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">sqʷsaθən</span></span>), on the northwest corner of Sea Island, 16 acres (6.50 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><span class="geo-inline"><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:49.209722222222226,-123.2"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°12′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°12′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.20972°N 123.20000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.20972; -123.20000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Sea Island Indian Reserve 3</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2></div>
<p>The Musqueam people speak Hunquminum (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓</span></span>), the downriver dialect of the <a href="Salishan_languages" title="Salishan languages">Salishan</a> language <a href="Halkomelem" title="Halkomelem">Halkomelem</a>. The Musqueam people are closely related to neighbouring peoples of the lower Fraser River. The nearby <a href="Kwantlen_First_Nation" title="Kwantlen First Nation">Kwantlen</a> and <a href="Katzie_First_Nation" title="Katzie First Nation">Katzie First Nations</a> just upriver share the same dialect, while the upriver <a href="St%C3%B3%EA%9E%89l%C5%8D" title="Stó꞉lō">Sto:lo people</a> speak another dialect, Halkomelem (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">Halq'əméyləm</span></span>) or the upriver dialect. The Cowichan, Chemainus, Snuneymuxw and neighbouring <a href="Coast_Salish_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Salish peoples">Coast Salish peoples</a> of <a href="Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a> and the parts of the <a href="Gulf_Islands" title="Gulf Islands">Gulf Islands</a> of the southern <a href="Georgia_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Strait">Gulf of Georgia</a> speak a third dialect, Hulquminum (<span title="Halkomelem-language text"><span lang="hur" style="font-style: normal;">Hul'qumi'num<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span></span></span>), often called the straits or island dialect. It is not to be confused with <a href="North_Straits_Salish" class="mw-redirect" title="North Straits Salish">North Straits Salish</a>, which is a group of related dialects to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In early 2018, the <a href="University_of_British_Columbia" title="University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a> (UBC) installed 54 Hunquminum-language street signs at its main campus, located in the Point Grey area. UBC's satellite campus in Okanagan had already put up signs in Nsyilxcen, the language of the Okanagan Nation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag">Flag</h2></div>
<p>The Musqueam flag was designed by Musqueam artist <a href="Susan_Point" title="Susan Point">Susan Point</a>, who also helped design the <a href="Flag_of_Nunavut" title="Flag of Nunavut">flag of Nunavut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RaisingUBC_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaisingUBC-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The design of the flag is a white <a href="Canadian_pale" title="Canadian pale">Canadian pale</a> on a teal field, with an arrowhead in the centre depicting a <a href="Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a> leaping above a net.
</p><p>The flag was permanently raised at UBC's Point Grey campus during a public ceremony on February 25, 2019. The act was meant to symbolize the university's commitment to furthering their partnership with the Musqueam people, as the Vancouver campus is located on unceded Musqueam territory. Musqueam students Grace Point and Brett Sparrow were invited to raise the flag. Musqueam chief Wayne Sparrow and then UBC president <a href="Santa_Ono" title="Santa Ono">Santa Ono</a> were in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-RaisingUBC_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaisingUBC-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/">Official website</a></span></span> of the Musqueam Nation</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/lower-mainland-southwest/musqueam-nation">Musqueam Nation at British Columbia Assembly of First Nations</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/musqueam-territory.aspx">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory</a> by the <a href="City_of_Vancouver" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Vancouver">City of Vancouver</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://guides.library.ubc.ca/Musqueam">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)</a> guide by the <a href="University_of_British_Columbia_Library" title="University of British Columbia Library">University of British Columbia Library</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_fabric/pre1890.html">History of the University of British Columbia (pre 1890)</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Chawathil_First_Nation" title="Chawathil First Nation">Chawathil</a></li>
<li>Cheam</li>
<li><a href="Sts'ailes_people" title="Sts'ailes people">Sts'ailes</a> (WA)</li>
<li><a href="Stz'uminus_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Stz'uminus First Nation">Stz'uminus</a></li>
<li>Clemclemaluts</li>
<li>Comiaken</li>
<li>Copalis</li>
<li><a href="Cowlitz_people" title="Cowlitz people">Cowlitz</a></li>
<li><a href="Duwamish_people" title="Duwamish people">Duwamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Esquimalt_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Esquimalt people">Esquimalt</a></li>
<li><a href="Halalt_First_Nation" title="Halalt First Nation">Halalt</a></li>
<li><a href="Hoh_Indian_Tribe_of_the_Hoh_Indian_Reservation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoh Indian Tribe of the Hoh Indian Reservation">Hoh</a></li>
<li><a href="Homalco_First_Nation" title="Homalco First Nation">Homalco</a></li>
<li>Humptulips</li>
<li><a href="Katzie" class="mw-redirect" title="Katzie">Katzie</a></li>
<li>Khenipsen</li>
<li>Kilpahlas</li>
<li><a href="Klahoose" title="Klahoose">Klahoose</a></li>
<li><a href="Klallam" class="mw-redirect" title="Klallam">Klallam</a></li>
<li>Koksilah</li>
<li>Kwa-kwa-a-pilt</li>
<li><a href="Kwantlen_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwantlen people">Kwantlen</a></li>
<li><a href="Kwikwetlem" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwikwetlem">Kway-quit-lam</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsqui_people" title="Matsqui people">Matsqui</a></li>
<li><a href="Musqueam_Indian_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Musqueam Indian Band">Musqueam</a></li>
<li><a href="Nanoose" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanoose">Nanoose</a></li>
<li><a href="Nuxalk_Nation" title="Nuxalk Nation">Nuxalk</a></li>
<li><a href="Malahat_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Malahat people">Malahat</a></li>
<li><a href="Tla'amin_Nation" title="Tla'amin Nation">Sliammon</a></li>
<li><a href="Snuneymuxw_First_Nation" title="Snuneymuxw First Nation">Snuneymuxw</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsawwassen_First_Nation" title="Tsawwassen First Nation">Tsawwassen</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsleil-Waututh_First_Nation" title="Tsleil-Waututh First Nation">Tsleil-Waututh</a></li>
<li><a href="Sh%C3%ADsh%C3%A1lh_Nation" title="Shíshálh Nation">shíshálh</a></li>
<li><a href="Squamish_people" title="Squamish people">Squamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Semiahmoo_people" title="Semiahmoo people">Semiahmoo</a></li>
<li>Sumas</li>
<li><a href="Sq'%C3%A9wlets_First_Nation" title="Sq'éwlets First Nation">Sq'éwlets</a></li>
<li><a href="Sts'ailes_people" title="Sts'ailes people">Sts'ailes</a></li>
<li><a href="Leq'%C3%A1%3Amel_First_Nation" title="Leq'á:mel First Nation">Leq'á:mel</a></li>
<li><a href="Popkum_First_Nation" title="Popkum First Nation">Popkum</a></li>
<li><a href="Seabird_Island_First_Nation" title="Seabird Island First Nation">Seabird Island</a></li>
<li><a href="Skwah_First_Nation" title="Skwah First Nation">Skwah</a></li>
<li><a href="Skway_First_Nation" title="Skway First Nation">Skway</a></li>
<li><a href="Shilshole_people" title="Shilshole people">Shilshole</a></li>
<li><a href="Shxw'ow'hamel" class="mw-redirect" title="Shxw'ow'hamel">Shxw'ow'hamel</a></li>
<li><a href="Skawahlook_First_Nation" title="Skawahlook First Nation">Skawahlook</a></li>
<li><a href="Skowkale_First_Nation" title="Skowkale First Nation">Skowkale</a></li>
<li><a href="Soowahlie_First_Nation" title="Soowahlie First Nation">Soowahlie</a></li>
<li><a href="Squiala" class="mw-redirect" title="Squiala">Squiala</a></li>
<li><a href="St%C3%B3%EA%9E%89l%C5%8D" title="Stó꞉lō">Stó꞉lō</a></li>
<li><a href="Tzeachten_First_Nation" title="Tzeachten First Nation">Tzeachten</a></li>
<li><a href="Yakweakwioose" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakweakwioose">Yakweakwioose</a></li>
<li><a href="T'Sou-ke_Nation" title="T'Sou-ke Nation">T'souk-e</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsartlip_First_Nation" title="Tsartlip First Nation">Tsartlip</a></li>
<li><a href="Somena" title="Somena">Somena</a></li>
<li><a href="Quamichan" title="Quamichan">Quamichan</a></li>
<li><a href="Penelakut" title="Penelakut">Penelakut</a></li>
<li><a href="Hwlitsum" title="Hwlitsum">Lamalcha</a></li>
<li><a href="Saanich_people" title="Saanich people">Saanich</a></li>
<li><a href="Lummi_people" title="Lummi people">Lummi</a></li>
<li><a href="Nooksack_people" title="Nooksack people">Nooksack</a></li>
<li><a href="Lower_Skagit" title="Lower Skagit">Lower Skagit</a></li>
<li><a href="Upper_Skagit_Indian_Tribe" title="Upper Skagit Indian Tribe">Upper Skagit</a></li>
<li><a href="Skokomish_people" title="Skokomish people">Skokomish</a></li>
<li><a href="Muckleshoot" title="Muckleshoot">Muckleshoot</a></li>
<li><a href="Sammamish_people" title="Sammamish people">Sammamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Samish_people" title="Samish people">Samish</a></li>
<li><a href="Sauk-Suiattle_Indian_Tribe_of_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington">Sauk-Suiattle</a></li>
<li><a href="Snohomish_people" title="Snohomish people">Snohomish</a></li>
<li><a href="Snoqualmie_people" title="Snoqualmie people">Snoqualmie</a></li>
<li><a href="Skykomish_people" title="Skykomish people">Skykomish</a></li>
<li><a href="Nisqually_people" title="Nisqually people">Nisqually</a></li>
<li><a href="Puyallup_people" title="Puyallup people">Puyallup</a></li>
<li><a href="Stillaguamish_people" title="Stillaguamish people">Stillaquamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Suquamish" title="Suquamish">Suquamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Swinomish" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinomish">Swinomish</a></li>
<li><a href="Tulalip" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulalip">Tulalip</a></li>
<li><a href="Quinault_people" title="Quinault people">Quinault</a></li>
<li><a href="Sahewamish" title="Sahewamish">Sahewamish</a></li>
<li>Wynoochee</li>
<li>Satsop</li>
<li><a href="Tillamook_people" title="Tillamook people">Nehalem</a> (Tillamook)</li>
<li><a href="Siletz" title="Siletz">Siletz</a></li>
<li><a href="Quamichan" title="Quamichan">Quamichan</a></li>
<li><a href="Somena" title="Somena">Somena</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aitchelitz_First_Nation" title="Aitchelitz First Nation">Aitchelitz Band</a></li>
<li><a href="Chawathil_First_Nation" title="Chawathil First Nation">Chawathil First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Cheam_First_Nation" title="Cheam First Nation">Cheam First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Kwantlen_First_Nation" title="Kwantlen First Nation">Kwantlen First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Katzie_First_Nation" title="Katzie First Nation">Katzie First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt_First_Nation" title="Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation">Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Leq'%C3%A1%3Amel_First_Nation" title="Leq'á:mel First Nation">Leq'á:mel First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Matsqui_First_Nation" title="Matsqui First Nation">Matsqui First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Popkum_First_Nation" title="Popkum First Nation">Popkum Band</a></li>
<li><a href="Sq'%C3%A9wlets_First_Nation" title="Sq'éwlets First Nation">Sq'éwlets First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Seabird_Island_First_Nation" title="Seabird Island First Nation">Seabird Island Band</a></li>
<li><a href="Skwah_First_Nation" title="Skwah First Nation">Skwah First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Skway_First_Nation" title="Skway First Nation">Skway First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Shxw'ow'hamel_First_Nation" title="Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation">Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Skawahlook_First_Nation" title="Skawahlook First Nation">Skawahlook First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Skowkale_First_Nation" title="Skowkale First Nation">Skowkale First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Soowahlie_First_Nation" title="Soowahlie First Nation">Soowahlie First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Squiala_First_Nation" title="Squiala First Nation">Squiala First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Sto%EA%9E%89lo_Nation_Chiefs_Council" title="Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council">Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council</a></li>
<li><a href="St%C3%B3%EA%9E%89l%C5%8D_Tribal_Council" title="Stó꞉lō Tribal Council">Stó꞉lō Tribal Council</a></li>
<li><a href="Sumas_First_Nation" title="Sumas First Nation">Sumas First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tzeachten_First_Nation" title="Tzeachten First Nation">Tzeachten First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Yakweakwioose_First_Nation" title="Yakweakwioose First Nation">Yakweakwioose First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Sts'ailes_Nation" title="Sts'ailes Nation">Sts'ailes Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsleil-Waututh_First_Nation" title="Tsleil-Waututh First Nation">Tsleil-waututh First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Musqueam_Indian_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Musqueam Indian Band">Musqueam Indian Band</a></li>
<li><a href="Katzie_First_Nation" title="Katzie First Nation">Katzie First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Kwikwetlem_First_Nation" title="Kwikwetlem First Nation">Kwikwetlem First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Semiahmoo_First_Nation" title="Semiahmoo First Nation">Semiahmoo First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Stz'uminus_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Stz'uminus First Nation">Chemainus First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Halalt_First_Nation" title="Halalt First Nation">Halalt First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Homalco_First_Nation" title="Homalco First Nation">Homalco First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Klahoose_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Klahoose First Nation">Klahoose First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Malahat_First_Nation" title="Malahat First Nation">Malahat First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Nanoose_First_Nation" title="Nanoose First Nation">Nanoose First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Peters_First_Nation" title="Peters First Nation">Peters First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tla'amin_Nation" title="Tla'amin Nation">Tla'amin Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Sh%C3%ADsh%C3%A1lh_Nation" title="Shíshálh Nation">shíshálh Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Snuneymuxw_First_Nation" title="Snuneymuxw First Nation">Snuneymuxw First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsawwassen_First_Nation" title="Tsawwassen First Nation">Tsawwassen First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Yale_First_Nation" title="Yale First Nation">Yale First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Yakweakwioose_First_Nation" title="Yakweakwioose First Nation">Yakweakwioose First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tseycum_First_Nation" title="Tseycum First Nation">Tseycum First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsleil-Waututh_First_Nation" title="Tsleil-Waututh First Nation">Tsleil-Waututh First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Squamish_Nation" title="Squamish Nation">Squamish Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Union_Bar_First_Nation" title="Union Bar First Nation">Union Bar First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Nuxalk_Nation" title="Nuxalk Nation">Nuxalk Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="T'Sou-ke_Nation" title="T'Sou-ke Nation">T'Sou-ke Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Esquimalt_First_Nation" title="Esquimalt First Nation">Esquimalt First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tsawout_First_Nation" title="Tsawout First Nation">Tsawout First Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowichan_Tribes" title="Cowichan Tribes">Cowichan Tribes</a></li>
<li><a href="Confederated_Tribes_of_the_Grand_Ronde_Community_of_Oregon" title="Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon">Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon</a></li>
<li><a href="Confederated_Tribes_of_Siletz_Indians" title="Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians">Confederated Tribes of Siletz</a></li>
<li><a href="Confederated_Tribes_of_the_Chehalis_Reservation" title="Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation">Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowlitz_Indian_Tribe" title="Cowlitz Indian Tribe">Cowlitz Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Suquamish_Tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Suquamish Tribe">Suquamish Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Lower_Elwha_Klallam_Tribe" title="Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe">Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Jamestown_S'Klallam_Tribe_of_Washington" title="Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington">Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Port_Gamble_Band_of_S'Klallam_Indians" title="Port Gamble Band of S'Klallam Indians">Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Lummi_Nation" title="Lummi Nation">Lummi Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Makah_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Makah people">Makah Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Muckleshoot_Indian_Tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Muckleshoot Indian Tribe">Muckleshoot Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Nisqually_Indian_Tribe_of_the_Nisqually_Reservation" title="Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation">Nisqually Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Quinault_Indian_Nation" title="Quinault Indian Nation">Quinault Indian Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Sauk-Suiattle_Indian_Tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe">Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Samish_Indian_Nation" title="Samish Indian Nation">Samish Indian Nation</a></li>
<li><a href="Skokomish_Indian_Tribe" title="Skokomish Indian Tribe">Skokomish Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Snoqualmie_Indian_Tribe" title="Snoqualmie Indian Tribe">Snoqualmie Indian Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Squaxin_Island_Tribe" title="Squaxin Island Tribe">Squaxin Island Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Stillaguamish_Tribe_of_Indians" title="Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians">Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians</a></li>
<li><a href="Suquamish_Tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Suquamish Tribe">Suquamish Tribe</a></li>
<li><a href="Swinomish_Indian_Tribal_Community" title="Swinomish Indian Tribal Community">Swinomish Indian Tribal Community</a></li>
<li><a href="Tulalip_Tribes" title="Tulalip Tribes">Tulalip Tribes</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations and institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission</li>
<li>South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency</li>
<li>Washington Indian Gaming Association</li>
<li><a href="Union_of_British_Columbia_Indian_Chiefs" title="Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs">Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture and society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>Music</li>
<li>Mythology</li>
<li><a href="Coast_Salish_art" title="Coast Salish art">Art</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Coast_Salish_languages" title="Coast Salish languages">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Comox_language" title="Comox language">Comox</a>
<ul><li>Island Comox †</li>
<li>Sliammon/Mainland Comox</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Pentlatch_language" title="Pentlatch language">Pentlatch</a></li>
<li><a href="Halkomelem" title="Halkomelem">Halkomelem</a></li>
<li><a href="Sh%C3%ADsh%C3%A1lh_language" title="Shíshálh language">shíshálh</a></li>
<li><a href="Squamish_language" title="Squamish language">Squamish</a></li>
<li><a href="Nooksack_language" title="Nooksack language">Nooksack</a></li>
<li><a href="North_Straits_Salish_language" title="North Straits Salish language">North Straits</a>
<ul><li><a href="Lummi_dialect" title="Lummi dialect">Lummi</a></li>
<li><a href="Saanich_dialect" title="Saanich dialect">Saanich</a></li>
<li><a href="Samish_dialect" title="Samish dialect">Samish</a></li>
<li>Semiahmoo</li>
<li><a href="Songhees_dialect" title="Songhees dialect">Songhees</a></li>
<li><a href="T'Sou-ke_dialect" title="T'Sou-ke dialect">T'sou-ke</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Klallam_language" title="Klallam language">Klallam</a></li>
<li><a href="Lushootseed" title="Lushootseed">Lushootseed</a>
<ul><li>Northern and <a href="Southern_Lushootseed" title="Southern Lushootseed">Southern</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Twana_language" title="Twana language">Twana</a></li>
<li><a href="Cowlitz_language" title="Cowlitz language">Cowlitz</a></li>
<li><a href="Quinault_language" title="Quinault language">Quinault</a></li></ul>
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